2013-11-15T12:05:46-06:00 2012-12-31 231144520 TAIT WELLER & BAKER LLP 1818 MARKET STREET SUITE 2400 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990 2012-01-01 221520408 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC UNIT 7322473727 32 FORD AVE MILLTOWN NJ 08850 Gloria Aftanski 7322473727 2013-11-15 1 Stacy Cullen P00974308 2159798800 2013-11-15 2012 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Gloria Aftanski 32 FORD AVE MILLTOWN NJ 08850 5727981 0 X WWW.UWCJ.ORG X 1930 NJ United Way of Central Jersey works to ensure children and their families achieve their human potential through education,income stability, and healthy lives. We accomplish this by mobilizing the caring power of the community and by investing in research-based initiatives that ensure that children and their families have access to the basic building blocks of a good life - education, income and health. 19 19 23 750 0 0 4506937 4124801 51001 72710 67531 41788 78745 51649 4704214 4290948 1608800 1768807 0 0 1219328 784215 0 0 237843 1932906 1943352 4761034 4496374 -56820 -205426 5127403 4984437 1321878 1336940 3805525 3647497 X The United Way of Central Jersey provides leadership to create opportunities for a better life for people living or working in our community who are needy, at risk and vulnerable. We achieve this by mobilizing people, organizations and financial resources to create and sustain programs that achieve targeted outcomes and lasting change through volunteerism, partnerships, services and advocacy. 1 1 1217642 586702 Improving People's Health: United Way of Central Jersey focuses on evidence-based, best and promising practices and strategies designed to achieve specific goals in the area of health and well-being. UWCJ is an official replication site for the nationally acclaimed Nurse-Family Partnership Program through which home visiting professional nurses reach 163 low-income, first-time pregnant moms assuring high-quality pre-natal care, significantly improved birth outcomes and for the newborn infant, ultimate success in school and later life. UWCJ is a Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services statewide "Champion" recognized for its leadership role in educational and advocacy efforts actively promoting and facilitating access to affordable preventative, ameliorative health care especially targeting low-income, high-risk populations, including immigrants. 869673 415355 Promoting Financial Stability and Independence: United Way of Central Jersey has been a strong organizational leader in a number of initiatives designed to increase the availability of, and access to, permanent affordable housing in part through its role in founding and continuing support of "Coming Home, Middlesex" a non-profit housing advocacy agency as well as through active participation on the county Housing Continuum of Care Committee. Our IRS-supported VITA program offering free tax return preparation services to low-income residents has been instrumental in generating $1,640,147 back into the hands of needy working families striving for financial independence. UWCJ continues to provide leadership to critical relief recovery efforts aiding survivors in the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy. Additionaly through in-kind corporate donation management efforts targeting needy families and children, UWCJ has distributed back packs filled with food and school supplies and has provided holiday gifts meeting the itemized "wish lists' submitted by impoverished area residents. 779053 41533 Education: Helping Children and Youth achieve their potential: United Way of Central Jersey directly provides and financially supports a broad continuum of quality pre-school, kindergarten and early grade educational initiatives. Specific programs include the widely lauded, evidenced based Parent-Child Home Program, the only such replication site in New Jersey for this initiative in which trained home visitors bring books and toys into the home demonstrating and modeling positive parent-child interaction. UWCJ is also engaged, through its Quality Initiative, in assisting center based pre-school programs achieve accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). In order to improve opportunities for youth and success in school, the UWCJ supported Pre-Kindergarten Adademy and Discovery Afterschool Club both focus on assuring that children are reading at grade level by the end of the third grade, a widely accepted indicator of success in school and on-time graduation from high school. 898957 725217 72710 FOCUSED SERVICE INITIATIVES:SUPERSTORM SANDY RELIEF & RECOVERY: United Way of Central Jersey assumed a leadership role in late 2012 in developing a collaborative approach to deliver emergency relief and long-term recovery services to Central Jersey individuals and households impacted by Superstorm Sandy (October 2012). Dollar investments into these emergency - response and relief services were initiated in early 2013. NEW AMERICANS PROGRAM: An initiative by United Way of Central Jersey to ascertain the needs of emerging immigrant populations in UWCJ's Central NJ service area, and further, to 'connect' those needs to available resources. In 2012, UWCJ continued a strategy to build collaborations amongst agencies and organizations serving emerging immigrant populations.OTHER INITIATIVES:STUFF-THE-BUS SCHOOL