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United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties

UNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES (uwmoc) bridges the gaps to education, financial stability and health for every person in our community.

$488k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$87k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$1.0MEducation$821kHealth$551kHousing & Shelter$406kCommunity Improvement$295kYouth Development$245kEmployment$225kFood & Nutrition$71kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $106,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $487,969 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $381,469 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

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
$86,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL NJ$86,500
NJ 2-1-1 - INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES$20,000
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 (FY17–21, $453k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%THE COMMUNITY YMCA: $25k → 6%SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY CENTER: $115k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY CENTER: $63k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY CENTER: $38k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY: $15k → 11%FULFILL: $41k → 6%FULFILL: $37k → 6%FULFILL: $36k → 6%CHILD CARE RESOURCES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY: $30k → 6%FULFILL: $30k → 6%FULFILL: $15k → 6%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 76%.

United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Countieslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 23% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 22 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$3.4M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+57%

Still filing today

68%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEmploymentEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • VN
    VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $756k · revenue +20%
  • LB
    LONG BEACH ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $224k · revenue +21%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $175k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TRENTONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +32%
  • CC
    CHILD CARE RESOURCES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +32%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF MONMOUTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +57%
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
Family Based Services Association of New Jersey Inc

Provide peer support for families with children that have behavioral, mental, developmental and substance use challanges, as well as raisng awarness of these needs throughout monmouth county and to appropriate state legislators.

Youth Development
2
Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities Inc

To provide kosher, nonsectarian living arrangements for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Human Services
3
Millville Day Care Center Inc

Child care program for children of various financial backgrounds.

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4
Department of Persons With Disabilities

We provide residential, vocational, social and spiritual programs for persons with developmental disabilities. we offer opportunities to become more active and valued members of society, and to participate fully in life with dignity and…

Human Services
5
Abilities Center of Southern Nj Inc

Abilities solutions is a 501(c)(3), incorporated in 1963 in new jersey to provide employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and other barriers to full participation in the workforce. we achive our goals by partenering with…

Employment
6
Camden County Family Support

To provide a comprehensive and responsive service system for families of children with special mental, emotional, and behavioral needs throughout the county of camden, as well as to increase awareness of these children and their needs.

Human Services
7
The Jewish Federation of Middlesex & Monmouth Counties a Nj Nonprofit Corp

The jewish federation of middlesex and monmouth counties, a nj non-profit corporation, also known as the jewish federation in the heart of new jersey, brings together people, partners and resources to fulfill the most important needs and…

Philanthropy
8
New Jersey School-Age Child Care Coalition

To foster the growth, quality and sustainability of out-of-school time providers, professionals and organizations to expand access and opportunity for new jerseys youth and families.

Human Services
9
Care Plus Nj Inc

This agency is dedicated to excellence in mental healthcare and has commitment to life- long support needed by individuals and their families to ensure that they achieve their full potential to improve the quality of their lives.

Health
10
Irvington Counseling Center Inc

Mental health counseling

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11
North Jersey Friendship House Inc

To build the skills of individuals with varying abilities and developmental needs, by providing clinical treatment, community integration, vocational training and work opportunities in order to achieve and maintain productive lives.

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12
The Arc of Cape May County Inc

The Arc of Cape May County, Inc. works to promote and protect the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community. To also provide…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association of Monmouth County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vetgroup Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY: $755,922 · OtherVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEYNJ 2-1-1 FOR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $415,100 · OtherNJ 2-1-1 FOR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICENAVICORE SOLUTIONS: $190,319 · OtherNAVICORE SOLUTIONSTOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOLS: $169,243 · OtherTOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOLSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $127,736 · OtherSOCIAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES NETWORK (SCAN): $83,000 · Other+18 more: $693,119 · Other+18 moreLONG BEACH ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $223,902 · Human ServicesLONG BEACH ISL…THE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $158,778 · Human ServicesTHE FOODBANK O…CHILD CARE RESOURCES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE RES…YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATE…+1 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesAffordable Housing Alliance: $383,484 · Housing & ShelterAffordable H…+1 more: $13,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INC: $175,000 · EmploymentCOLLIER SERVICES - SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $101,400 · EducationGIRL SCOUTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentLADACIN NETWORK INC: $25,000 · HealthNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITIES INC: $11,000 · HealthMARYVILLE INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$2,434,439Human Services$452,680Housing & Shelter$396,484Employment$175,000Education$101,400Youth Development$50,000Health$41,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY: $755,922 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAffordable Housing Alliance: $383,484 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLONG BEACH ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $223,902 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INC: $175,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $158,778 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $127,736 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCOLLIER SERVICES - SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $101,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMONMOUTH DAY CARE CENTER INC: $80,400 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF FREEHOLD NJ: $79,135 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC: $77,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOCEAN INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES: $55,735 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TRENTON: $53,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MONMOUTH COUNTY: $42,300 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Rumson Country Day School: $42,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLEARNING DISABILITIES ORGANIZATION - MONMOUTH/OCEAN COUNTIES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE ARC OF MONMOUTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLADACIN NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNT BASIE THEATRE INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAREGIVER VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL JERSEY- A FAITH IN ACTION PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetVETGROUP INC: $14,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE ARC OCEAN COUNTY CHAPTER INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITIES INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OCEAN COUNTY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJERSEY SHORE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARYVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Oceanfirst FoundationNew Jersey Natural Ga…The Jay and Linda Gru…Manasquan Bank Charit…Investors Foundation …The Provident Bank Fo…Community Foundation …Wintrode Family Found…The Amboy FoundationCitizens Philanthropi…The Foodbank of Monmo…The Ansell Grimm & Aa…
Oceanfirst FoundationNJ49.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oceanfirst Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Wintrode Family Foundation Inc · The Amboy Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill · The Ansell Grimm & Aaron Foundation Inc

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 Monmouth and Ocean Counties funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Ocean Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Affordable Housing Alliance: 21% of income from government
  • Maryville Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association of Monmouth County Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Monmouth Day Care Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Collier Services - Sisters of the Good Shepherd: 3% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton: 2% of income from government
  • Count Basie Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Vetgroup Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ocean County Ymca Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 37 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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