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Homasote 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.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$24kEducation$21kHousing & Shelter$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kHuman Services$14kRecreation & Sports$7kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$306k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trenton Public Education Foundation$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Capital Health FoundationAuxiliary$2,000
Rescue Mission of trenton$2,000
Homefront$2,000
Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society$1,000
National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton$1,000
Jewish Family & Childrens Service$1,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen$1,000
Union Fire Co & Rescue Squad$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
Mercer County Community College Foundation$500
American Red Cross of Central NJ$500
Womanspace$500
Trenton Animal Shelter$500
02The need
03

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 (FY22–22, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARC of Mercer: $100 → 11%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

WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 22 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
48

Total granted

$87k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+13%

Still filing today

59%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HOMEFRONT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +19%
  • MC
    MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI
    4× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +188%
  • Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey
    3× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CH
    CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +23%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +17%
  • MC
    Mercer County Community College Fndt
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
Centrastate Medical Center Inc

Centrastate medical center's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of our communities through the compassionate delivery of quality healthcare. please refer to the organization's community benefit statement included in schedule o.

Health
2
Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
3
Tidalhealth Nanticoke Inc

Improve the health of the communities we serve.

Health
4
Hunterdon Medical Center

To restore, preserve, and enhance the health of the community by providing a full range of preventive, diagnostic, holistic and therapeutic inpatient and outpatient hospital and community health services. please refer to schedule o for a…

Health
5
Temple University Hospital Inc

See Schedule OOur mission is to support Temple University and its Health Sciences Center academic programs by providing the clinical environment and service to support the highest quality teaching and training programs for health care…

Health
6
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

To provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art patient services; emphasize caring and other human values in the treatment of patients and in relations with their families, and among employees, medical staff, and community; be a center of…

Health
7
Monmouth Medical Center

To meet the healthcare needs of our community by providing cost-effective quality care. to educate present and future generations of healthcare providers. to provide a continuum of regional tertiary care. please refer to the organization's…

Health
8
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

The mission of robert wood johnson university hospital is to improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities we serve by fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality,…

Health
9
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
10
The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.

Health
11
New Jersey Innovation Institute Inc

We are an innovative research org. dedicated to revitalizing economic development within nj.

Science & Tech
12
Deborah Heart and Lung Center

To provide the highest quality heart, lung and vascular care in a collaborative and welcoming environment, while ensuring access for all.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homefront Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

28 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. 28 of the 73 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
24/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI: $8,000 · OtherMERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATICapital Health FoundationAuxiliary: $6,550 · OtherCapital Health FoundationAuxiliaryCapital Health Development Office: $6,000 · OtherCapital Health Development OfficeResue mission of Trenton: $4,000 · OtherResue mission of TrentonEWING TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $4,000 · OtherEWING TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETYWOMANSPACE INC: $3,000 · OtherJewish Family & Childrens Service: $3,000 · OtherUnion Fire Company 911 Fund: $2,550 · OtherMercer County Community College Fndt: $2,500 · OtherMercer Cty Community College Foundation: $2,500 · OtherJDRF: $2,500 · Other+43 more: $27,850 · Other+43 moreHOMEFRONT INC: $12,000 · EducationHOMEFRONT INCTHE TRENTON LITERACY MOVEMENT INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE TRENTON LITERA…TRENTON PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationTRENTON PUBLIC EDU…+1 more: $50 · EducationUnion Fire Company & Rescue Squad: $6,000 · HealthUnion Fire …CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthCAPITAL HEA…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,700 · HealthBREAKTHROUG…+4 more: $250 · HealthRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $6,000 · Human Services+2 more: $250 · Human ServicesNATIONAL JUNIOR TENNIS & LEARNING OF TRENTON INC: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $4,000 · Food & NutritionEASEL ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC: $2,000 · Animals+1 more: $50 · AnimalsGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $50 · Philanthropy
Other$72,450Education$20,050Health$12,450Human Services$6,250Recreation & Sports$6,000Food & Nutrition$4,000Animals$2,050Philanthropy$50

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 budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JUNIOR TENNIS & LEARNING OF TRENTON INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUnion Fire Company & Rescue Squad: $6,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TRENTON LITERACY MOVEMENT INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRENTON PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWOMANSPACE INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASEL ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMONMOUTH COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSBRIDGE INC: $950 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST TRENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCMERCER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrenton Softball Hall of Fame Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLEVOIX COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $50 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.

  • Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI ↗
  • Who funds Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JUNIOR TENNIS & LEARNING OF TRENTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Union Fire Company & Rescue Squad ↗
  • Who funds THE TRENTON LITERACY MOVEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRENTON PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMANSPACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds EASEL ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds MONMOUTH COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDSBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST TRENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗

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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Wawa Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Meta a & William S Griffith Foundation · Switlik Foundation · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Homasote Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Homasote Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Womanspace Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Arcmercer Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: 8% of income from government
  • Capital Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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