New Jersey State Firemens Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237081897
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA
Phone
2016690791
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,374
Expenses
$34,664
Assets
$219,783
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brandon M Bach (President)

People named in this filing

  • Brandon M Bach (President)
  • Joseph A Kelly (Treasurer)
  • Mark Vogelsang (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The objects of this Association are: The furtherance of the best interests and the benefit of aged and needy active and/or otherwise qualified fire persons and their families, and those injured, incapacitated or killed in the performance of their duty; the advancement of the status and best interest of all fire persons, the development and advancement of the best methods of fire protection and the cultivation of fraternal fellowship.

What it reported doing in 2025

Represented the Association in the State Convention voting on legislation and State Officers. Monitored the condition of membership and filed for death benefits of members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 65% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -78.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.34; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.