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UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY (New Jersey) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,206,056 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,659,578). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $938k
What United Way of Greater Mercer County does
Mission
Uwgmc's mission is to unite people and resources to build a stronger, more connected community.we achieve this by designing and implementing sustainable, evidence-based programs with measurable outcomes. Our direct service work centers on disrupting poverty and building a thriving community in four areas: financial security, youth opportunity, healthy communities and community resiliency. More than 29,000 people were impacted by United Way of Greater Mercer County's (uwgmc) work in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Basic needs, emergency services & health: uwgmc promotes healthy communities by ensuring access to nutritious food, healthcare, and affordable housing. Programs include snap (supplemental nutrition assistance program) enrollment; assistance with sign-up for health insurance; discounted prescriptions through singlecare, energy assistance (also known as liheap); hygiene kits; and more. Uwgmc also manages the fema-funded emergency food and shelter program (efsp), which provides essential financial support to local nonprofits delivering food and shelter services.
$702,727 spentof which $8,320 as grants55% of program spendingStabilizing and economic mobility: uwgmc works to build financial stability through programs such as free tax preparation assistance also known as vita (volunteer income tax assistance) program; credit and money management workshops; estate planning education sessions; and tax navigation including what to do when you get a letter from the irs.
$374,786 spent29% of program spendingBuilding youth potential: uwgmc is committed to expanding youth opportunities by making college and career paths accessible for financially struggling families. We offer free college admissions and fafsa assistance, essay writing workshops, scholarships, and support for those pursuing trade school. Uwgmc also recruits volunteers to help youth with resume writing and interview preparation. For school-agers and younger students, we provide literacy and stem kits to inspire a love of reading and interest in science and math.
$38,763 spent3% of program spendingSustaining impact and non-profit capacity building: uwgmc provides capacity-building support to nonprofits through expert consulting, volunteer recruitment assistance, sector-relevant workshops, and small grantsall aimed at helping organizations meet their operational and programmatic goals.why United Way of Greater Mercer County (uwgmc) is vital to the community:uwgmc is vital to the community because it drives meaningful change by addressing critical issues like poverty, education, health, and housing. By mobilizing local resources, organizations both small and large from a variety sectors, and volunteers, uwgmc creates lasting impact, ensuring that individuals and families, especially those facing financial and health challenges, have access to the support and opportunities they need to thrive.
$168,237 spentof which $16,133 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,284,513.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.7M to $1.4M (−61%).
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 11% · 2023 9% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Sandra Toussaint-Burgher
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $140k → $614k.
11 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $18k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Greater Mercer County). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 GREATER MERCER COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
42% 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 GREATER MERCER COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 37% · 2019 46% · 2020 27% · 2021 72% · 2022 71% · 2023 65% — 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
50% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
79% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY'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. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 GREATER MERCER COUNTY's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $657k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$657k
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 GREATER MERCER COUNTY
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY: 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY (New Jersey) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,206,056 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,659,578). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,206,056 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,659,578 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 46 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