SUPPLY COLLECTION: United Way of Central Jersey collects and distributes backpacks and school supplies to enable lower-income children begin the school year equipped for school success. In 2012, UWCJ distributed school supplies valued at $95,000.HOLIDAY GIFTS-OF-THE-SEASON: Working with supportive local corporations and charitable organizations, United Way of Central Jersey collects and distributes 'wish-list' holiday gifts to low-income children and their families in our communities. In 2012, the gift distribution was valued at $78,950, which benefitted 1,059 individuals in 247 families. SUMMER EVENTS TICKETS DISTRIBUTION: Working on behalf of a local minor-league professional baseball club, UWCJ distributes donated ballgame tickets to local youth & children's organizations. In 2012, distributed tickets were valued at $44,536. FOUNDING SPONSOR, MIDDLESEX COUNTY HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE: United Way of Central Jersey, a founding sponsor of a local 501( c)3 Nonprofit agency organized to oversee implementation of the Middlesex County 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, continues to support this organization by providing leadership and pro-bono financial management services, valued at $10,400.VITA TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: United Way of Central Jersey trains volunteers to prepare income tax returns for low-income households/residents in Middlesex County & Franklin Township. Partnering with other nonprofit service providers serving this population, UWCJ facilitated approximately $1,640,147 in federal tax refund dollars for low-and-moderate income families, including $61,850 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) refunds for low-income families. United Way of Central Jersey is the only Central New Jersey IRS-certified VITA provider offering free tax-preparation services year-round, and receives and responds to delinquent taxpayer client referrals from the IRS. 2012 VITA program expenditures were $41,299.FOOD/CLOTHING COLLECTIONS & DISTRIBUTION: During the course of the year, UWCJ collects non-perishable items collected during 'food drives' at various supporting local corporate and business partners. These non-perishable food items are delivered to Middlesex County's centralized food bank, MC FOODS, which supplies over 75 local food pantries. Donated apparel & toiletries are also collected and distributed to local organizations. Value of these distributions in 2012: $9,714. ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY:DONOR-CHOICE DESIGNATION FUND-RAISING: In addition to programs and services funded through United Way of Central Jersey's Community Investment allocation process, UWCJ provides indirect assistance to the nonprofit community via donor designations made during UWCJ's annual workplace donor campaigns. In 2012, UWCJ's fundraising efforts provided $518,615 donor designations to the local nonprofit community.SPECIAL and EMERGENCY REQUESTS - United Way of Central Jersey provides special grants to not for profits in times of emergency or to allow them to take advantage of a specific opportunity to expand or provide additional services. For instance, in 2012, a special grant made in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation assisted a local agency providing services to adults with clinical mental health issues with its short-term fiscal crisis.FACILITIES & OTHER SERVICES: United Way of Central Jersey provides technical assistance, no-cost meeting facilities, and 'in-kind' services to local non-profit agencies and organizations. UWCJ also provides below-market-rate office space to another community partner non-profit agency. 898957 725217 72710 3765325 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NJ X X UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY 7322473727 32 FORD AVE MILLTOWN NJ 08850 LAWRENCE P O'CONNELL 3.00 X X 0 0 0 LEE F LIVINGSTON 3.00 X X 0 0 0 JANE LEAL 3.00 X X 0 0 0 CAMILLA LAURICELLA 3.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRIS VAN DER STAD 3.00 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD WILDNAUER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 ALKA AGRAWAL 1.00 X 0 0 0 AGNES BARENTI 2.00 X 0 0 0 NATALIA ARMSTROMG 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUSTIN J FOOTERMAN 2.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE GANDARILLAS 1.00 X 0 0 0 MURIEL GRIMMETT 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE HEINZE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOUIS KILIAN 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANA MONROY 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN MORIARTY 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT TAGLIENTE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAURICE WILLIAMS 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK T ZENZ 1.00 X 0 0 0 GLORIA AFTANSKI 45.00 X 142850 0 14006 STUART GRANT 40.00 X 122532 0 8127 ELIZABETH E HANCE 45.00 X 88004 0 5246 353386 0 27379 2 0 1 0 0 2028212 2096589 254014 4124801 COMMUNITY PROGRAM INCOME 624200 72710 72710 72710 33207 33207 52800 39353 13447 13447 13447 1406261 1397680 8581 8581 8581 3480 0 3480 3480 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE 900099 34069 34069 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 653 653 34722 4290948 107432 0 58715 1768807 1768807 380765 102008 