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· Public charity

New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund Inc

Promotes empowerment of low and middle income people through research, education, and training around public policy issues and direct counseling services.

$298k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$539kHealth$299kEmployment$207kHuman Services$155kHousing & Shelter$134kCrime & Legal$111kPublic Benefit$93kCivil Rights$69kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $178k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NJ CONSORTIUM FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRE$50,000
MAKE THE ROAD$50,000
WIND OF THE SPIRIT$32,219
LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER$32,149
STATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK$31,995
NJ POLICY PERSPECTIVE$25,000
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY$20,962
LA CASA DE DON PEDRO$15,000
HOUSING EQUALITY CENTER OF PA$10,856
NJ APPLESEED$10,000
NEW LABOR$9,405
NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE$7,915
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 (FY20–24, $269k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY VALUES: $13k → 17%WIND OF THE SPIRIT: $34k → 4%Greater Bergen Community Action: $7k → 7%NJ CONSORTIUM FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRE: $50k → 14%MAKE THE ROAD ST: $18k → 20%WIND OF THE SPIRIT: $32k → 4%WIND OF THE SPIRIT: $15k → 4%LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER: $35k → 16%LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER: $32k → 16%LAUNDRY WORKER: $18k → 16%LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER: $17k → 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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 15 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$1.4M
$355k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+25%

Still filing today

87%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES UNITED
    5× · 2019–2023 · $470k · revenue +17% · 49% of their budget
  • SP
    STATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $123k · revenue +18%
  • FH
    FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • FAITH IN NEW JERSEY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • AL
    ADVANCE LOCAL MEDIA
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

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2
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund Inc

Promotes empowerment of low and middle income people through research, education, and training around public policy issues and direct counseling services.

Public Benefit
3
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Through grassroots people-powered advocacy and organizing, lwvnj trains, mobilizes, and educates advocates to have a greater voice in government and influence public policy.

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4
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
5
New Jersey Working Families Alliance Corp

To increase civic participation

Community Improvement
6
Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Jersey Inc

Promoting, assisting and supporting the sustainability and growth of casa programs in new jersey. casa programs promote the protection of abused and neglected children by using trained volunteers to advocate for these children in courts…

Crime & Legal
7
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc

Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc. (WJCNY) pusues juistice for those denied hian rights, with a focus on agricultural and other low-wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional…

Crime & Legal
8
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc

New jersey institute for social justice (the institute), a public charity, is a newark-based urban research and advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of new jersey's urban areas and residents.

Human Services
9
League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund

Lwvnj-ef's nonpartisan voter education and voter protection work ensures everyone has the tools, resources, and confidence they need to participate fully at the ballot box and beyond.

Civil Rights
10
Advocates for Children of New Jersey

To identify children's needs through research, policy and legal analysis, to raise awareness of those needs through strategic communications, and to work with elected officials and other decision-makers to enact effective responses.

Human Services
11
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
12
New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well Inc

Provide leadership in public policy and education to enable New Jersey older adults to live with independence and dignity in their communities.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center 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

27 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. 27 of the 38 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $123,023 · OtherSTATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK INCFAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA INC: $94,571 · OtherFAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SUBURBAN PHILADELPH…SALVATION AND SO: $73,000 · OtherSALVATION AND SOIronbound Community Corporation: $58,000 · OtherIronbound Community CorporationRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $37,176 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITYADVANCE LOCAL MEDIA: $30,000 · OtherNEW JERSEY SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $25,000 · OtherNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $32,000 · Other+14 more: $209,000 · Other+14 moreNEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES UNITED: $469,750 · Community ImprovementNEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES UNITED+1 more: $7,000 · Community ImprovementLaundry Workers Center Inc: $101,530 · Human ServicesLaundry Workers C…WIND OF THE SPIRIT IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $80,946 · Human ServicesWIND OF THE SPIRI…NEW JERSEY CONSORTIUM FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesNEW JERSEY CONSOR…Make The Road States Inc: $17,500 · Human ServicesMake The Road Sta…FAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $12,500 · Human Services+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $52,996 · Civil RightsFAITH IN NEW JERSEY: $50,000 · Civil RightsPUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF NJ INC: $23,500 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $93,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE INC: $62,074 · EducationGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND: $12,500 · EducationFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $39,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$681,770Community Improvement$476,750Human Services$269,476Civil Rights$126,496Public Benefit$103,000Education$74,574Housing & Shelter$39,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW JERSEY COMMUNITIES UNITED: $469,750 over 5y, 49% of budgetSTATEWIDE PARENT ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $123,023 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLaundry Workers Center Inc: $101,530 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetFAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA INC: $94,571 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $93,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWIND OF THE SPIRIT IMMIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $80,946 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE INC: $62,074 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetIronbound Community Corporation: $58,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $52,996 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSORTIUM FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $39,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNew Jersey Policy Perspective: $32,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF NJ INC: $23,500 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetThe Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCACY AND RECOVERY INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $18,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCOMITE DE APOYO A LOS TRABAJADORES AGRICOLAS INC: $17,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetADHIKAAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $17,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGARDEN STATE EQUALITY EDUCATIONAL FUND: $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMake the Road New York: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI-STATE CONSORTIUM: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BERGEN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Community Foundation …Geraldine R Dodge Fou…The Robert Wood Johns…Fund for New JerseyAmalgamated Charitabl…Princeton Area Commun…Schumann Fund for New…National Domestic Wor…Victoria Foundation I…United States Energy …NEO Philanthropy IncNew Jersey State Bar …
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ28.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Fund for New Jersey · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc · Victoria Foundation Inc · United States Energy Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Jersey State Bar Foundation

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 New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 72%
  • Ironbound Community Corporation: 100% of income from government
  • Statewide Parent Advocacy Network Inc: 72% of income from government
  • Greater Bergen Community Action Inc: 62% of income from government
  • The Education & Training Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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