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Ironbound Community Corporation

Ironbound Community Corporation's mission is to engage and empower individuals, families and groups in realizing their aspirations and, together, work to create a just, vibrant and sustainable community.

$330k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$44k
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.

Environment$848kPublic Benefit$172kCommunity Improvement$151kHuman Services$95kHousing & Shelter$40kReligion$25kCrime & Legal$8k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $160,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $329,732 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $169,732 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NJ ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE$43,750
CLINTON HILL COMMUNITY ACTION$43,750
NEW JERSEY RESOURCE PROJECT$25,000
RAMPOUCH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION$18,750
FAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC$18,750
UPROSE$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND foundation: $15k → 6%KEYS TO SUCCESS: $28k → 10%RAMPOUCH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $19k → 12%La Casa De Don Pedro: $13k → 16%RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND foundation: $15k → 6%Keys to Success: $14k → 10%La Casa De Don Pedro: $6k → 16%RAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%Urban League of Essex County: $8k → 16%Unified Vailsburg Services Organization: $8k → 16%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.
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 9 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$1.1M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+49%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCivil RightsCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NJ
    New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance
    4× · 2019–2024 · $185k · revenue +433%
  • LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FUND
    2× · 2017–2018 · $172k · revenue +187% · 47% of their budget
  • CH
    CLINTON HILL COMMUNITY ACTION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $126k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $160k · revenue +109%
  • SS
    ST STEPHANS GRACE COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +67%
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
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

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2
New Jersey Policy Perspective

New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) is a nonpartisan think tank that drives policy change to advance economic, social, and racial justice through evidence-based, independent research, analysis, and strategic communications.

Arts & Culture
3
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Dba Nj League of Cons Voters

New jersey lcv is the statewide political voice for the environment. working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies, support our environmental justice partners in pursuing more equitable policies,…

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4
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Through grassroots people-powered advocacy and organizing, lwvnj trains, mobilizes, and educates advocates to have a greater voice in government and influence public policy.

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5
Uniondale Community Land Trust Inc

The Uniondale Community Land Trust, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose mission includes community renewal, revitalization, integration, and empowerment. Utilizing cooperative models of leadership and ownership, the Uniondale CLT,…

Community Improvement
6
Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc

The mission of hackensack riverkeeper is to protect, preserve, and restore the hackensack river watershed and its living resources. hackensack riverkeeper fights for clean water, open space preservation, and public access to the river for…

Environment
7
Eastern Environmental Law Center Inc

Legal assistance to nonprofit organizations working to solve environmental problems that threaten the people, natural resources and communities in the new jersey and tri-state region.

Environment
8
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc

New jersey institute for social justice (the institute), a public charity, is a newark-based urban research and advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of new jersey's urban areas and residents.

Human Services
9
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund Inc

Promotes empowerment of low and middle income people through research, education, and training around public policy issues and direct counseling services.

Public Benefit
10
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc

Conserve wildlife foundation of new jersey works to preserve rare and at-risk wildlife in new jersey through field science, habitat restoration, education, and public engagement.

Animals
11
Chemistry Council of New Jersey

To advance member interests, operational and environmental excellence, science,education, and community outreach in New Jersey.

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12
New Jersey Tree Foundation

The nj tree foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees in new jersey's most underserved neighborhoods, where the need is greatest. through tree planting, volunteerism, and partnerships, we assist…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Unified Vailsburg Services Organization; the most unlike its peers is Wt Stanford Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 20 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEAN WATER FUND: $322,267 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUNDNew Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: $185,000 · EnvironmentNew Jersey Environmental Justice AllianceTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $160,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDNEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND+2 more: $25,000 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FUND: $172,000 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF WOME…CLINTON HILL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $126,250 · OtherCLINTON HILL C…ST STEPHANS GRACE COMMUNITY: $25,000 · OtherST STEPHANS GR…UPROSE INC: $10,000 · OtherUPROSE INCNewark Community Street Team Inc: $7,667 · OtherRAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $63,750 · Human ServicesRAMAPOUGH C…KEYS 2 SUCCESS INC: $42,307 · Human ServicesKEYS 2 SUCC…La Casa De Don Pedro Inc: $18,750 · Human ServicesLa Casa De …UNIFIED VAILSBURG SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $7,500 · Human ServicesUNIFIED VAI…URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $7,500 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGU…FAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $33,750 · Housing & ShelterNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF HUD TENANTS INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW JERSEY RESOURCE PROJECT INC: $25,000 · EducationWT STANFORD FOUNDATION: $10,400 · Philanthropy
Environment$782,267Civil Rights$172,000Other$168,917Human Services$139,807Housing & Shelter$39,750Education$25,000Philanthropy$10,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $322,267 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetNew Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: $185,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FUND: $172,000 over 2y, 47% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $160,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLINTON HILL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $126,250 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetRAMAPOUGH CULTURE AND LAND FOUNDATION: $63,750 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetKEYS 2 SUCCESS INC: $42,307 over 2y, 38% of budgetFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $33,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEW JERSEY RESOURCE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLa Casa De Don Pedro Inc: $18,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetWT STANFORD FOUNDATION: $10,400 over 1y, 32% of budgetRARITAN BAYKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUPROSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNewark Community Street Team Inc: $7,667 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Geraldine R Dodge Fou…Community Foundation …Victoria Foundation I…United States Energy …Amalgamated Charitabl…The Hyde and Watson F…Schumann Fund for New…The Prudential Founda…Pseg Foundation IncFund for New JerseyThe Energy FoundationSocial and Environmen…
Geraldine R Dodge Foundation IncNJ28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Victoria Foundation Inc · United States Energy Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · The Prudential Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Fund for New Jersey · The Energy Foundation · Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) 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 Ironbound Community Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ironbound Community Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • La Casa De Don Pedro Inc: 58% of income from government
  • New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: 39% of income from government
  • Newark Community Street Team Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Urban League of Essex County: 20% of income from government
  • Clinton Hill Community Action Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Ironbound Community Corporation?

Find your warmest path to Ironbound Community Corporation 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 20 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 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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