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United Way of Central Jersey Inc

United Way of Central Jersey's leadership brings together resources for local disadvantaged families to ensure that all young children in our community attain better educational outcomes and a healthier, brighter and more successful future.

$252k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$1.0MHuman Services$937kCrime & Legal$402kEducation$212kHealth$151kFood & Nutrition$63kYouth Development$38kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $96,122 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $252,399 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $156,277 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$65,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDCDIRE$65,000
NJ 2-1-1 Partnership$31,122
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $749k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%New Horizons of SW Florids: $10k → 13%Womancare (aka SPRUCE-RUN WOMANCARE ALLIANCE): $20k → 15%ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF NEW JERSEY: $6k → 16%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $29k → 8%New Life of NYC: $5k → 17%PRAHD: $28k → 8%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $28k → 8%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $28k → 8%PRAHD: $25k → 8%Roots & Wings: $20k → 4%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $95k → 8%Women Aware: $83k → 8%Women Aware: $79k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDCDIRE: $65k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $65k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $60k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $30k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $30k → 8%CLASSIS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CDC: $25k → 8%Crossroads Theatre Company: $5k → 8%YMCA: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 21 repeat orgs$467k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +41% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
26

Total granted

$2.3M
$467k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+23%

Still filing today

86%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCrime & LegalFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Classis of New Brunswick Community DevelopmentCorp
    7× · 2018–2024 · $370k · revenue +186% · 29% of their budget
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $301k · revenue +37%
  • CJ
    CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $204k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -1%
  • The United Way of Lee County Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $51k · revenue +137%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK
    one grant, 2017 · $39k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Greater New Haven Inc

United way of greater new haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to our region's most pressing challenges in the areas of education, health, and financial stability, grounded in racial and social justice. we…

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Wayne County Inc

United way of wayne county is a community based organization, working in partnership with local non-profit organizations to strategically address many of our community's social issues. united way of wayne county invested in a number of…

Philanthropy
4
United Way of Ulster County Inc

United way of ulster county builds a coalition of compassion to address existing and emerging needs.

Philanthropy
5
Nj 2-1-1 Partnership a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

The organization's mission is to make the critical connection between individuals and families seeking health and/or human services and the organizations best able to meet their needs.

Human Services
6
United Way of Connecticut Inc

United way of connecticut is proud to be a trusted and vital resource for help and information about what the people of connecticut need. we respond to requests for food, housing, health care, child care, child development resources,…

Philanthropy
7
Urban League of Hudson County Inc

The urban league's mission is to empower residents and improve the quality of life in urban communities by working in partnership with community groups, government and corporate sponsors.

Human Services
8
Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc

Norwescap is a private nonprofit corporation established in 1965, with a mission to create opportunities for low-income individuals and families throughout northwestern new jersey. our work positively impacts more than 30,000 people each…

Human Services
9
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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10
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
11
United Way of Washington County Maryland Inc

Through strategic leadership and investments, united way of washington county, md will impact community improvement and inspire collaboration to address critical needs in education, income and health.

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Northern New Yorkinc

To unite communities, resources, and partners to collaboratively address local needs, foster impactful programming, and enhance quality of life.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Mercer County and the most unlike its peers is Bradley Gardens Volunteer Fire Company Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Support ServicesPerforming Arts Organizatio…Jewish Community & Israel S…Nonprofit Capacity BuildingVolunteer Fire & Emergency …College Foundation SupportYouth Academic Enrichment P…Disease Research and Patien…Legal Advocacy & Justice Re…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr18%13%20–35yr14%34%35–55yr11%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr18%5%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr11%60%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/49
the rest of the field
12%
6,332/52,243

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/45
Grantees still filing
31/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY — $300,668 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITYUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $184,876 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY IN…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — $100,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEYUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC — $99,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INCThe United Way of Lee County Inc — $51,000 · PhilanthropyThe United Way of Lee County IncUNITED WAY OF PASSAIC COUNTY INC — $39,954 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK — $39,087 · Philanthropy+7 more — $116,866 · Philanthropy+7 moreClassis of New Brunswick Community DevelopmentCorp — $370,000 · Human ServicesClassis of New Brunswick Comm…WOMEN AWARE INC — $162,150 · Human ServicesWOMEN AWARE INCCOMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS INC — $84,313 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTION…Puerto Rican Association For Human Development Incorporated — $53,000 · Human ServicesPuerto Rican Association For …+8 more — $79,125 · Human Services+8 moreNJ 2-1-1 FOR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE — $241,616 · OtherNJ 2-1-1 FOR INFORMATION AND …CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN — $164,200 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF…Jamesburg Board of Education — $62,783 · OtherJamesburg Board of EducationSouth County Day Care — $62,250 · OtherSouth County Day CareUNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES — $57,347 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OC…HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC — $33,748 · OtherGREATER NEW BRUNSWICK DAY CARE COUNCIL INC — $33,400 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COASTAL & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $32,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ST JOHNS COUNTY INC — $30,000 · Other+5 more — $30,110 · OtherCENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $204,125 · Crime & LegalCENTRAL J…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW JERSEY INC — $35,600 · Crime & LegalCOURT APP…NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITIES INC — $86,090 · HealthANSHE EMETH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP OF CENTRAL NJ INC — $13,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $5,720 · HealthElijahs Promise Inc — $57,600 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $5,000 · Food & NutritionRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $15,400 · EducationBRADLEY GARDENS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC — $5,850 · Public Safety & Disaster
Philanthropy$931,951Human Services$748,588Other$747,954Crime & Legal$239,725Health$104,810Food & Nutrition$62,600Education$15,400Public Safety & Disaster$5,850

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetClassis of New Brunswick Community DevelopmentCorp — $370,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY — $300,668 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $204,125 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $184,876 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN — $164,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN AWARE INC — $162,150 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC — $99,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITIES INC — $86,090 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS INC — $84,313 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetElijahs Promise Inc — $57,600 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES — $57,347 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPuerto Rican Association For Human Development Incorporated — $53,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc — $51,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PASSAIC COUNTY INC — $39,954 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK — $39,087 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW JERSEY INC — $35,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC — $33,748 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER NEW BRUNSWICK DAY CARE COUNCIL INC — $33,400 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COASTAL & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $32,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HUDSON COUNTY — $30,073 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ST JOHNS COUNTY INC — $30,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY — $23,533 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY — $19,020 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $15,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANSHE EMETH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP OF CENTRAL NJ INC — $13,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HUNTERDON COUNTY — $9,657 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY — $7,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA of Metuchen — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF NEW JERSEY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRADLEY GARDENS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC — $5,850 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $5,720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY INC — $5,625 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY — $5,130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RAHWAY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFISH HOSPITALITY PROGRAM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCROSSROADS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Columbia Bank Foundat…The Provident Bank Fo…Investors Foundation …Td Charitable Foundat…Pseg Foundation IncFirstenergy FoundationBristol-Myers Squibb …The Robert Wood Johns…United Way of Norther…United Way WorldwideCitizens Philanthropi…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ34.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc · United Way Worldwide · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Central Jersey Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Women Aware Inc — 43% of income from government
  • United Way of Hunterdon County — 10% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County Inc — 10% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater Mercer County — 8% of income from government
  • United Way of Passaic County Inc — 7% of income from government
  • United Way of Martin County Inc — 4% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Central Jersey Legal Services Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen — 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/a United Way of Greater Newark — 2% of income from government
  • Crossroads Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Elijahs Promise Inc — 1% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc — 1% of income from government
  • United Way of St Johns County Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

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How do I get to United Way of Central Jersey Inc?

Find your warmest path to United Way of Central Jersey Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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