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Joel and Lynn Perlmutter Family Fou at a glance

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Joel and Lynn Perlmutter Family Fou

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Public Safety & Disaster$256kHealth$118kEducation$100kFood & Nutrition$56kCrime & Legal$56kHousing & Shelter$45kHuman Services$20kReligion$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOMS RIVER POLICE FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
BERKELY TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDATION$4,000
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDAT$4,000
JACKSON TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDATION$4,000
LACEY MUNICIPAL POLICE FOUNDATION$4,000
OCEAN TOWNSHIP PBA 371$3,500
OCEAN OF LOVE$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
IMMANUEL BIBLE CHURCH$3,000
PROVIDENCE HOUSE CATHOLIC$3,000
JACKSON MILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPAN$3,000
RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH FOUNDATION$3,000
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP EMS$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%FULFILL: $10k → 6%FULFILL: $10k → 6%FULFILL FOOD BANK: $3k → 6%FULFILL: $2k → 6%FULFILL: $2k → 6%OCEAN OF LOVE: $4k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $4k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $3k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $3k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $3k → 11%TOMS RIVER FIELD OF DREAMS: $2k → 11%TOMS RIVER FIELD OF DREAMS: $2k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $1k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $1k → 11%OCEAN OF LOVE: $1k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$664k · 40 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
5

Total granted

$664k
$21k

Still filing today

33%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TR
    TOMS RIVER POLICE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $52k · revenue +158%
  • TF
    THE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL
    5× · 2018–2022 · $26k · revenue +66%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • JT
    JACKSON TOWNSHIP OLICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
  • I
    INSPIRE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
East Dover First Aid & Rescue Squad

Private first aid and rescue squad providing ambulance services to the East Dover section of Toms River, NJ

Health
2
First Aid & Rescue Squad Inc of Somerville Nj

To provide emergency care to the residents of somerville, nj.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Lakeland Emergency Squad

Organization is a volunteer first aid squad servicing various townships and municipalities in sussex county, nj

Health
4
Jersey Strong Foundation
Philanthropy
5
West Amwell Fire Company
Public Safety & Disaster
6
Lakewood First Aid & Emergency Squad Inc

Volunteer first aid squad

Public Safety & Disaster
7
East Brunswick Independent Fire Company

Put out fires

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8
Triboro First Aid Squad Inc

First aid squad-provides ambulance and emergency services to residents of seaside heights,seaside park, and island beach, berkeley twp, new jersey

Health
9
Fund for New Jersey
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10
Hampton Lakes Emergency Squad Inc

Volunteer Ambulance and Emergency Squad

Health
11
New Jersey Law Enforcement Police Foundation

To provide funds to the law enforcement community in times of crisis

Public Benefit
12
Holiday Heights First Aid Squad Inc

The Organization is an all volunteer ambulance squad, whose exempt purpose is to provide ambulance service to more than 1400 homes in Berkeley Twp, NJ.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toms River Police Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Berkeley Township Police Foundation 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

15 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. 15 of the 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDAT: $28,000 · OtherHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLacey Municipal Police Foundation Inc: $24,500 · OtherLacey Municipal Police Foundation IncMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDAT: $23,500 · OtherOCEAN TOWNSHIP PBA 371: $23,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE CATHOLIC: $19,500 · OtherEAST DOVER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $18,500 · OtherOCEAN HARBOR HOUSE: $18,000 · OtherSTAFFORD FIRE DEPT FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherLANOKA HARBOR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPAN: $17,500 · OtherBAYVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $17,500 · OtherWARETOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $17,500 · OtherIMMANUEL BIBLE CHURCH: $17,000 · OtherSTAFFORD TOWNSHIP EMS: $17,000 · OtherMANCHESTER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $17,000 · OtherWARETOWN VOLUNTEER FIRST AID: $16,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other+16 more: $113,000 · Other+16 moreTOMS RIVER POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 · EducationTOMS RIVER POLI…BERKELEY TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · EducationBERKELEY TOWNSH…SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE: $18,000 · EducationSERVICES FOR CH…JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRST AID SQUAD: $17,000 · HealthBayville First Aid Squad Inc: $17,000 · HealthHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $16,500 · HealthTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $26,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN OF LOVE INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesTOMS RIVER FIELD OF DREAMS: $4,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterDottie's House Inc: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterJACKSON MILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $18,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$445,500Education$94,500Health$50,500Human Services$49,500Housing & Shelter$27,000Public Safety & Disaster$18,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTOMS RIVER POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetTHE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 7y, 77% of budgetLacey Municipal Police Foundation Inc: $24,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetOCEAN OF LOVE INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $18,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON MILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $18,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetSTAFFORD TOWNSHIP EMS: $17,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetJACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRST AID SQUAD: $17,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBayville First Aid Squad Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $16,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetDottie's House Inc: $8,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTOMS RIVER FIELD OF DREAMS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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 TOMS RIVER POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC D/B/A FULFILL ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY TOWNSHIP POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Lacey Municipal Police Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN OF LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON MILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE CO ↗
  • Who funds STAFFORD TOWNSHIP EMS ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRST AID SQUAD ↗
  • Who funds Bayville First Aid Squad Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds Dottie's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds TOMS RIVER FIELD OF DREAMS ↗

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.

Oceanfirst FoundationThe Jay and Linda Gru…Manasquan Bank Charit…New Jersey Natural Ga…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Oceanfirst FoundationNJ19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oceanfirst Foundation · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Joel and Lynn Perlmutter Family Fou funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joel and Lynn Perlmutter Family Fou. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Family Promise of Essex County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Hope Sheds Light Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 45 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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