· Public charity
United Fund of Westfield NJ
Our mission is to help members of our local Westfield area communities who need care and social services.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $256k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $177k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $95,000 |
| Community Grants Various | $81,688 |
| Youth and Family Counseling | $46,000 |
| Caring Contact | $32,000 |
| After School Tutoring | $30,000 |
| Jewish Community Center | $27,000 |
| Mobile Meals | $25,000 |
| Jewish Family Services | $23,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $22,000 |
| Literacy New Jersey | $16,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $12,000 |
| Cerebral Palsy League of UC | $12,000 |
| Imagine | $11,000 |
| St Josephs Social Service | $7,500 |
| Boy Scouts of America | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YFYouth & Family Counseling Service Inc8× · 2017–2025 · $272k · revenue +25%
- CWCONTACT WE CARE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $159k · revenue +284%
- CACourt Appointed Special Advocates of Union County Inc6× · 2017–2023 · $94k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- WLWe Love Local Distributions and expone grant, 2020 · $74k
- FBFood Bank Distributionsone grant, 2020 · $20k
- SRSyrian Refugee Family expenseone grant, 2020 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA) is driven by a mission to support all survivors of sexual violence, their loved ones, and the service providers who support them.
Promoting, assisting and supporting the sustainability and growth of casa programs in new jersey. casa programs promote the protection of abused and neglected children by using trained volunteers to advocate for these children in courts…
CONTACT of Mercer County NJ, Inc. provides compassionate, confidential telephone crisis intervention for those who are in emotional turmoil, thinking about suicide, experiencing loneliness, or facing the challenges of mental illness.…
Pathways Counseling Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, comprehensive, non-sectarian agency serving the counties of Northern New Jersey and surrounding communities. We provide a variety of mental health services to families, children and…
Securing justice for, protecting the rights of and rendering legal assistance and representation to indigent residents and non-residents of westchester county.
Promotes empowerment of low and middle income people through research, education, and training around public policy issues and direct counseling services.
CN Guidance & Counseling Services, a nonprofit organization, inspires and catalyzes recovery for people living with mental health and substance use conditions through innovative and person-centered integrated clinical treatment,…
To provide and promote free and affordable civil legal assistance, advocacy and justice for low-income people and communities in new jersey.
Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…
To identify children's needs through research, policy and legal analysis, to raise awareness of those needs through strategic communications, and to work with elected officials and other decision-makers to enact effective responses.
Advocate for foster care children in courts. Providing quality intervention and advocacy services for abused, abandoned, and neglected children.
To educate and train troubled youth to become productive citizens
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Youth & Family Counseling Service Inc ↗
- Who funds CONTACT WE CARE INC ↗
- Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocates of Union County Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Westfield Day Care Center Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds FURNITURE ASSIST INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Ej Grassmann Trust · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Westfield Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Fund of Westfield NJ funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Fund of Westfield NJ. Bigger dots raise more.
- Literacy New Jersey Inc: 28% of income from government
- Community Access Unlimited Inc: 15% of income from government
- Central Jersey Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
- Westfield Day Care Center Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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