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United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry

The mission of united way greater union county is to improve lives and build strong communities by uniting individuals and organizations with the will, passion, expertise, and resources needed to solve problems.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$215k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,178
Largest grant, FY2025
$31,480
Organizations funded a year
4 to 33
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving15$215k33%
FY202410$105k40%
FY20228$127k13%
FY20216$109k33%
FY20206$95k0%
FY20194$170k0%
FY201833$467k36%
FY201732$1.7Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.1MPhilanthropy$960kHuman Services$642kHousing & Shelter$263kEducation$190kYouth Development$28kFood & Nutrition$19kReligion$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc$804,74166%
Home First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services$258,111310%
Valley of the Sun United Way$206,21440%
Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico$155,45250%
Rahway Community Action Organizatio$124,858412%
Proceed$110,3822n/a
Greater Twin Cities United Way$92,89430%
Tri-County United Way Inc$77,80434%
American Cancer Society Inc$76,75120%
Utah's Promise$72,11040%
Neighborhood House Association$65,44741%
Communities in Cooperation Inc$64,98228%
Nj 2-1-1 Partnership a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation$50,00021%
YWCA of Eastern Union County Inc$49,61440%
Young Men's Christian Association of Eastern Union County$44,69820%
Plainfield City Union of the King's Daughters King's Daughters Day School$44,66541%
Urban League of Union County$39,8882n/a
Covington-Newton County United Way Inc$39,25337%
JCC of Central New Jersey$38,83420%
The Connection for Women and Families$35,2502n/a
Rahway Day Care Center Inc$33,92941%
The Arc of Union County Inc$31,33220%
Tulsa Area United Way$30,10320%
Daycare Centerofthefirstpresbyterianchurchroselle$28,74033%
Second Street Youth Center Inc$27,90720%
The Salvation Army$26,6321n/a
United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc$24,61820%
Ym-Ywha of Union County$23,35221%
American Heart Association Inc$19,28030%
Cranford Family Care$18,925216%
Jefferson Park Ministries Inc$18,60125%
United Way of Tri County Inc$16,96510%
United Way of Greater Houston$16,56320%
Chc Creating Healthier Communities$15,22510%
American Lung Association$15,2213n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$14,97320%
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley$12,51720%
Literacy Volunteers of America$12,5052n/a
Overlook Foundation$12,50020%
Plainfeld Board of Education$11,9702n/a
Jewish Family Service Agency of Central Nj$11,84620%
United Family and Childrens Society$10,94021%
Freedom House Inc$10,79110%
Renaissance Church$10,4002n/a
Community Coordinated Childcare of Union County Inc$10,2541n/a
Child Protection Center Inc$8,18711%
Occupational Center of Union County Inc$8,0961n/a
United Way of Greater Mercer County$7,86810%
United Way of Central Minnesota$7,47210%
Trident United Way$7,30020%
Guadalupe Family Services Inc$6,98712%
Community Health Charities Northeast$6,0631n/a
Cerebral Palsy League Inc$5,82610%
It's About Caring for Kids Inc$5,46212%
Salvation Army & Its Components$5,3321n/a
Marguerite's Place Inc$5,02710%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc: $804,741 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetHome First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services: $258,111 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $206,214 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico: $155,452 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRahway Community Action Organizatio: $124,858 over 4y, 12% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $92,894 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTri-County United Way Inc: $77,804 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $76,751 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUtah's Promise: $72,110 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $65,447 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCommunities in Cooperation Inc: $64,982 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetNj 2-1-1 Partnership a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYWCA of Eastern Union County Inc: $49,614 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Eastern Union County: $44,698 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPlainfield City Union of the King's Daughters King's Daughters Day School: $44,665 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCovington-Newton County United Way Inc: $39,253 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetJCC of Central New Jersey: $38,834 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRahway Day Care Center Inc: $33,929 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Arc of Union County Inc: $31,332 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Area United Way: $30,103 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDaycare Centerofthefirstpresbyterianchurchroselle: $28,740 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSecond Street Youth Center Inc: $27,907 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: $24,618 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYm-Ywha of Union County: $23,352 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $19,280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCranford Family Care: $18,925 over 2y, 16% of budgetJefferson Park Ministries Inc: $18,601 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetUnited Way of Tri County Inc: $16,965 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $16,563 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChc Creating Healthier Communities: $15,225 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $14,973 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley: $12,517 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOverlook Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Family Service Agency of Central Nj: $11,846 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Family and Childrens Society: $10,940 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFreedom House Inc: $10,791 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChild Protection Center Inc: $8,187 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Mercer County: $7,868 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Central Minnesota: $7,472 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrident United Way: $7,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGuadalupe Family Services Inc: $6,987 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCerebral Palsy League Inc: $5,826 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIt's About Caring for Kids Inc: $5,462 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMarguerite's Place Inc: $5,027 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ33.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Ej Grassmann Trust · Plainfield Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Turrell Fund · The Provident Bank Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Westfield Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry

How much does United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry give?
United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry reported 15 itemized grants totaling $215,354, out of $1,376,888 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Philanthropy (30%), Human Services (20%).
Who are United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc ($805k), Home First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services ($258k), Valley of the Sun United Way ($206k).
Does United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Ej Grassmann Trust.
Where is United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry based?
United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry is based in NJ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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