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Bolger Foundation at a glance

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Bolger Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$255k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$6.8MEducation$3.3MPhilanthropy$2.2MInternational$1.2MArts & Culture$820kHuman Services$388kPublic Safety & Disaster$346kReligion$277kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $255k
$25,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SERVANTS HEART$255,000
BROWNSVILLE AMBULANCE SERVICES$226,500
NEW HOPE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES$150,000
NEW YORK CITY RELIEF INC$125,000
THE BOSTON HOUSE$125,000
THE PHOENIX CENTER$80,000
OUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC$60,000
RIDGEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY$54,500
SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$50,000
ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST$50,000
PASSAIC COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
GREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC$50,000
USA CARES INC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE HERMITAGE$30,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $365k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $50k → 12%SPECTRUM FOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT INC: $20k → 7%SPECTRUM FOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT INC: $8k → 7%THE ARC OF ESSEC COUNTY INC: $32k → 16%NEW YORK CITY RELIEF INC: $125k → 12%GREATER BERGEN COMMUNITY ACTION: $125k → 12%INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
KY
MD
NM
TN
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 18 repeat orgs$5.9M to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
29

Total granted

$10M
$4.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+17%

Still filing today

78%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WB
    WEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +14% · 56% of their budget
  • WM
    WELLS MOUNTAIN INITIATIVE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +25%
  • TV
    THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $750k · revenue +157%

Funded once

  • NM
    NORTHFIELD MT HERMON SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3.0M
  • THE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2018 · $500k · revenue +25%
  • PT
    PINE TREE STATE 4-H CLUB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $130k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Humc Cardiovascular Partners Pc

The organization provides high quality medical care to the community that it serves and specifically provides cardiology & related professional medical services in conjunction with hmh hospitals corp.

Health
2
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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3
North Jersey Friendship House Inc

To build the skills of individuals with varying abilities and developmental needs, by providing clinical treatment, community integration, vocational training and work opportunities in order to achieve and maintain productive lives.

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4
Jfk Medical Associates Pa

Jfk medical associates, p.a. is committed to excellence in providing quality and compassionate healthcare services to diverse communities.

Health
5
Pg Chambers School

The organization's mission is to be a leader in the education and development of children with disabilities increasing the children's confidence in their individual abilities, preparing them to engage in the community, and expanding their…

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6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Lutheran Home At Moorestown

Through the power of the holy spirit and in response to god's love as revealed in the gospel, the mission of lutheran social ministries of nj is to serve those who hurt, who are in need, or who have limited choices through an array of…

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8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare Inc

The organization's mission is to promote mental health, wellness, and hope for recovery for all individuals and families through compassionate care, expert treatment, advocacy, education, prevention, and early intervention.

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10
Carelink Community Support Services Nj

Carelink community support services of new jersey's mission is to assist adult citizens of nj living with psychiatric disability in acquiring the tools necessary to live health and fulfilling lives.

Health
11
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Health Care Center; the most unlike its peers is Gods Kitchen Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
33/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE INC: $5,040,000 · OtherWEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE INCNORTHFIELD MT HERMON SCHOOL: $3,000,000 · OtherNORTHFIELD MT HERMON SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $2,047,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER: $520,500 · Other+41 more: $2,090,875 · Other+41 moreWELLS MOUNTAIN INITIATIVE INC: $1,227,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 · HealthMIDLAND PARK AMBULANCE CORP INC: $134,500 · HealthPush To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: $53,267 · HealthST MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $21,000 · HealthTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $500,000 · Arts & CultureBERGEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMONTCLAIR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER BERGEN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesCITY RELIEF INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $32,010 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM FOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT INC: $28,212 · Human Services+2 more: $17,500 · Human ServicesNEW HOPE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $150,000 · Food & NutritionGODS KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $57,216 · EnvironmentGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVANCY FOR RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC LANDS INC: $23,800 · Environment
Other$12,698,625International$1,229,500Health$1,008,767Arts & Culture$552,000Human Services$377,722Food & Nutrition$175,000Environment$131,016

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE INC: $5,040,000 over 7y, 56% of budgetWELLS MOUNTAIN INITIATIVE INC: $1,227,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $500,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBROWNSVILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE: $226,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetNEW HOPE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $150,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetMIDLAND PARK AMBULANCE CORP INC: $134,500 over 3y, 46% of budgetDawn Treader School EvangUrban Min: $125,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGREATER BERGEN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITY RELIEF INC: $125,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $105,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHOENIX CENTER INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HERMITAGE INC: $75,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetOUR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetEVA'S VILLAGE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $57,216 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPush To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: $53,267 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc: $52,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetST MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLINCOLN CO-OPERATIVE PRESCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $32,010 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECTRUM FOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT INC: $28,212 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $28,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBERGEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY POSSIBILITIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTCLAIR HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetGODS KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetSHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Health Care Center: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $15,360 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINSPIRE SPORTS CAMPS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $12,617 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSELAH FREEDOM INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP DUDLEY FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEastern Christian School Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRO BONO COUNSELING PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMidland Park Volunteer Fire Co: $5,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetTHE CTC ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WALLISCH HOMESTEAD: $2,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Columbia Bank Foundat…The Hyde and Watson F…Community Foundation …Lillian P Schenck Tw …Stephen & Mary Birch …Pseg Foundation IncAlfred N Sanzari Fami…Table to Table IncThe Provident Bank Fo…S&P Global Foundation…Investors Foundation …The Robert Wood Johns…
Columbia Bank FoundationNJ47.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbia Bank Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Lillian P Schenck Tw Lps Fund · Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · Alfred N Sanzari Family Foundation Inc · Table to Table Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bolger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bolger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Montclair Historical Society: 67% of income from government
  • Greater Bergen Community Action Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc: 8% of income from government
  • West Bergen Mental Healthcare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Arc of Essex County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Christian Health Care Center: 0% of income from government
  • The Phoenix Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hands in for Youth Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Bolger Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bolger Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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