New Jersey · Public charity
Montclair Foundation Inc
The Montclair Foundation nurtures growth in our community through support and grant giving to local non-profits and the preservation of the historic Van Vleck House & Gardens which are open to the public.
- $175k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $89k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Montclair Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $89k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $77k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $43k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $49k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Needs Food Pantry Inc | $73,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Essex County Inc | $46,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Cope Center Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | $41,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Main Street Counseling Center | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Partners for Women and Justice Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Child Care Center Inc | $26,600 | 3 | n/a |
| HOMECorp | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Montclair Ambulance Unit | $20,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Connections at Home New Jersey Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Needs Food Pantry Inc | $73,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Essex County Inc | $46,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Cope Center Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | $41,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Main Street Counseling Center | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Partners for Women and Justice Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Child Care Center Inc | $26,600 | 3 | n/a |
| HOMECorp | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Montclair Ambulance Unit | $20,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Connections at Home New Jersey Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Succeed2gether Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| IMANI Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 21% |
| St Luke Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kindersmile Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montclair Emergency Services for Hope Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Montclair Orchestra Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montclair Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Partners for Health Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Sonder Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Montclair Fund for Women Inc · The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Whitehill Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · Turrell Fund · Pseg Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ
How this is measured
About Montclair Foundation Inc
- How much does Montclair Foundation Inc give?
- Montclair Foundation Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $89,000, out of $175,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Montclair Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (30%), Health (23%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are Montclair Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Human Needs Food Pantry Inc ($74k), Family Promise of Essex County Inc ($46k), Cope Center Inc ($46k).
- Does Montclair Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Montclair Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Partners for Health Inc, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Sonder Foundation.
- Where is Montclair Foundation Inc based?
- Montclair Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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