United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221487247
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cedar Knolls, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9739931160
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,422,651
- Expenses
- $10,300,211
- Assets
- $19,504,062
- Liabilities
- $3,917,399
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
36 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KIRAN HANDA GAUDIOSO (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KIRAN HANDA GAUDIOSO (CEO): $258,222 total reported compensation
- STEPHANIE HOOPES (DIRECTOR OF UFA): $201,914 total reported compensation
- THERESA LEAMY (CEIO): $189,616 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to make alice the trusted standard for measuring financial hardship by equipping nonprofits, governments, businesses, and academic institutions with consistent, evidence-based data. We aim to empower communities and stakeholders to develop informed strategies and solutions that drive meaningful, lasting change. This includes how financial insecurity is understood and discussed moving beyond outdated labels to an accurate, inclusive narrative that reflects the realities of millions.
What it reported doing in 2024
General community supports: united way of northern New Jersey is fueling a movement that's driving meaningful change for alice families in our state and across the country. Today, the alice movement has expanded to include partners in 40 states and the district of columbia. We are achieving this locally and across the country through our unbiased data insights, innovative solutions and on-the-ground impact. - we produce data at the national, state and local levels, equipping partners in 40 states to advocate, educate and champion change.- we host a biannual national alice summit that convenes partners from across the country to inspire and inform the movement with the latest data, trends and replicable solutions - we raise alice's profile by amplifying alice voices in the news, at events, and on social media.- we develop evidence-based solutions that are growing the availability of child care in New Jersey and partnering with employers to improve life for alice workers around the country.- we are building resilience for alice families and our communities through education, free services and financial relief.- we organize volunteers and in-kind donations, collecting school supplies, stocking pantries and distributing gifts to more than 5,000 New Jersey families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, 37% for grants, and 1% for affiliated organizations.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.5%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 56.1%; rating input score 56; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.5% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $7.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $258K · 36 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 31 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 24 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.