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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 FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$125kHealth$94kHousing & Shelter$78kHuman Services$37kCrime & Legal$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kEducation$20kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $89,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $175,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $86,000 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $75k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Montclair Ambulance Unit$15,000
Human Needs Food Pantry$10,000
Tonis Kitchen$10,000
Family Promise of Essex Count$10,000
Imani Inc$10,000
Succeed2gether$10,000
Main Street Counseling Center$10,000
MESH$7,000
Kindersmile Foundation$7,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $142k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%Main Street Counseling Center: $10k → 16%Main Street Counseling Center: $10k → 16%Main Street Counseling Center: $8k → 16%Main Street Counseling Center: $8k → 16%Connections at Home: $10k → 16%Connections at Home: $6k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $10k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $10k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $10k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $10k → 16%Succeed2gether: $10k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $10k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $9k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $8k → 16%Human Needs Food Pantry: $7k → 16%Kindersmile Foundation: $7k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$358k · 10 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -47% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
2

Total granted

$358k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-47%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • HN
    HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $74k · revenue +97%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +78%
  • MS
    MAIN STREET COUNSELING CENTER
    4× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MONTCLAIR ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -47%
  • M
    MESH
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
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
Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris Inc

The mission of the mental health association is to promote mental health and total wellness for individuals facing challenges associated with mental illness and addiction recovery. we increase community awareness while enhancing mental…

Health
2
Jersey Strong Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Family Promise of Southwest Nj

The organization's mission is to provide households experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness, an opportunity to achieve stability by providing comprehensive shelter diversion/homeless prevention, or transitional housing…

Human Services
4
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
5
Companeros De Comida Food Initiative Inc

Assist NJ marginalized residents

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6
Mental Health Association of Morris County Inc

The mission of the mental health association of morris county is to promote mental health and to support and empower people in recovery from mental illness through effective services, education, and advocacy.

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7
Chester Mendham Food Pantry a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

The Chester Mendham Food Pantry provides local families in need with supplemental food and supplies. We have helped over 75 families.

Food & Nutrition
8
Homeless Solutions Inc

Homeless solutions provides a hand up, not a handout. we empower those who are homeless and at risk of homelessness in morris county to attain housing stability. through comprehensive support, including shelter, affordable housing, and a…

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9
Mental Health Association in Passaic County Inc

Mental Health Association in Passaic County, Inc. (MHAPC) is a local chapter of the Mental Health Association in NJ and an affiliate of the Mental Health America. The mission of the MHAPC is to serve children, adults and families affected…

Health
10
Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services

Bridgeway Behavioral Services facilitates, promotes, and fosters recovery from mental illness and co-occurring problems. We inspire and support individuals to become productive citizens who are fully engaged in their communities by…

Health
11
Njpa Helping Hands

The mission of NJ/PA Helping Hands is to empower individuals in the New Jersey and Philadelphia region by serving each person who comes to us with resources for community growth. Our goal is to promote change to fight poverty, isolation,…

Community Improvement
12
Mental Health Association in Essex County Inc

The mental health association in essex county advocates and assists adults with emotional or psychiatric challenges on their road to recovery, dignity and independence-encourage, empower & overcome.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Essex County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Imani 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

12 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. 12 of the 17 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)
11/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COPE CENTER INC: $46,000 · OtherCOPE CENTER INCPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $41,500 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED ST…NEIGHBORHOOD CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $26,600 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD CHILD CARE CENTER INCHOMECorp: $25,000 · OtherHOMECorpST LUKE CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherST LUKE CHURCHTHE MONTCLAIR ORCHESTRA INC: $7,000 · OtherMESH: $6,000 · OtherHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $73,500 · Human ServicesHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INCMAIN STREET COUNSELING CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesMAIN STREET COUNSELING CENTERCONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INCSUCCEED2GETHER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSUCCEED2GETHER INCKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $46,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE…MONTCLAIR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HOPE INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterMONTCLAIR EMER…PARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC: $28,000 · Crime & LegalMONTCLAIR AMBULANCE UNIT: $20,400 · HealthIMANI Inc: $10,000 · Education
Other$162,100Human Services$141,500Housing & Shelter$53,000Crime & Legal$28,000Health$20,400Education$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $73,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $46,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOPE CENTER INC: $46,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMAIN STREET COUNSELING CENTER: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMONTCLAIR AMBULANCE UNIT: $20,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC: $16,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSUCCEED2GETHER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetIMANI Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMONTCLAIR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HOPE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

Partners for Health I…Community Foundation …Sonder FoundationInvestors Foundation …Montclair Fund for Wo…The Healthcare Founda…The Hyde and Watson F…The Whitehill Foundat…Schumann Fund for New…Turrell FundPseg Foundation IncJewish Community Foun…
Partners for Health IncNJ24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Family Promise of Essex County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Partners for Women and Justice Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Kindersmile Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Montclair Ambulance Unit: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report 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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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