New Jersey · Private foundation
The Anderson Foundation
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.
- $390k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 10 | $380k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $509k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $666k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $531k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $640k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $543k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $515k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.1M | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Fellowship Chapel | $1,192,456 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $875,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $535,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Walter Hoving Home Inc Dba Hoving Home | $375,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Players Development Academy | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lions Gate Ministries Inc | $129,400 | 4 | 21% |
| First Choice Women's Resource Centers Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $77,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dr James Dobson Family Institute | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Masterworks Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 47% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Fellowship Chapel | $1,192,456 | 9 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $875,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $535,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Walter Hoving Home Inc Dba Hoving Home | $375,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Players Development Academy | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lions Gate Ministries Inc | $129,400 | 4 | 21% |
| First Choice Women's Resource Centers Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $77,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dr James Dobson Family Institute | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Masterworks Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Life Issues Institute Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Pillar College Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pea Ridge High School Alumni Association | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Bible Society | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Peter's Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Peters Healthcare System Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Christian Ocean City | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| On the Go Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Christian & Missionary Alliance | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Anderson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Anderson Foundation
- How much does The Anderson Foundation give?
- The Anderson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $390,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Anderson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Health (22%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are The Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grace Fellowship Chapel ($1.2M), Family Research Council ($875k), Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ($535k).
- Does The Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Anderson 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 The Anderson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Anderson Foundation based?
- The Anderson Foundation is based in NJ.
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