Rutherford Fire Engine Co No 2 Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262166103
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Rutherford, NJ, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,370
- Expenses
- $13,295
- Assets
- $21,612
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Oehlmann (President)
- Dennis Gentile (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- David Oehlmann (President)
- Dennis Gentile (Vice President)
- Robert A Karpowicz CPA (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 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 company to increase its exposure to those in the community, allowing the company 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
- 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 60; 60th 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: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.