Ocean Gate Volunteer Fire Co Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223412906
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ocean Gate, NJ, USA
Phone
7322693249
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,426
Expenses
$16,711
Assets
$114,657

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARTIN CONTE (PRESIDENT)
  • ALEXANDER MARTINEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARTIN CONTE (PRESIDENT)
  • ALEXANDER MARTINEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH GRANT (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide fire and rescue services for the communuty. Ocean gate population 2020 census is 1982.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide fire and rescue services

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.1%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 74.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.86; rating input score 88; 88th 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: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.1% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.