New Jersey · Private foundation
Mustang Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 37
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Mustang Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 44 | $5.9M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $4.1M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $2,450,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Monmouth County Spca | $2,392,500 | 3 | 13% |
| YMCA of Greater Monmouth County Inc | $1,001,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd | $725,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Find Your Light Foundation | $700,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Climate Museum | $650,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc | $550,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Path Home | $230,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($167k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mustang Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Oregon Community Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Ford Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Star Mooring Foundation Inc · Ninety-Nine Girlfriends
How this is measured
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About Mustang Foundation Inc
- How much does Mustang Foundation Inc give?
- Mustang Foundation Inc reported 44 grants totaling $5,941,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 37 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Mustang Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Arts & Culture (28%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Mustang Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Roundabout Theatre Company Inc ($2.5M), Monmouth County Spca ($2.4M), YMCA of Greater Monmouth County Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Mustang Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mustang Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mustang Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Mustang Foundation Inc based?
- Mustang Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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