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UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY

UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY (New Jersey) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,640,998 to it, the largest being C R BARD FOUNDATION INC ($564,076). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
47
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$2.9M
34/47 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry does

Mission

The mission of united way greater union county is to improve lives and build strong communities by uniting individuals and organizations with the will, passion, expertise, and resources needed to solve problems.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Family strengthening ensures that everyone in union county has the necessary opportunities, relationships and networks to support the success of their family. We focus on family strengthening by advancing education, income and health throughout one's journey from birth to adulthood. The union county family strengthening network (ucfsn) is a unique public private partnership between united way of greater union county, business, government schools, faith based and non profit organizations and foundations. Partners work to break down barriers for families, create opportunities to ensure that every child succeeds in life.

    $302,877 spentof which $174,391 as grants
    7% of program spending
  2. Funds raised and distributed to health and human services organizations as directed by contributions through the united way pledge designation program system.

    $3,616,289 spentof which $1,184,363 as grants
    89% of program spending
  3. Community impact initiatives funded by government grants: nurse family partnership clients served by evidence based community health home visitation program that partners a registered nurse with first time parents. This program gives babies a great start in life by giving first time mothers support while helping them to learn responsible parenting. Workforce investment opportunity act (wioa) in may 2015, uwguc was awarded a contract by the county of union to implement the wia/wioa program and continues to do so.

    $122,294 spentof which $18,134 as grants
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,041,460.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.7M) Expenses 100 ($4.8M) Net assets 100 ($2.2M)2018 Revenue 105 ($4.9M) Expenses 106 ($5.1M) Net assets 90 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 102 ($4.8M) Expenses 94 ($4.6M) Net assets 74 ($1.6M)2020 Revenue 76 ($3.6M) Expenses 72 ($3.5M) Net assets 82 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 89 ($4.2M) Expenses 87 ($4.2M) Net assets 96 ($2.1M)2022 Revenue 89 ($4.2M) Expenses 93 ($4.5M) Net assets 60 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 80 ($3.8M) Expenses 93 ($4.5M) Net assets 28 ($621k)2024 Revenue 94 ($4.4M) Expenses 59 ($2.9M) Net assets 111 ($2.4M)2025 Revenue 99 ($4.7M) Expenses 90 ($4.3M) Net assets 130 ($2.9M)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (90)Net assets (130)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.2M to $3.9M (+24%).

$3.8M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$3.6M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$3.2M
$3.9M
$4.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2020
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 42% · 2018 56% · 2019 64% · 2020 59% · 2021 73% · 2022 73% · 2023 90% · 2024 49% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$113k
’17
−$171k
’18
$229k
’19
$99k
’20
−$14k
’21
−$282k
’22
−$716k
’23
$1.6M
’24
$320k
’25
2.0
months of
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

Julienne Cherry

CEO

Board chair

Martin P Melilli

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed23222417161471616
Joined·+6+3+1+2+0+4+9+4
No longer listed·718321104
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $438k → $221k.

11 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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 UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

15%
largest funder
38%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 45% · 2019 35% · 2020 21% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% — 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

48% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

59% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $731k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.6M to it.

Operating margin7% · below the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $152k on record.

Federal$152k
grants $152kcontracts $0
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25
26
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$100k
  • Department of the Treasury$52k

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 UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 4%Fundraising 3%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY?
UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY (New Jersey) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,640,998 to it, the largest being C R BARD FOUNDATION INC ($564,076). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY have?
IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,640,998 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY?
C R BARD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $564,076 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY 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 47 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