Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$8,826,620

Total expenses

$9,700,147

Contributions and grants received

$9,407,235

Grants paid

$3,063,913

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

-$325,127

Other revenue

-$255,488

Total assets, end of year

$19,349,690

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,307,582

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,042,108

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,334,189

Management and general expenses

$661,848

Fundraising expenses

$1,704,110

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,334,189

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• UNITED IN CARE TO SUPPORT THE WORKING ALICE POPULATION IN THE EXTENDED COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE PROJECTED LONG-TERM ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LEAD PARTNER FOR A FOUR-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE CHILDCARE SYSTEM. THIS PILOT IS SEEKING TO REVERSE CHILDCARE DESERTS IN FOUR REGIONS ACROSS NEW JERSEY, INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY, AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING FAMILIES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, UNITED IN CARE IS CREATING ALLIANCES THAT PAIR TWO PREVIOUSLY DISCONNECTED PILLARS OF THE CHILDCARE SYSTEMHIGHLY RATED CENTERS AND LOCAL FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERSTO EXPAND CAPACITY, LEVERAGE A COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE, AND SHARE CRITICAL RESOURCES. THIS DATA-DRIVEN PILOT IS MEASURING KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS GATHERED THROUGH FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTICIPATING FAMILIES, CENTERS AND PROVIDERS AND ANALYZED BY EXPERTS. METRICS, DASHBOARDS, AND EVALUATION TOOLS ARE THE BEDROCK FOR UNITED IN CARE'S EVOLUTION AND CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. THIS PILOT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL BY TRANSFORMING THIS SECTOR, PROMOTING QUALITY CHILDCARE AND EARLY EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING PARENTS AND EARLY EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.

  Expenses $3,694,915

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,405,285 · Grants $491,111

• UNITED FOR ALICEUNITED FOR ALICE IS A DRIVER OF INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND ACTION TO IMPROVE LIFE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR ALICE (ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED) AND FOR ALL. THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALICE MEASUREMENTS, A COMPREHENSIVE, UNBIASED PICTURE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP HAS EMERGED. HARNESSING THIS DATA AND RESEARCH ON THE MISMATCH BETWEEN LOW-PAYING JOBS AND THE COST OF SURVIVAL, ALICE PARTNERS CONVENE, ADVOCATE AND COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS THAT PROMOTE FINANCIAL STABILITY AT LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. THIS GRASSROOTS ALICE MOVEMENT, LED BY UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, HAS SPREAD TO 31 STATES AND INCLUDES UNITED WAYS, CORPORATIONS, NONPROFITS AND FOUNDATIONS.

  Expenses $1,314,979

• ALICE @ WORK UNITED FOR ALICE@WORK HELPS BUSINESSES IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT ENHANCE WORKFORCE SUCCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY. PARTNERING WITH LOCAL UNITED WAYS AND FORWARD-THINKING COMPANIES, WE HELP EMPLOYERS BUILD STRATEGIES TO REDUCE TURNOVER, INCREASE RETENTION AND BOOST ENGAGEMENT.ALICE@WORK RESPONDS BY OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS LEADERS. THE PROGRAM HELPS EMPLOYERS UNDERSTAND THEIR WORKFORCE THROUGH THE LENS OF DATA AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE, WHICH FOSTERS DIGNITY, RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY.ALICE@WORK PROVIDES KEY OFFERINGS, INCLUDING: DATA, REAL-TIME COURSE FACILITATION, AND ACTION PLANNING. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE ALICE@WORK COURSE EARNS 12 SHRM CREDITS.

  Expenses $635,986 · Grants $957,052

• GENERAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTS UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY BOLDLY FOUNDED A MOVEMENT IN 2009 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, SUPPORT, AND AMPLIFY THE NEEDS OF WORKERS WHO ARE PUTTING IN THE HOURS BUT STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. WE CALLED THESE LOW-WAGE WORKERS ALICE (ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED). THESE ALICE HOUSEHOLDS EARN ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL, BUT TOO LITTLE TO AFFORD THE BASICS. LIKEWISE, ALICE OFTEN DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. AS A RESULT, ALICE REGULARLY FACES EXCRUCIATING CHOICES. PAY FOR QUALITY CHILDCARE OR THE HEATING BILL? GROCERIES OR A COSTLY MEDICATION? UNITED WAY IS WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS CAN AFFORD TO SAVE FOR AN EMERGENCY, ACCESS AFFORDABLE QUALITY CHILD CARE, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE WORKPLACE. OUR NATIONALLY RENOWNED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ENGINE UNITED FOR ALICE PLACES A SPOTLIGHT ON ALICE'S UNIQUE STRUGGLE. USING THIS DATA AND RESEARCH, WE, AND CHAMPIONS FOR ALICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ARE INNOVATING, ADVOCATING, AND COLLABORATING ON SOLUTIONS THAT SEEK TO ADDRESS RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUITIES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

  Expenses $283,024 · Grants $1,615,750

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• BUSY PLACE EARLY LEARNING CENTER

  $417,604

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• GLASSBORO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

  $229,321

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• PARSIPPANY CHILD DAY CARE CENTER

  $140,156

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW JERSEY

  $99,155

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• NORWESCAP

  $83,582

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• LITTLE WONDERS CC CENTER

  $81,717

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• UNITED WAY OF HUNTERDON COUNTY

  $75,810

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC

  $75,010

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES

  $62,508

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY INC

  $54,174

  FUNDED PARTNER DISTRIBUTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202510309349301616

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