184833 93924 292343 79871 140202 72270 12480 3291 6144 3045 49209 4098 33690 11421 49418 13290 23274 12854 20000 10000 10000 7641 7641 11130 3320 1493 6317 22983 11395 11588 22571 5631 11507 5433 10539 4381 3594 2564 12844 2430 8331 2083 13237 7855 2618 2764 26390 7644 12805 5941 23569 4459 15288 3822 15899 3570 9354 2975 COMMUNITY PROGRAM EXPEN 1743188 1743188 MISCELLANEOUS 8171 500 7671 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 5190 982 3366 842 4496374 3765325 493206 237843 330675 217102 2748666 2392409 364533 668532 5073 52361 111746 37176 1725553 913053 838828 812500 468520 525678 259362 278679 5127403 4984437 187142 126891 1134736 1210049 1321878 1336940 X 2699374 2618488 853212 753692 252939 275317 3805525 3647497 5127403 4984437 -205426 47398 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 5119708 3503631 4228724 4506937 4124801 21483801 89143 53109 37520 55229 76190 311191 5208851 3556740 4266244 4562166 4200991 21794992 0 0 0 21794992 148599 120901 95079 92698 86007 543284 148599 120901 95079 92698 86007 543284 54479 83148 68818 60195 34722 301362 5411929 3760789 4430141 4715059 4321720 22639638 0.96270 0.95870 0.02400 0.02830 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 40000 40000 1461871 708679 753192 223682 204374 19308 812500 Investments - Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trust 275317 Accrued Interest 3362 278679 Allocations Payable 773044 Designations Payable 228445 Refundable Advance for Contracts with New Jersey State 208560 1210049 X 4377699 47398 47398 4330301 -39353 -39353 4290948 4535727 0 4535727 -39353 -39353 4496374 Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48: Part X, Line 2: MANAGEMENT HAS REVIEWED THE TAX POSITIONS FOR EACH OF THE OPEN TAX YEARS (2009-2011) OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN UNITED WAY'S 2012 TAX RETURN AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Building Related Expenditures -39,353. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Building Related Expenditures -39,353. 1 NJ 2-1-1 c/o United Way Monmouth County 1415 Wyckoff Road Farmingdale NJ 07727 371446108 501(C)(3) 28050 24/7/365 Information & Referral Hotline. Anshe Emeth Comm Dev Corp 222 Livingston Ave New Brunswick NJ 08901 223625904 501(C)(3) 17850 Health Support Services. Arts & Education Center 154 Main Street Matawan NJ 07747 222014553 501(C)(3) 17000 After School Tutoring. Catholic Charities 319 Maple Street Perth Amboy NJ 08861 222423496 501(C)(3) 541338 Youth, Health, Vocational & Homeless Assistance. Central Jersey Legal Services 317 George Street Suite 201 New Brunswick NJ 08901 210684259 501(C)(3) 151600 Legal services to low-income population. Cerebal Palsy Association (aka NJ Institute for Disabilities) Oak Drive Roosevelt Park Edison NJ 08837 221554528 501(C)(3) 67100 Transportaion & rehab services to the disabled. Community Child Care Solutions 103 Center Street Perth amboy NJ 08861 270649636 501(C)(3) 98000 Quality Initiative - Child development & school readiness services. Elijah's Promise 211 Livingston Ave New Brunswick NJ 08901 223055539 501(C)(3) 52250 Food Services to the needy. Family & Community Service Somerset 339 West Second Street Bound Brook NJ 08805 221508565 501(C)(3) 8550 Professional counselling services. FISH Hospitality Program PO BOX 170 Dunellen NJ 08812 223174032 501(C)(3) 10000 Shelter care for families. Laurel House 316 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick NJ 08901 260704026 501(C)(3) 20000 Community Mental Health Center. Jewish Family & Vocational Services 32 Ford Ave Milltown NJ 08850 222281774 501(C)(3) 67000 Health, housing. MC Child Assault Prevention 11 Ely Ave Laurence Harbor NJ 08879 222764504 501(C)(3) 11900 Pre-school Program. New Hope Foundation 80 Conover Road Marlboro NJ 07746 222116914 501(C)(3) 7000 Outpatient substance-abuse program. Planned Parenthood 69E Newmann Springs Road Shrewsbury NJ 07702 210658062 501(C)(3) 76500 Women's health services & teen - pregnancy prevention program. Puerto Rican Action Board 90 Jersey Ave PO BOX 240 New Brunswick NJ 08903 221944440 501(C)(3) 59125 Youth, day care Services; housing counseling services. Puerto Rican Association for Human Development 100 First street Perth Amboy NJ 08861 222026610 501(C)(3) 33800 Day care, health & independent living program. Rutgers University Center for Applied Psychology 41 Gordon Road Piscataway NJ 08854 237318742 501(C)(3) 52250 Foster care counseling program. South County Day Care 56 Main street Helmetta NJ 08828 222165899 501(C)(3) 31750 Pre-School and Summer Care Program Visiting Nurse Association NJ 176 Riverside Ave Red Bank NJ 07701 210639369 501(C)(3) 33380 Health-care for low-income residents; Nurse Family Partnership Program. VSA Arts of New Jersey 703 Jersey Ave New Brunswick NJ 08901 222336037 501(C)(3) 17250 Education services for the autistic population. Women Aware PO BOX 312 New Brunswick NJ 08902 222374378 501(C)(3) 116050 Battered womens shelter - legal advocacy services. YMCA Raritan Bay 365 New Brunswick Avenue Perth amboy NJ 08861 221487390 501(C)(3) 13300 Families fit together program - Child fitness. Boys & Girls Club of Perth Amboy 149 Kearney Avenue Perth Amboy NJ 08861 562677208 501(C)(3) 13500 Youth Programming. Greater New Brunswick Daycare Council 120 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick NJ 08901 221917478 501(C)(3) 30000 Day Care. Coming Home of Middlesex County Inc 75 Bayard Street New Brunswick NJ 08901 263667672 501(C)(3) 10400 FMV Pro-Bono finance Services Homelessness Prevention Services & System Design. 