New Jersey · Private foundation
Paterson Childrens' Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $218k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 30% of the organizations Paterson Childrens' Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $218k | 27% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $122k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $107k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $92k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $78k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $129k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $57k | 25% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson Public Library Foundation | $167,500 | 7 | 56% |
| Missionary Society of the Salesian Sisters Inc | $135,836 | 10 | n/a |
| The Paterson Alliance Inc | $78,125 | 6 | 4% |
| Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra | $38,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Northern New Jersey Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Solid Foundation Youth Outreach Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City Green Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Destiny Family Success Centers | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Paterson Education Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Inner City Ensemble Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 9% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson Public Library Foundation | $167,500 | 7 | 56% |
| Missionary Society of the Salesian Sisters Inc | $135,836 | 10 | n/a |
| The Paterson Alliance Inc | $78,125 | 6 | 4% |
| Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra | $38,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Northern New Jersey Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Solid Foundation Youth Outreach Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City Green Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Destiny Family Success Centers | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Paterson Education Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Inner City Ensemble Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 9% |
| United Way of Passaic County Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($465k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Paterson Childrens' Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
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How this is measured
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About Paterson Childrens' Foundation
- How much does Paterson Childrens' Foundation give?
- Paterson Childrens' Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $217,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Paterson Childrens' Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Youth Development (23%), Education (23%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Paterson Childrens' Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Paterson Public Library Foundation ($168k), Missionary Society of the Salesian Sisters Inc ($136k), The Paterson Alliance Inc ($78k).
- Does Paterson Childrens' Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paterson Childrens' Foundation 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 Paterson Childrens' Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Columbia Bank Foundation, Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation.
- Where is Paterson Childrens' Foundation based?
- Paterson Childrens' Foundation is based in NJ.
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