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Montclair Fund for Women Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Montclair Fund for Women Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$90k
Granted FY2026still arriving
10
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$214kArts & Culture$83kHousing & Shelter$71kYouth Development$69kReligion$67kEducation$39kCrime & Legal$38kFood & Nutrition$32kOther$0
02FY2026 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $73k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCE$12,500
MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT$10,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY$10,000
JAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC$10,000
SUCCEED2GETHER$10,000
SISTER TO SISTER OF MONTCLAIR MENTO$10,000
YWCA EASTERN UNION COUNTY$10,000
MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD$7,000
CONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC$5,500
ST VINCENT ACADEMY$5,000
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 (FY17–26, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $10k → 16%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $7k → 16%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $7k → 16%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $7k → 16%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $6k → 16%MINDFUL AWARENESS ACADEMY FOR CHILD: $3k → 16%BUTTERFLY DREAMZ: $3k → 16%CONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC: $6k → 16%CONNECTIONS AT HOME: $2k → 16%SUCEED2GETHER: $18k → 16%SUCCEED2GETHER: $13k → 16%SUCCEED2GETHER: $13k → 16%SUCCEED2GETHER: $10k → 16%SUCEED2GETHER: $10k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $10k → 16%SUCCEED2GETHER: $10k → 16%SUCEED2GETHER: $7k → 16%SUCCEED2GETHER: $5k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 16%WE'VE GOT FRIENDS: $5k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 16%WE'VE GOT FRIENDS: $4k → 16%WE'VE GOT FRIENDS: $2k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$648k · 19 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$648k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
0%

Still filing today

58%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyArts & CultureHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $93k · revenue +321%
  • SI
    SUCCEED2GETHER INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $85k · revenue +5%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC
    8× · 2018–2026 · $81k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • WG
    Wonder Girls USA Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • SM
    ST MARKS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • IH
    INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Maker Prep a Nj Nonprofit Corporation
Education
2
Pta New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers

Child advocacy

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3
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
4
Rekindle Education a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
Education
5
Elevate Nj

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.

Education
6
Communities in Cooperation Inc

CIC's purpose is to empower communities by meeting social service needs directly and through service referals, primarily in Union and Essex Counties. CIC has three programs: Strengthening Families, Child Welfare, and Re-entry from Prisons.

Human Services
7
Horizons Newark Inc

Horizons newark is an academic enrichment program that seeks to address the achievement gap for public school students from low income families.

Youth Development
8
Transformations by New Jersey Angels

To walk alongside children youth and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building and mentorship

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9
Central Nj Judaic Studies Initiative

Central NJ Judaic Studies Initiative is a non-profit organization that was established to provide the infrastructure for an after-school religious program for children of elementary school age level. The goal is to encourage Jewish…

Religion
10
Sister to Sister of Montclair Mentoring Group Inc

Guiding young women towards womanhood

Human Services
11
New Jersey Alliance for Culture Change
Health
12
The Open Door Njny Inc

The Open Door NJNY empowers marginalized populations to reach their full potential and successfully integrate, participate and contribute to their mainstream society with an end goal of strengthening their families.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is SUCCEED2GETHER Inc; the most unlike its peers is Butterfly Dreamz 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

16 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. 16 of the 32 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP: $50,000 · OtherMONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPYWCA EASTERN UNION COUNTY: $48,000 · OtherYWCA EASTERN UNION COUNTYIndependence A Family of Services: $42,500 · OtherIndependence A Family of ServicesYMCA OF UNION COUNTY: $25,000 · OtherYMCA OF UNION COUNTYUNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $21,000 · OtherUNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHTHE SIDE DOOR AT UNION CONGREGATION: $20,000 · OtherTHE SIDE DOOR AT UNION CONGREGATIONNJ CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 · OtherST MARKS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $14,000 · Other+10 more: $70,000 · Other+10 moreSUCCEED2GETHER INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesSUCCEED2GETHER INCMindful Awareness Academy for Children: $40,000 · Human ServicesMindful Awareness Academy…HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY I…WEVE GOT FRIENDS INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesWEVE GOT FRIENDS INCCONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC: $7,500 · Human Services+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $93,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ HOUSE KID…FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $80,500 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMI…VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN: $28,000 · Crime & LegalPARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $36,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,200 · PhilanthropyWonder Girls USA Inc: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsIMANI Inc: $5,000 · Education
Other$305,500Human Services$166,000Arts & Culture$93,000Housing & Shelter$80,500Crime & Legal$38,000Philanthropy$37,200Recreation & Sports$15,000Education$5,000

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 budgetJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $93,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSUCCEED2GETHER INC: $85,000 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $80,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP: $50,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetMindful Awareness Academy for Children: $40,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetTHE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $36,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetVOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN: $28,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWonder Girls USA Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetWEVE GOT FRIENDS INC: $10,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIMANI Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetButterfly Dreamz Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 JAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUCCEED2GETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds Independence A Family of Services ↗
  • Who funds Mindful Awareness Academy for Children ↗
  • Who funds THE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds Wonder Girls USA Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEVE GOT FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTIONS AT HOME NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds IMANI Inc ↗
  • Who funds Butterfly Dreamz Inc ↗
  • Who funds Council on Foundations 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.

Investors Foundation …Community Foundation …Schumann Fund for New…Turrell FundMontclair Foundation …Partners for Health I…JOHN J & ROSE CALI FA…Pseg Foundation IncThe Hyde and Watson F…Susan V Bershad Chari…Sonder FoundationGeorge a Ohl Jr Trust
Investors Foundation IncNJ25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Investors Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · Turrell Fund · Montclair Foundation Inc · Partners for Health Inc · JOHN J & ROSE CALI FAMILY FOUNDATION co CALI FUTURES · Pseg Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Susan V Bershad Charitable Fund Inc · Sonder Foundation · George a Ohl Jr Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Family Promise of Essex County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Partners for Women and Justice Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get 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 32 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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