New Jersey · Public charity
United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc
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- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $44,040
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $571,383
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 38
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $1.6M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.1M | 55% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $252k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $319k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $201k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $513k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Place Early Learning Center | $1,127,674 | 3 | n/a |
| Glassboro Child Development Centers | $589,797 | 3 | 10% |
| Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc | $496,683 | 9 | 0% |
| New Jersey Citizen Action | $376,374 | 5 | 17% |
| Parsippany Child Day Care Center Inc | $342,799 | 7 | 13% |
| United Way of Hunterdon County | $293,650 | 5 | 6% |
| United Way of Central Jersey Inc | $276,480 | 5 | 2% |
| Campaign for Working Families Inc | $230,517 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Mercer County | $189,351 | 4 | 5% |
| Little Wonders Cc Center | $166,139 | 3 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc
- How much does United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc give?
- United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $1,639,200, out of $2,920,147 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 38 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Education (23%), Philanthropy (21%).
- Who are United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Busy Place Early Learning Center ($1.1M), Glassboro Child Development Centers ($590k), Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc ($497k).
- Does United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, The Provident Bank Foundation, Investors Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc based?
- United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc is based in NJ.
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