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Plainfield Foundation at a glance

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Plainfield Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$559k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$1.6MEducation$437kArts & Culture$421kPhilanthropy$280kYouth Development$266kHealth$174kReligion$133kHousing & Shelter$105kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 57 grants below total $444,953, the rows itemized in this filing. The $558,642 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $113,689 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $208k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $237k
$5,482
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION INC$45,000
UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY$25,473
WAGNER FARM ARBORETUM FOUNDATION$18,587
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE$18,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF UNION NC$17,500
YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY$15,000
EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE PLAINFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY INC$15,000
KORNDVA ACADEMY$15,000
PLAINFIELD SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC$12,542
LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NEW JERSEY$10,000
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE$10,000
STAR FISH INC$10,000
STUDENTS 2 SCIENCE$10,000
UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY$9,527
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 (FY18–20, $246k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $8k → 4%MOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $5k → 4%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $5k → 4%HARK-ALS INC: $4k → 5%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER: $28k → 10%HARK-ALS INC: $3k → 5%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER: $20k → 10%HARK-ALS INC: $3k → 5%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER: $15k → 10%THE GATEWAY FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 10%UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S: $45k → 10%UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S: $30k → 10%UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S: $25k → 10%THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 10%THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $19k → 10%THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $4k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
DE
NC
OK
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 53 repeat orgs$802k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
74

Total granted

$1.9M
$657k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+13%

Still filing today

43%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UF
    UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY
    5× · 2018–2024 · $182k · revenue +28%
  • PS
    Plainfield Symphony Society Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $156k · revenue +22% · 45% of their budget
  • SS
    SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $117k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • WF
    WCDB Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp
    one grant, 2018 · $202k · revenue +13%
  • SI
    STAR-FISH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • RU
    ROWAN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
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
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
2
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
Rider University

Rider university is a comprehensive, private university offering undergraduate and graduate programs in business, education, liberal arts, sciences, music, and fine and performing arts.see schedule o for rider university's mission, vision,…

Education
4
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
7
Monmouth Medical Center

To meet the healthcare needs of our community by providing cost-effective quality care. to educate present and future generations of healthcare providers. to provide a continuum of regional tertiary care. please refer to the organization's…

Health
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
10
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

The spirit that infuses newark beth israel medical center and children's hospital of new jersey is its commitment to excellence. our mission is to achieve this excellence through: - the delivery of primary health care to all who need our…

Health
11
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
12
Unity Charter School

The unity charter school (ucs) was chartered by the new jersey department of education in january 1997 as the only charter school that had included a planning year prior to its opening. the charter school opened its doors to the first 60…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Seeds Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wcdb Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp. 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

52 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. 52 of the 144 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/52
Grantees still filing
41/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Plainfield Symphony Society Inc: $156,121 · OtherPlainfield Symphony Society IncIndividual grant recipient: $98,404 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDUCERET SCHOOL OF ART: $70,000 · OtherPLAINFIELD ARTS COUNCIL: $60,905 · OtherHome First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services: $55,000 · Other+107 more: $1,189,589 · Other+107 moreUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY: $182,092 · Human ServicesUNITED FAMILY AND …SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $117,200 · Human ServicesSECOND STREET YOUT…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $54,100 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE…Americas Grow-A-Row: $27,500 · Human ServicesAmericas Grow-A-Ro…LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $15,000 · Human Services+5 more: $49,445 · Human Services+5 moreWCDB Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp: $202,296 · PhilanthropyWCDB Found…UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY: $33,268 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…THE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $70,000 · EducationGEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10,225 · EducationALFRED UNIVERSITY: $6,500 · EducationNew York University: $4,625 · Education+8 more: $21,120 · EducationBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $73,803 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF NEW JERSEY: $35,615 · Youth DevelopmentEL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO: $65,000 · Crime & LegalMUHLENBERG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $36,654 · HealthOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $5,689 · HealthIMAGINE A CENTER FOR COPING WITH LOSS: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,040 · Health
Other$1,630,019Human Services$445,337Philanthropy$235,564Education$132,470Youth Development$109,418Crime & Legal$65,000Health$50,383

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY: $182,092 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetPlainfield Symphony Society Inc: $156,121 over 4y, 45% of budgetSECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $117,200 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $73,803 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO: $65,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetHome First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services: $55,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $54,100 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetYWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC: $52,337 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF NEW JERSEY: $35,615 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY: $33,268 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWAGNER FARM ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $30,503 over 2y, 11% of budgetAmericas Grow-A-Row: $27,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSTAR FISH INC: $22,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJCC of Central New Jersey: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL: $20,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTS 2 SCIENCE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlainfield Rescue Squad Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHARK-ALS INC: $13,945 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF UNION COUNTY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra: $8,404 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCATALYST THEATER COMPANY PRODUCTIONS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetALFRED UNIVERSITY: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $5,689 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGINE A CENTER FOR COPING WITH LOSS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSomerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlainfield Area Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDragonfly Multicultural Arts Center: $5,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetHOMESHARING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLawyers In Defense of Animals Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetNew York University: $4,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $4,436 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $3,875 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY SEEDS INC: $2,686 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WINTER ACTIVITY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,359 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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 WCDB Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Plainfield Symphony Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO ↗
  • Who funds Home First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY ↗
  • Who funds WAGNER FARM ARBORETUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Americas Grow-A-Row ↗
  • Who funds STAR FISH INC ↗
  • Who funds JCC of Central New Jersey ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Ej Grassmann TrustCommunity Foundation …Columbia Bank Foundat…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Investors Foundation …The Westfield Foundat…Union FoundationThe Provident Bank Fo…Citizens Philanthropi…Pseg Foundation IncUnited Way of Greater…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ43.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Columbia Bank Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Westfield Foundation · Union Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry

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 Plainfield Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Plainfield Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Delaware State University: 18% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
  • Ywca of Eastern Union County Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Association: 6% of income from government
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
  • Georgian Court University: 1% of income from government
  • Students 2 Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 144 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $552k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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