New Jersey · Public charity
New Jersey State Bar Foundation
The mission of the organization is to: - foster an increased awareness, appreciation and knowledge of law and the legal system among new jersey residents; - serve as the statewide resource for law-related education for the public; - provide opportunities for lawyers to serve the public through the foundation's programs; and - foster…
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,515,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations New Jersey State Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $139k 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 | 37 | $3.5M | 32% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $1.3M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $482k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $294k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $484k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $411k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $322k | 14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Law School Alumni Association Camden | $1,932,451 | 7 | n/a |
| Seton Hall University | $1,264,905 | 7 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $398,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Popular Democracy Inc | $395,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Health Law Project Inc | $395,500 | 3 | 2% |
| NJ LEEP Inc | $325,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of New Jersey | $270,390 | 8 | 2% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $245,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Autism New Jersey Inc | $222,653 | 3 | 4% |
| Statewide Parent Advocacy Network Inc | $167,250 | 8 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
New Jersey State Bar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Prudential Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About New Jersey State Bar Foundation
- How much does New Jersey State Bar Foundation give?
- New Jersey State Bar Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $3,346,703 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does New Jersey State Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Crime & Legal (19%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are New Jersey State Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rutgers Law School Alumni Association Camden ($1.9M), Seton Hall University ($1.3M), Covenant House ($398k).
- Does New Jersey State Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as New Jersey State Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Investors Foundation Inc, Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc.
- Where is New Jersey State Bar Foundation based?
- New Jersey State Bar Foundation is based in NJ.
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