Rutherford Fire Department Fund Drive Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262717959
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Rutherford, NJ, USA
Phone
2015229939
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,180
Expenses
$76,791
Assets
$28,331

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Rood (President)
  • Bryan Sartori (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • William Rood (President)
  • Robert A Karpowicz (Treasurer)
  • Nicolas Bizien (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

To provide voluntary fire protection and suppression to the citizens and visitors of the borough of rutherford, bergen county, New Jersey, provide mutual assistance to the neighboring towns, promote fire prevention programs, provide support to other not for profit organizations, presentation of programs not financially supported though public funding, social and fraternal events and activities not financially supported through public funding, and supplemental funding for members of the fire department, fire company, or other associated fire service individual who becomes indigent or otherwise incapable of providing food or shelter for themselves and/or their family members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Monetary donations made to other organizations foster better relationships with community based organizations within the borough, which provide a safer and better living for all members of the community. Donations made allow the department to increase its exposure to those in the community, allowing the department opportunity to provide citizens with updated and important information regarding fire safety. Lastly, the donations made to other fire companies provide better relations with mutual assistance, benefitting the community as a whole.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.7%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 43%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 43% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.