The Federation presents the slate of officers for the 2026-2027 Columbian Year:

• President:  Edward Wilkin, DD 11, Council 5819
• Vice President:  Matt Chiocchi, DD 17, Council 2853
• Secretary:  Peter Rieve, DD 16, Council 4486
• Treasurer:  George Thompson, Jr., DD13, Council 5498
• Warden:  Anthony Ventre, Council 3550
• Trustee, 3 Years (term ending June 30, 2029):  Gaeton DiNapoli, Council 2355
• Trustee, 2 Years (term ending June 30, 2028):  Bradley Vaughn, FDD Council 1345
• Trustee, 1 Year (term ending June 30, 2027):  John Quaregna, DD 15 Council 3550

The minutes of the January 2026 meeting are now available.

CLICK HERE FOR THE MINUTES

Brothers,

Please click the link below and read the notification from Worthy Master Jim DeLuccia.  If you can assist, it would be greatly appreciated.

Please mail any donations to Master Jim DeLuccia, P.O. Box 282, Little Falls, NJ  07424.

Thank you.

Guy DeNapoli,
Federation President

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MASTER JIM DeLUCCIA

At the Supreme Convention held in August 2025, the Supreme Board of Directors voted to change Section 145 (Board of Trustees – Duties) of the By-Laws of the Order.

The Board has changed the requirement that the Trustees audit the Financial Secretary and Treasurer from semi-annually to annually.  Please make sure your Grand Knights, Financial Secretaries, Treasurers, and Trustees are aware of this change.

Please click this link for the full details.

Thank you.

The 2021 edition of the Federation By-Laws can be found on the Information page.

Off to the right of where these posts appear is a section where you can register to receive updates to the Federation website via e-mail.  Updates are usually posts that appear in this section of the website or events that are posted to the calendar.  By subscribing to the updates, you receive e-mails as soon as items are posted to the website.

Simply enter your name and e-mail address and click Subscribe.  You will receive an e-mail from “Bergen Federation Knights of Columbus” with the subject “Bergen Federation Knights of Columbus – Please confirm your subscription”.  When you open the e-mail there will be a sentence stating that the website received an e-mail from your e-mail address and asks you to confirm it by “clicking here”.  When you do so, you will receive a message thanking you and that you have been successfully subscribed as well as a welcome e-mail.  In case you don’t see the e-mail, check your spam filter as well as your spam folder in your e-mail system.

As new posts are added to the website, subscribers will receive an e-mail with the words “New Post Published” in the subject line along with the post title.  Once you open the e-mail, there will be a link that you can click on which will open the post in your browser.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me webmaster@bergenfederationkofc.org

Fraternally,

Dave Torebka, FDD, FS 2842
Webmaster, Bergen Federation

Brothers, just a reminder that council events are located on the Council Events page of the website.  We do have some councils sponsoring contactless meal pick-ups.
 
Thank you.

Dave Torebka, FDD
Webmaster

Brothers,

Just some reminders regarding policies and procedures for submitting postings for the website.

• Events that are sponsored by the Bergen Federation, First New Jersey District Fourth Degree, New Jersey State Council, Supreme Council, or the Archdiocese of Newark appear on the Home page.
• Events that are Council/Assembly sponsored appear on the Council Events page.
• All items to be posted must go through the Federation President, who will review the material to be posted.  If approved, he will forward the information to me for posting.
• Ideally, please submit your material AT LEAST 3 WEEKS before the date of your event.  This will give the Federation President time to review the material and forward it to me.  In addition, your posting will have ample time to be on the website to be viewed by others who can respond to your events.
• Postings are removed automatically after the event.
  
• Want to be notified of events and news?  If you aren’t receiving notifications about events and news and would like to, enter your name and e-mail address in the Federation Updates section of the home page and click Submit.
• Lastly, and this is very important – If you are posting an event that involves bingo, raffle, tricky tray,  et al, you will need to provide the your New Jersey Legalized Games of Change Control Commission Registration ID number and Raffle License number on your flyer.  Since the Internet is public domain, you want to make sure your event is in compliance with New Jersey state regulations.  Also, NEVER, EVER post material that mentions games of chance and alcohol – the combination is not permitted under state regulations!!!  If you have questions regarding this last point, please feel free to ask me.
  

Thank you.

Dave Torebka, FDD, FS 2842
Federation Webmaster

It’s audit season again!  The semi-annual audit of councils for the period January 1 to June 30 is due on August 15 to Supreme Council.  The form is available via Officers Online which Grand Knights and Financial Secretaries have access to, or via the Supreme Council website:  http://www.kofc.org/un/en/members/resources/forms/council.html

Speaking of audits, it time again to file your IRS Form 990 (or 990-EZ, or 990-N)  If your reporting year ended on June 30, councils have until November 15 to file Form 990, et al.

Excerpts below are from the IRS Website:

Most small tax-exempt organizations whose annual gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less can satisfy their annual reporting requirement by electronically submitting Form 990-N if they choose not to file Form 990 or Form 990-EZ instead.

To file Form 990-N online:  https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-electronic-filing-requirement-for-small-exempt-organizations-form-990-n-e-postcard

In 2018, it was decided to have a separate page on the website where councils can post their council events.  You’ll see “Council Events” on the right side of the menu bar.

Some basic rules:

• Degrees will continue to be posted on the Degrees page.  They will not be added to the Council Events page.
• If your council has a color or black and white flyer, please send it to the webmaster as either a Word, PDF file or JPG/JPEG file.
• Remember the “Who, What, Where, When, How Much, and Why” of the event – your council may know what you are doing, but the rest of the county may not.
• IMPORTANT:  Remember that while the Federation website may be for the councils in Bergen County, the Internet is worldwide – meaning that whatever you ask to be posted must conform to Supreme and New Jersey State Council standards and practices.