Washington Engine Co No 1 Matawan Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822222781
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Matawan, NJ, USA
Phone
7322615017
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,890
Expenses
$177,018
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$89,171

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCUS PETTYJOHN SR (President)
  • JAMES SOROCCO (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MARCUS PETTYJOHN SR (President)
  • JAMES SOROCCO (Vice President)
  • EDWARD LEE (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

Washington Engine Company No 1 mission is to protect and serve the people of the borough of Matawan due to fire, flood any type of natural or unnatural disaster or acts of terrorism within our boundaries. Also to lend mutual aid to neighboring towns for the same type of protection. We do community service to help the town and the police department and any other First Responders, with township events, fundraising and any other actions we are called upon for. Washington Engine Co. No 1 is the oldest fire department in Monmouth County.

What it reported doing in 2024

The tax exempt status for Washington Engine Co. No 1 includes events and fundraisers to benefit an all volunteer fire company. There's a lot of work done with special needs children. Meet and greet with Santa, color run and bowling with first responder. During these types of events when the community is involved there is usually refreshments or some type of gifts for the children or the people involved. The benefit for us is to be able to continue without the extra burden of taxes. It is the mission of Washington Engine No 1 to continue all these events.

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
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: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -98.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.