New Jersey · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,270,631 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($700,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What United Way of Central Jersey Inc does
Mission
United Way of Central Jersey's leadership brings together resources for local disadvantaged families to ensure that all young children in our community attain better educational outcomes and a healthier, brighter and more successful future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In April 2024, United Way of Central Jersey established a 'Family Financial Opportunity Center' (FFOC). The FFOC, located in Perth Amboy NJ, helps Middlesex County NJ residents with employment counseling, income support, and financial coaching.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Healthy CommunityNurse Family Partnership The evidence-based Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program specifically serves low-income, first-time pregnant women, providing comprehensive parenting training and education, and additional supportive services, from the twelfth week of pregnancy through the child's second birthday. (Additional Information provided on Schedule O)Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) This evidence-based program targets first-time low-income pregnant women and provides intensive parent education, health and other resources and support services. NFP clients typically have a higher risk for poor birth outcomes since, on average they are more likely to be impacted by social and economic inequality and systemic racism than the general population of individuals pregnant with or parenting their first child.Our NFP program outcomes include reductions in pre-term births, low birth weight infants and subsequent pregnancies. Increases in breast feeding at birth, 6 and 12 months as well as increased workforce participation at 6, 12 and 24 months have also been documented.During 2024, our 8 bachelor-level nurse home visitors supported 225 families which included 205 children.…
$1,617,896 spent$1,368,491 earned by the program51% of program spendingFinancial SecurityUWCJ assists financially fragile households in multiple capacities, including our year-round IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, administration oversight of FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter funding in Middlesex County NJ, supporting the NJ211 information and referral service, UWCJ's Family Financial Opportunity Center (FFOC), and the Middlesex County Alliance for Child and Family Success program.(Additional Information provided on Schedule O)UWCJ has a multi-level focus to provide much-needed financial security for community residents. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)Individuals and families making $75,000 or less per year can have their federal and state income tax returns prepared and filed for free by IRS-certified volunteers in UWCJ's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance ('VITA') Program. The volunteer-driven program supports over 2,500 individuals in Middlesex County and returns an average of $2.5 million dollars in refunds, including Earned Income Tax Credits ('EITC'), and Child Care credits for taxpayers. Unlike other VITA programs, United Way of Central Jersey provides VITA services year-round to assist late filers, delinquent…
$1,081,105 spentof which $242,572 as grants$1,097,915 earned by the program34% of program spendingYouth OpoortunityFocusing on academic and life success for Middlesex County Children ages 0-5, our primary initiatives are 1) a Placed-based Initiative at JFK Elementary School in Jamesburg NJ, 2) Summer STREAM Stars summer and school-year program at JFK, and 3) Abriendo Puertas parent-training. (Additional Information provided on Schedule O)UWCJ's three focused 'Early Education Youth Opportunity' initiatives are:Place-based Initiative at JFK Elementary School in Jamesburg NJUnited Way of Central Jersey leads John F. Kennedy Elementary School's Early Childhood Council's long-term strategy to address the early education and development needs of preschool students and their families. Our Family Advocate stationed at JFK has an active caseload of over 60 families with a wide range of education, child development, health, immigration, nutrition, and financial hurdles. The Family Advocate also facilitated parent workshops, ESL classes, and community events. UWCJ also supported an in-school food pantry and a holiday food distribution. Jamesburg JFK School families also received FEMA-funded grocery gift cards. Summer STREAM Stars at JFK ElementaryUWCJ received Community Project funding…
$443,984 spent$322,250 earned by the program14% of program spendingUWCJ is committed to ensuring that families with children ages 0-5 living within our community receive resources and support enabling all to thrive: financially, educationally, and in good health; which impacts the life trajectory of the children. We offer programs and services supplementing our 13 core programs as follows: Back-to-School Supplies - In 2024, UWCJ provided 420 backpacks filled with grade-targeted school supplies to Middlesex County schools that requested supplies for students living in income-challenged households. Supplies were donated by generous area corporations and businesses and stuffed by UWCJ and corporate volunteers. Gifts of the Season - This program provides end of the year holiday gifts to families participating in UWCJ direct services as well as clients enrolled with our non-profit community partners' programs. Gifts are purchased by 23 of our generous corporate partners as well as members of the general public based upon the wish list of the children, provided by their parents. In 2024, this program provided gifts to 608 children. UWCJ Women United A volunteer-driven organization, UWCJ Women United, hosted their annual nonpartisan 'Legislative…
$9,827 spent$9,827 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,152,812.
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 2017 to 2018, from $6.1M to $5.3M (−12%).
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: 2021 6% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $49k → $151k.
8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 86% · 2019 34% · 2020 50% · 2021 43% · 2022 37% · 2023 48% — 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
45% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
71% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY 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. $689k 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
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.0M on record — $1.1M federal, $9.0M state.
- Department of the Treasury$634k
- Department of Labor$425k
- GRANT IN AID$7.8M
- FEDERAL$1.1M
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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,270,631 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($700,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,270,631 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL 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.
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 39 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