· Private foundation
Bergen Highlandsramsey Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $17,132 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,250 |
| CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION | $7,050 |
| WEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTH | $6,050 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| DISASTER AID USA | $5,000 |
| STREET 2 STREET | $1,000 |
| SHELTER BOX USA | $1,000 |
| RAMAPO COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 13% of Bergen Highlandsramsey Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCRAMAPO COLLEGE FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2025 · $37k · revenue +72%
- CFCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY3× · 2021–2025 · $13k · revenue +178%
- WMWELLS MOUNTAIN INITIATIVE INC2× · 2021–2023 · $9k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- TTTABLE TO TABLE INCone grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +13%
- MMMAHWAH MUSEUM SOCIETY INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +74% · 46% of their budget
- WTWISE TROPICS INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -52%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.
Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…
Nourish.nj provides immediate access to healthy food as the first step toward a stable future. as a center of support, we connect our neighbors to essential community resources and provide direct services to address the root causes of…
PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…
Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…
The masbia soup kitchen network provides emergency food and supplies free of charge to people in need due to financial status or because of natural disasters via ready-to-eat nutritious meals, raw groceries and supplies.
Veggies to table grows top-quality organic produce and flowers to donate to local people experiencing food insecurity. we create lasting community connections through our volunteer program and provide education around healthy food and…
Well Aware's mission is to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in East Africa.
To facilitate the movement of food from those who have been abundantly blessed to those who are in need and to inspire future generations to do the same.
Planet Wise Solutions provides culturally appropriate co-created technologies with indigenous communities in the rainforest regions of Chiapas and Oaxaca Mexico. Our primary focus is the implantation of high efficiency clean cookstoves,…
Rescue Mission of Trenton, New Jersey serves the truly needy men and women who have no place to turn for shelter, food, and clothing. The Organization provides a safe, clean, and warm refuge for the homeless, the hungry, the transient, and…
Food alliance works at the juncture of science, business and values to define and promote sustainability in agriculture and the food industry, and to ensure safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and careful…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds RAMAPO COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TABLE TO TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
- Who funds MAHWAH MUSEUM SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WISE TROPICS INC ↗
- Who funds WELLS MOUNTAIN INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds DISASTER AID USA INC ↗
- Who funds EVA'S VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds SHELTERBOX USA INC ↗
- Who funds STREET 2 STREET ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds MAHWAH ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZATION INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bergen Highlandsramsey Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bergen Highlandsramsey Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
- Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
- Ramapo College Foundation: 1% of income from government
- Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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