New Jersey · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,193,974 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $446k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $279k
What Society of St Vincent de Paul- Council of Metuchen does
Mission
Provide aid to the indigent. Services are mostly cash grants for food and shelter as well as operation of food banks in new brunswick and perth amboy, new jersey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Costs of food for food banks operated on a weekly basis in perth amboy new jersey. There were 40,634 individuals served in perth amboy. The new brunswick food bank was closed in 2025.
$373,933 spent51% of program spendingThe society helps the indigent through our conferences via person-to-person meetings with the needy individuals concerned. The volunteer case workers review and approve aid through conferences with the members of the council. Assistance is given for rent, utilities, food, medical care, among other needs.
$270,451 spent37% of program spendingRental of premises where food bank were served perth amboy, new jersey. Provides christmas/easter gifts, backpack, coats/blankets, bagels and school supplies to the indigents/needy individuals in the community served.
$61,175 spent8% of program spendingVarious projects that focus on the youth of the community and adults. The society provides christmas toy giveaways for children. This also includes supplies, repairs and maintenance and equipment for the pantry. The council also had a communion program whereby the avenel conference purchases communion outfits and is reimbursed by the council treasurer contributions received from the conference members.
$23,961 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $729,520.
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 2024 to 2025, from $569k to $283k (−50%).
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: 2020 58% · 2021 71% · 2022 56% · 2023 66% · 2024 61% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $315k → $0.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 74% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN'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. 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
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN's revenue fell 37% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN?
- SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,193,974 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,125,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,193,974 in grants to SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL- COUNCIL OF METUCHEN 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing