New Jersey · Private foundation
689 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $520
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,047
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $72k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations 689 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $16k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $9k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $5k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $5k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $8k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $8k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $4k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happiness Is Camping | $11,530 | 6 | 0% |
| Homeless Solutions Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Elderheart Inc | $4,030 | 4 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Red Wings Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Under the Shield | $2,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of Glad Tidings | $2,047 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $2,015 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $1,513 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happiness Is Camping | $11,530 | 6 | 0% |
| Homeless Solutions Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Elderheart Inc | $4,030 | 4 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Red Wings Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Under the Shield | $2,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of Glad Tidings | $2,047 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $2,015 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $1,513 | 3 | 0% |
| Americas Grow-A-Row | $1,029 | 2 | 0% |
| Children in Crisis Inc | $518 | 1 | 0% |
| Tim Tebow Foundation Inc | $514 | 1 | 0% |
| Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Key Programs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Rescue 22 Foundation Inc | $208 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama | $105 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 689 Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About 689 Foundation
- How much does 689 Foundation give?
- 689 Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $15,748 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does 689 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are 689 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Happiness Is Camping ($12k), Homeless Solutions Inc ($6k), Elderheart Inc ($4k).
- Does 689 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 689 Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 689 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is 689 Foundation based?
- 689 Foundation is based in NJ.
Play a game based on 689’s filings →