New Jersey Freedom
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 550826480
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Oakland, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2016771660
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Basketball
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,562
- Expenses
- $84,231
- Assets
- $17,831
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTHONY DEBELLIS (President)
- TRACY DEBELLIS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- ANTHONY DEBELLIS (President)
- TRACY DEBELLIS (Vice President)
- JOY ROCK (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
New Jersey Freedom is a NJ AAU girls basketball program for talented and dedicated youth basketball players ranging in age from twelve to seventeen. The purpose of this Organization is to teach the basic skills of basketball. More importantly, the girls are learning the values of physical fitness, working together, and developing leadership skills all of which will benefit them in the game of life.
What it reported doing in 2017
Over 75 girls organized in seven teams participated during 2017. The 2017 program accomplishments include: GymRatz Challenge-Gold Bracket, 2017 Champions; Super 64 National Championship-2017 Champions; Nike Tournament of Champions-2017 Champions; and USJN/Nike Nationals-National Winners.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.