New Jersey · Nonprofit
WOMEN AWARE INC
WOMEN AWARE INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,686,855 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($870,145). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Women Aware Inc does
Mission
Women aware envisions a society where individuals can live free from violence and injustice. Our mission is to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of individuals and families affected by domestic violence in middlesex county, new jersey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Women aware is the state designated lead domestic violence agency for middlesex county, nj. Our mission is to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of individuals and families affected by domestic violence. We serve all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, or military status. Each year, women aware provides emergency shelter to 200 victims and their children facing imminent danger. In addition, 3,000 individuals benefit from our safety net programs. These include legal advocacy, counseling, support groups, and trauma reduction services for children. Our 24-hour crisis hotline serves as the first point of contact for most victims seeking support in the county, reaffirming our role as the county's primary domestic violence service provider. Women aware is the lead agency of the middlesex county family justice center (fjc)a centralized hub offering coordinated services, in partnership with 20 agencies, for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking and elder abuse. Through the fjc, advocates guide survivors…
$1,768,773 spentof which $186,048 as grants$1,620 earned by the program53% of program spendingLegal advocates help domestic violence victims/survivors receive justice by increasing their understanding of, and access to, the protections afforded to them by the law. Advocates connect clients to a network of community partners to access legal counsel, immigration assistance, mental health services, and culturally specific services. This year, we have seen a 73% increase in court requested intervention by advocates, which is a testament of the growing relationship with the fjc and family court.
$807,184 spentof which $195 as grants24% of program spendingWomen aware's non-residential children's program, pals (peace: a learned solution), is an evidence-based trauma treatment and support initiative for children aged 3 to 12 who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence. Children participate in therapy for a minimum of six months. This fiscal year, 57 children received healing and support through the pals program.
$540,790 spent16% of program spendingOur emergency shelter is the cornerstone for safety, case management, and housing advocacy for victims of domestic violence in middlesex county and aims to mitigate the trauma and distress of victims by providing supportive services and basic necessities to address the physical and emotional health and safety of victims and their children. This fiscal year, we provided 12,259 bednights to 191 survivors fleeing abuse.
$216,925 spentof which $37 as grants$27,994 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,333,672.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.5M to $4.0M (+13%).
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 82% · 2018 83% · 2019 84% · 2020 80% · 2021 79% · 2022 83% · 2023 82% · 2024 85% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of WOMEN AWARE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Phyllis Yonta
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $142k → $218k.
8 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 WOMEN AWARE INC’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
WOMEN AWARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 WOMEN AWARE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 43% · 2019 75% · 2020 57% · 2021 59% · 2022 59% · 2023 61% — 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
24% of WOMEN AWARE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
90% of WOMEN AWARE 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. $203k 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
WOMEN AWARE INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WOMEN AWARE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $37.2M on record — $2.0M federal, $35.2M state.
- Department of Justice$2.0M
- GRANT IN AID$24.5M
- FEDERAL$9.8M
- DEDICATED$468k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$409k
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 WOMEN AWARE 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
87% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMEN AWARE 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 WOMEN AWARE INC?
- WOMEN AWARE INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,686,855 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($870,145). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN AWARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $1,686,855 in grants to WOMEN AWARE INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN AWARE INC?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $870,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN AWARE 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 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