· Private foundation
Lydia Collins Deforest Char Tr Uw
Its FY2026 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, FY2018 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- $10k–50k16 grants · $448k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MONTCLAIR AMBULANCE UNIT | $50,000 |
| OCEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | $50,000 |
| ESSEX COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER | $50,000 |
| NOURISH NJ | $40,000 |
| FOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH | $40,000 |
| CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN | $40,000 |
| GRACE CHURCH | $35,000 |
| COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY | $30,000 |
| NEWARK EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES | $27,310 |
| MARKET STREET MISSION | $25,251 |
| ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $25,000 |
| NEW JERSEY COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS | $25,000 |
| YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTRY | $25,000 |
| DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY TRINITY CHURCH | $25,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
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 (FY18–26, $827k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
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 +19% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 19 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $420k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
FAMILY PROMISE INC7× · 2018–2024 · $280k · revenue +283%- CHCommunity Hope Inc5× · 2018–2025 · $250k · revenue +19%
- BOBRIDGES OUTREACH INC6× · 2018–2023 · $190k · revenue +194%
Funded once
- WCWALLACE CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $55k
- ASALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $50k
- CSCOMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN AND OUTREACH INCone grant, 2025 · $50k
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.
New hope integrated behavioral health care, inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, provides commission on the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) and nj licensed substance use and co-occurring mental health disorder…
The organization's mission is to increase local services and resources for the homeless. miph provides affordable permanent housing in central new jersey, giving families a stable place to live while they prepare for their lives free from…
To provide permanent supportive housing opportunities coupled with innovative support services empowering indivduals to live independently with dignity and to fullfull their utmost potential.
The mission of advance housing, inc. is to expand the range and scope of supportive housing opportunities available to persons with psychiatric disabilities. in addition, we will seek to make similar options and services available to other…
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…
Center for hope and safety, inc.'s ("chs") mission is to assist bergen county, nj victims and survivors of domestic violence, including emotional, economic, sexual and physical abuse. the agency provides emergency and transitional housing,…
Homesharing's mission is to create affordable housing solutions by matching those seeking housing with those who need additional income or services to maintain their homes, while fostering independence and dignity.
Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…
The mission of newark community health centers is to provide affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare to the communities that we serve. as one of the largest providers of comprehensive primary care services for uninsured and…
The primary mission of isaiah house, inc. (organization") is to reduce the prevalence of homelessness throughout essex county and specifically within the oranges and surrounding areas. through a variety of programs, the organization works…
To provide short term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital…
Enhancing individuals' lives in the community through the provision of residential and supportive services which promote hope, wellness, and recovery.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 64 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 FAMILY PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds Community Hope Inc ↗
- Who funds BRIDGES OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds HABCORE INC ↗
- Who funds 180 TURNING LIVES AROUND ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET COUNSELING CENTER ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds COPE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ST PAULS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Newark Emergency Services for Families Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S KESWICK ↗
- Who funds MONTCLAIR AMBULANCE UNIT ↗
- Who funds ESSEX COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT INC ↗
- Who funds VISION LOSS ALLIANCE OF NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds THE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds NOURISHNJ 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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Kearnybank Foundation Inc · The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Inc · Catholic Human Services Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lydia Collins Deforest Char Tr Uw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lydia Collins Deforest Char Tr Uw. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Bridge Inc: 79% of income from government
- Ocean's Harbor House Inc: 75% of income from government
- 180 Turning Lives Around: 61% of income from government
- Project Hope Inc: 51% of income from government
- Habcore Inc: 50% of income from government
- United Community Corporation: 45% of income from government
- Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
- Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
- Nourishnj Inc: 27% of income from government
- Bridges Outreach Inc: 25% of income from government
- Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
- Women's Rights Information Center: 16% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
- Ywca of Eastern Union County Inc: 8% of income from government
- Ocean Mental Health Services Inc Bright Harbor Healthcare: 5% of income from government
- Turning Point Inc: 5% of income from government
- Freedom House Inc: 4% of income from government
- Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
- Sierra House Inc: 0% of income from government
- Rowan University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Montclair Ambulance Unit: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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