New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE WORK GROUP INC
THE WORK GROUP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $584,538 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($297,772). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $585k
- Net assets
- $597k
What The Work Group Inc does
Mission
The work group provides at-risk youth in transition to adulthood with the resources they need to become self-directed, self-sufficient individuals and productive, responsible members of their families and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The work group (twg) is a private, nonprofit corporation whose mission is to equip at-risk youth in transition to adulthood with the skills, education, and confidence to become self-directed, self-sufficient individuals who are productive and responsible members of their families and communities. The work group operates the nj youth corps of camden county, a voluntary high school diploma and work readiness program for out of school youth ages 16 to 25. Youth corps provides holistic youth development centered programming. In addition to academic instruction, the work group provides people with work readiness skill training, community based service projects, life skills training, financial literacy, customer service credentialing, case management, supportive services, counseling, and a host of other services. We accept approximately 80 out of school youth annually who at admission have met the minimum entrance criteria of a 6.0 reading and math grade level. Most of our students are 16 to 24 years of age, and have been out of school at least two years. Over 90% of our youth corps students attended school in camden city, its students are by definition among the least prepared in the…
$1,419,017 spent77% of program spendingThe work group is a new jersey licensed substance abuse and behavioral health center for individuals 16 years old and older. The work group provides counseling, group counseling, iop level of care, and medication support. At the current time, the focus is on medicaid eligible participants.
$421,434 spent$501,074 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,840,451.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $775k to $986k (+27%).
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 85% · 2018 93% · 2019 88% · 2020 85% · 2021 85% · 2022 80% · 2023 63% · 2024 53% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $34k → $79k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 THE WORK GROUP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
THE WORK GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE WORK GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 77% · 2022 74% · 2023 73% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of THE WORK GROUP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE WORK GROUP INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding THE WORK GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.1M on record.
- GRANT IN AID$8.9M
- FEDERAL$5.0M
- TRUST FUND$2.5M
- SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION TRUST FD$401k
- DEDICATED$197k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$57k
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.
Organizations like THE WORK GROUP INC
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WORK GROUP 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 THE WORK GROUP INC?
- THE WORK GROUP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $584,538 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($297,772). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WORK GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $584,538 in grants to THE WORK GROUP INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WORK GROUP INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $297,772 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WORK GROUP 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.
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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 10 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