Operation Jersey Cares Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 263385585
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Flemington, NJ, USA
Phone: 9085260107
Rating: 67
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Emergency Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue: $77,727
Expenses: $85,974
Assets: $283,830

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

TED WURSTER (President)
ALISON CASTELLANO (Vice President)

People named in this filing

TED WURSTER (President)
JANIS GROVER (Secretary)
DEBRA HENDERSON (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

The mission of operation jersey cares is to help our troops overseas as well as the returning soldiers and marines who have been wounded in combat.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operation jersey cares is a volunteer organization whose mission is to help our troops overseas as well as the returning soldiers and marines who have been wounded in combat.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 47
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 43
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 49%; rating input score 49
Program expense ratio: 44.3%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.3; rating input score 76; 76th 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: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 49% of revenue deployed · 44.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.