Nj Law Enforcement Explorers Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475097262
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Lanoka Harbor, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9082962850
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $75,530
- Expenses
- $80,989
- Assets
- $18,444
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER FOSTER (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL O'BRIEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER FOSTER (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL O'BRIEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN CLANCY (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish and maintain a group of sworn police officers who will develop, maintain, organize, evaluate and administer a youth academy of the highest quality for law enforcement explorers in the state of New Jersey.
What it reported doing in 2023
A law enforcement explorer program
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2023
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.