New Jersey Reentry a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472139071
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Phone
5512569690
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,203,717
Expenses
$14,037,926
Assets
$16,243,691
Liabilities
$13,926,105

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gov James McGreevey (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robert J Carter (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $196,668 total reported compensation
  • Gov James McGreevey (Executive Director): $172,160 total reported compensation
  • Rahat A Chatha (GENERAL COUNSEL): $154,050 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Putting our community back to work. New Jersey reentry corporation works with returning citizens, employers, and community partners to remove barriers to employment so that everyone in our community can be safer, healthier, and better employed.

What it reported doing in 2024

One-stop offender program: is designed to help strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction.- njrc provides critically needed services at ten sites in northern and central New Jersey for persons returning from state prison, county jail, addiction treatment, and combat service. Njrc provides 1) medical and behavioral services, 2) legal services, 3) registration and enrollment in federal and state benefits programs, 4) linkage to structured sober living services, and sj industry recognized employment training programs and job placement.- njrc provides medical and behavioral treatment for program participants. In negotiating with acute care hospitals and federally qualified health centers (fqhcs), New Jersey reentry corporation provides for the necessary diagnostic testing, clinical evaluation, and access to medical professionals to determine the medical needs of njrc participants upon release from incarceration. Njrc has 22,507 participants enrolled in medicaid, which provides a stable funding source for medical and behavioral healthcare.- in addition, njrc has entered into memorandums of understanding with federally-sponsored certified community behavioral health centers (ccbhcs), the rutgers medical school center for excellence, new bridge medical center, and treatment providers to ensure that njrc program participants have access to the induction of medication-assisted treatment (mat) at each of njrc's sites, reviews of drug history and addiction treatment compliance, and mental health services provided for by both psychologists and psychiatrists. Presently, njrc has 15,537 persons enrolled in the intensive outpatient program/medication assisted treatment, with 12,142 persons specifically enrolled in medical treatment and an additional 9,004 persons enrolled in psychiatric treatment facilities on an ongoing basis. - njrc legal services acquired or restored 5,859 mvc identifications while obtaining 6,271 birth certificates. According to state statute, njrc vitiated outstanding fines and liabilities of njrc program participants through monetizing time served in county and state correctional facilities.- njrc served 1,458 program participants enrolled in njrc case management during the fiscal year 2025. The present overall total number of program participants is 29,705, including non-phe and phe, as well as those participants enrolled through county jails, addiction treatment, and alternative diversionary programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $197K · 23 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.