26 Procedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.: Part I, Line 2: Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: At minimum, agencies provide semi-annual detailed financial and program reports; more frequent reports may be required when indicated. Site visits occur on a selected basis. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GLORIA AFTANSKI 142850 0 0 0 0 0 7143 0 6863 0 156856 0 0 0 X 254014 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 0 0 New Program Services Form 990, Part III, line 2 United Way of Central Jersey received a grant from the National Corporation for Community Service to expand our Parent-Child Home Program with 10 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps Members, which enabled the program to increase the number of participating families. United Way of Central Jersey also received a grant from the Internal Revenue Service to expand the Middlesex County VITA Coalition and increase the total number of tax returns filed to 1,221, with $1,640,147 returned to the taxpayers. United Way of Central Jersey received a grant from the PSE&G Foundation which enabled the after-school literacy enrichment program at the Columbus School in Carteret to expand to include at-risk readers in both the first and second grade. United Way also received a grant from the Gannett Foundation to provide healthy weekend snacks for students participating in free or reduced lunches in both the Piscataway and Carteret school districts. United Way of Central Jersey also received a grant from the Proctor & Gamble Foundation that enabled expansion of the Pre-Kindergarten Academy at the Parsons School in North Brunswick, to better prepare children from limited English proficient households for success as they begin kindergarten. United Way of Central Jersey co-sponsored two Citizenship Rutgers Clinics to facilitate processing of citizenship applications for eligible individuals; basic ESL instruction focusing on health literacy for limited English proficient parents of children in pre-school programs; and coordinated a symposium focusing on legal issues related to pursuit of US citizenship. Changes in Program Services Form 990, Part III, line 3 United Way's Differential Response Initiative contract with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Division of Family and Community Partnerships, was cancelled effective June 30, 2012. The Department cancelled all Differential Response contracts within the State. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 Form 990 is reviewed by the Finance Committee and the Board of Trustees prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c United Way of Central Jersey adheres to United Way Worldwide's 'CODE OF ETHICS' for Staff and Volunteers, which Policy includes provisions for full and fair disclosure. Board and Staff members annually confirm their review and compliance with the Code-of-Ethics Policy. UWCJ practice requires Board and professional Staff to disclose potential conflicts and/or the potential appearance of conflict, and recuse themselves from discussion and vote on any such matters. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Each member of the United Way of Central Jersey staff receives an annual performance review prepared by Supervisory Staff, approved by the President/CPO, and provided to the Officers of the Board who constitute the Personnel Committee. The President/CPO prepares salary increment recommendations which are shared with the CVO for guidance and input prior to submission of such recommendations to the Personnel Committee. The President's Performance Review is conducted by the Board Chair/CVO, and reviewed by the Personnel Committee. The President/CPO and other Officers and Key Employee's compensation, including benefits,are reviewed and approved by the Personnel Committee. Such review includes reliance on appropriate comparability data in regards to the compensation amount(s). Documentation pertaining to the annual salary review is retained on file. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 United Way of Central Jersey provides copies of the Form 990 report upon written request. The public version of the most current Form 990 report is also available via the United Way of Central Jersey's website, WWW.UWCJ.ORG. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 United Way of Central Jersey makes these documents available to the public upon written request. Links to the United Way of Central Jersey's public documents are available on the Website, WWW.UWCJ.ORG. AUDIT COMMITTEE AND SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT PART XI, LINE 2C United Way of Central Jersey's Finance Committee selects, and provides oversight over, the independent accounting firm that conducts the annual independent audit. Between audits, the Finance Committee receives and reviews monthly financial reports. At the conclusion of the annual independent audit, the Finance Committee meets with representatives of the independent accounting firm to review the audit results and management comments (if any). The Finance Committee presents the Audited financials to the full Board for review and acceptance.