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NJ Communities United

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Newark, NJ501(c)(4)Community Development EIN 45-4753855Revenue $495K in FY2025

On file with the IRSunitednj.nationbuilder.comPo Box 200201, 07102-0304 · Newark, NJTax-exempt since Dec 2013

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Njcu is a membership organization of low and moderate income families. Njcu focuses on public education, living wage jobs, worker rights, foreclosures and community justice issues through community outreach and education programs & works with residents to develop leadership skills.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $78K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $65K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$495K
-1% vs prior year
Spent
$505K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$486K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$495K
FY2025▼ -1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$430K
FY2021$442K
FY2022$671K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$501K
FY2025$495K
Expenses
$505K
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$380K
FY2021$412K
FY2022$379K
FY2023$404K
FY2024$530K
FY2025$505K
Net assets
$486K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$67K
FY2021$96K
FY2022$388K
FY2023$525K
FY2024$496K
FY2025$486K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending February 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $479K Management & general 5% · $26K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Ken McNamara
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers low-income families through education and advocacy for public schools, fair wages, and community justice.

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1 program · $479K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Provides community outreach and education to members and works with community leaders to develop leadership skills and encourages civic engagement.

$479Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund INCFY2023$65K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$65K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$495K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$482K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Money outPt IX
$505K
Ln 25
Programscol B$479K
Managementcol C$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$486K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$486K
Total assetsLn 16$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$12K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$482K
Total revenueLn 12$495K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$486K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$486K
Total assetsLn 16$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$486K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderFebruary
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$496K$486K
Total assetsLn 16$496K$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$496K$486K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$105K$95K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$239K$239K
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$30K$917
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$12K$12K$364
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$83K$80K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$19K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$505K$479K$26K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $495K$505K−$10K$486K 990 PDF
FY2024 $501K$530K−$29K$496K 990 PDF
FY2023 $541K$404K$138K$525K 990 PDF
FY2022 $671K$379K$292K$388K 990 PDF
FY2021 $442K$412K$29K$96K 990 PDF
FY2020 $430K$380K$50K$67K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $494,505 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $12,128$12,128
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $488,713$482,377
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $500,841$494,505
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $394,761$374,588
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $135,519$130,345
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $530,280$504,933
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$29,439−$10,428
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $494,505 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,128
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$12,128
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,128
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $482,377$482,377
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $482,377 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$494,505
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $504,933 across 10 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $94,861 · Management $10,540$105,401
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $238,620$238,620
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,650 · Management $917$30,567
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,500$7,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,585$2,585
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,405$1,405
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,764 · Management $364$12,128
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,663$1,663
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $80,428 · Management $2,487$82,915
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,171 · Management $2,978$22,149
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $478,742 · Management $26,191 · Fundraising $0$504,933
Part X · Balance sheet $485,580 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $496,008$485,580
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $496,008$485,580
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $496,008$485,580
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $496,008$485,580
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $496,008$485,580
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $485,580 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$494,505
XI-2 Total expenses$504,933
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$10,428
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$496,008
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$485,580

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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