Nj State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Assoc Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237391851
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Rahway, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7324999250
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,867,909
- Expenses
- $2,229,611
- Assets
- $1,696,580
- Liabilities
- $142,615
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDWIN DONNELLY (PRESIDENT)
- WAYNE WOLK (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- EDWIN DONNELLY (PRESIDENT): $83,700 total reported compensation
- TROY POWELL (TREASURER): $53,700 total reported compensation
- WAYNE WOLK (VICE PRESIDENT): $40,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is the mission of the New Jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association to represent, protect, and educate the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of New Jersey through representation at the local, state, and federal level. To advocate on the publics' behalf for legislation that protects both our citizens and first responders' safety. To protect and maintain the health benefits, pensions, staffing, and any other benefit negotiated for our members through collective bargaining.
What it reported doing in 2024
The nj state fmba represents, protects, and educates the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of New Jersey through representation at the local, state, and federal level. To advocate on the publics' behalf for legislation that protects both our citizens and first responders' safety. To protect and maintain the health benefits, pensions, staffing, and any other benefit negotiated for our members through collective bargaining. Expenditures for these accomplishments include; training and safety conventions total $432,330. Njs fmba committee expenses are comprised of travel reaching across the state of New Jersey, covering 166 locals discussing health benefits, legal protection, safety, pensions, and negotiations points. Further, providing the membership with good & welfare, a picnic, valor awards, ways & means, and the bulletin- sharing the works and current topics applicable to the members of the nj state fmba.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 59
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 46.2%; rating input score 46; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 6 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 46/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.