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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 FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $215,354, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,376,888 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,161,534 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $174k
$11,178
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA$31,480
SALVATION ARMY ELIZABETH CORPS$26,632
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION$24,114
ARC OF UNION COUNTY$20,888
RAHWAY COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION$19,848
KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL INC$15,926
SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER$13,907
RAHWAY DAY CARE CENTER$11,178
COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE$10,254
YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY$8,307
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL NJ$8,096
IN ROADS TO OPPORTUNITY$8,096
CEREBRAL PALSY LEAGUE OF UNION COUNTY$5,826
UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC$5,470
SALVATION ARMY PLAINFIELD$5,332
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%IT'S ABOUT KIDS: $5k → 14%NJ-211: $40k → 4%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $594k → 7%THE CONNECTION FOR WOMEN: $32k → 10%MARGUERITE'S PLACE: $5k → 7%NJ-211: $10k → 4%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $91k → 7%THE CONNECTION FOR WOMEN: $4k → 10%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $61k → 7%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $24k → 7%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $17k → 7%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NNJ: $17k → 7%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $27k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $24k → 10%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER: $14k → 10%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER: $14k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $11k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC: $5k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC: $5k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $31k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $13k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN COOPERATION: $40k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN COOPERATION: $25k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
UT
MO
VA
AZ
KS
SC
OK
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 34 repeat orgs$394k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
17

Total granted

$2.6M
$338k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+2%

Still filing today

91%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $805k · revenue +131%
  • FU
    FONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO
    5× · 2017–2022 · $155k · revenue +31%
  • RC
    RAHWAY COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATIO
    4× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +199%

Funded once

  • P
    PROCEED
    2× · 2017–2018 · $110k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $77k · revenue -83%
  • JP
    Jefferson Park Ministries Incgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $19k · revenue +370%
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.

04Its field

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.

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
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
3
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
4
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.

Philanthropy
5
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
6
United Way of Rutherford County Inc

The organization promotes and supports the efficient, effective and economical provison of human services through its organizational members.

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Bergen County

The mission of bergen county's united way is to connect community members in need with resources through nj211, to stabilize families on the verge of losing their housing through the compassion fund and to develop affordable housing for…

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8
Capital Area United Way

To improve lives by leveraging partnerships in our community to advance the common good through education access, economic mobility, and healthy living.

Philanthropy
9
United Way of the Csra Inc

United way of the csra mobilizes the caring power of our community to make lasting change on the issues that matter most in our region. we want to ensure that children, young adults, and families have the tools and resources they need to…

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10
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Uniting people and resources in building a stronger, healthier community

Philanthropy
11
United Cerebral Palsy of Hudson County

To provide the developmentally disbaled with a comprehensive array of habilitative and support services that allow each individual to function in the least restrictive environemnt by: continually meeting the needs of the developmentally…

Health
12
Unity Parenting & Counseling Inc

To provide the residents of our community strong support, community advocacy and holisticservices designed to nurture and strengthen the inner person to promote self-efficiency andfamily empowerment.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Mercer County; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 57 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
31/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $804,741 · Human ServicesTHE PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HE…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $65,447 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATIONCommunities in Cooperation Inc: $64,982 · Human ServicesCommunities in Cooperation IncNJ 2-1-1 PARTNERSHIP A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY: $44,698 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF UNION COUNTY: $39,888 · Human Services+6 more: $99,559 · Human Services+6 moreHome First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services: $258,111 · OtherHome First - Interfaith Housing…PROCEED: $110,382 · OtherPROCEEDTRI-COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $77,804 · OtherTRI-COUNTY UNITED WAY INCYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $49,614 · OtherYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN…PLAINFIELD CITY UNION OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL: $44,665 · OtherJCC of Central New Jersey: $38,834 · OtherRahway Day Care Center Inc: $33,929 · OtherThe Arc of Union County Inc: $31,332 · OtherTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $30,103 · Other+15 more: $210,924 · Other+15 moreVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $206,214 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAYUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $192,858 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INCFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO: $155,452 · PhilanthropyFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO I…GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $92,894 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAYUTAH'S PROMISE: $72,110 · PhilanthropyUTAH'S PROMISECOVINGTON-NEWTON COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $39,253 · Philanthropy+6 more: $85,831 · Philanthropy+6 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $76,751 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $19,280 · HealthOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $12,500 · HealthFREEDOM HOUSE INC: $10,791 · HealthOCCUPATIONAL CENTER OF UNION COUNTY INC: $8,096 · HealthCEREBRAL PALSY LEAGUE INC: $5,826 · HealthRAHWAY COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATIO: $124,858 · Community ImprovementJefferson Park Ministries Inc: $18,601 · Food & NutritionCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $8,187 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,169,315Other$885,698Philanthropy$844,612Health$133,244Community Improvement$124,858Food & Nutrition$18,601Crime & Legal$8,187

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $192,858 over 4y, 0.4% 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
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.

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 F…Community Foundation …Ej Grassmann TrustPlainfield FoundationColumbia Bank Foundat…Turrell FundThe Provident Bank Fo…Citizens Philanthropi…United Way WorldwideUnited Way of Greater…Investors Foundation …The Westfield Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Jefferson Park Ministries Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Urban League of Union County: 22% of income from government
  • United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater Mercer County: 8% of income from government
  • Ywca of Eastern Union County Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Association: 6% of income from government
  • Rahway Day Care Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Freedom House Inc: 4% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Jewish Family Service Agency of Central Nj: 1% of income from government
  • Ym-Ywha of Union County: 1% of income from government
  • Cerebral Palsy League Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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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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