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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,058 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $206k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $446k
What Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey Inc does
Mission
Grounded in our Unitarian Universalist faith we are confronting systemic injustice and building a more compassionate society in New Jersey by: Educating ourselves and others on social and political issues Mobilizing individuals and congregations to act for justice Advocating for equitable and sustainable public policy
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
EDUCATE - Though the efforts of five social justice task forces supported by UUFaithActionNJ staff we inform our supporters and partners of key pending legislation regulatory actions and related activities pertaining to the focus areas of the Task Forces: Criminal Justice Reform Environmental Justice Immigration Reform Reproductive Justice and Reparative Justice. specific communication tools include the UFANJH.org web site social media email Action alerts state-wide conferences as well as face to face and Zoom meetings.
$40,000 spent44% of program spendingMOBILIZE - Using the communication tools identified above as well as direct appeals and calls to action our supporters and partners write letters and make phone calls to elected and other governmental officials attend rallies in coordination with our partners in matters pertaining to the focus areas of the five Takes forces.
$30,000 spent33% of program spendingAdvocacy - UUFaithActionNJ and Task Fore volunteers regularly provide testimony at legislative hearings and file amicus briefs in matters pertaining to the focus of the u Task Forces
$20,000 spent22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $374k to $461k (+23%).
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.
93% of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $29.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
94% of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $163k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC?
- UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,058 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $173,058 in grants to UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY OF NEW JERSEY 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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