New Jersey · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC
COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $874,161 to it, the largest being Kessler Foundation Inc ($150,280). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $89M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $874k
- Net assets
- $80M
What Community Access Unlimited Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1979, community access unlimited is a union county-based nonprofit that serves people with disabilities and at-risk youth across new jersey. We give a voice to individuals who historically hold little power in society, assisting our members with housing, life skills, employment, personal finance, relationships, civic engagement, and much more. With more than 3,000 members and growing, we will never stop striving to create an all-inclusive, accessible world where everyone can lead a fulfilling life as part of the greater community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Division of developmental disabilities- residential programs in nj: we are proud to be a ddd approved provider in new jersey. Cau provides community-based housing and support services in residential neighborhoods for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Cau owns licensed ddd residential homes in more than a dozen towns in union county for individuals with developmental disabilities, youth at risk, and individuals with low-income housing needs. We offer just about every kind of living accommodation on the market - townhouses, condominiums, single- and multi-family homes, and apartments are available so our members can decide how, and with whom, they live. Our options include barrier-free, fully accessible homes for individuals with physical challenges, including properties with roll-in showers, widened hallways, and wheelchair accessible features.
$58,516,938 spentof which $1,691,557 as grants$65,315,749 earned by the program72% of program spendingDivision of disability services- fiscal intermediary- personal assistance services program, (pasp); cau serves as a fiscal intermediary for almost 450 clients. This program provides routine, non-medical personal care assistance to adults with permanent physical disabilities, who are 18 years of age or older, who are employed, preparing for employment, attending school or involved in community volunteer work and who are able to self- direct and supervise their own services. The goal of this program is to support individuals with physical disability so that they may remain active participants in their community. The pasp offers participants choice, flexibility, control, and the opportunity to manage their own personal care services.
$11,603,490 spentof which $10,079,228 as grants$739,903 earned by the program14% of program spendingSupports program and support coordination- the supports program, a medicaid waiver program launched by the division in 2015, funds services and supports for new jersey adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a non-licensed setting, to assist them to live as independently as possible and be fully integrated in their communities. Support coordination - cau is an nj ddd-approved provider of support coordination services that helps individuals with disabilities in 20 new jersey counties develop skills, experience, and connections within the community. Our highly experienced support coordinators take a person-centered approach in creating individualized support plans (isps) that consider the individual's needs, skills, and passions to match them with programs and services that will help them achieve their life goals.
$4,007,649 spent$4,010,766 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther services include employment services, assistive technology, educational services and youth shelter. Our services are developed and delivered to assist people to live their most independent and best lives.
$7,535,486 spentof which $348,003 as grants$2,187,586 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $81,663,563.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $61M to $74M (+22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 41% · 2019 24% · 2020 20% · 2021 17% · 2022 15% · 2023 18% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Bernadette Griswold
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $131k → $35k.
7 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 32% · 2019 44% · 2020 57% · 2021 23% · 2022 60% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
9% of COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $542.4M on record — $3.1M federal, $539.3M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.1M
- GRANT IN AID$493.6M
- FEDERAL$40.5M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$4.8M
- DEDICATED$258k
- TRUST FUND$192k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Creative Property Management · exempt
- Nonprofit Employee Benefits Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC?
- COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $874,161 to it, the largest being Kessler Foundation Inc ($150,280). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $874,161 in grants to COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC?
- Kessler Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $150,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 34 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing