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The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$120k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$368k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$120k16%
FY202424$98k33%
FY202325$204k28%
FY202225$299k12%
FY202127$357k30%
FY202030$442k40%
FY201925$455k28%
FY201828$352k46%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$425kPublic Safety & Disaster$360kHealth$352kArts & Culture$318kEducation$279kHuman Services$254kScience & Tech$251kInternational$90kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MT
MN
MI
NY
MA
NV
NJ
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York City Police Foundation Inc$183,00040%
Association of Space Explorers USA$175,000720%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$141,40080%
Fractured Atlas Inc$75,00020%
The Trenton Literacy Movement Inc$60,000144%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$50,00020%
Culture Is Key$50,000526%
Fdny Foundation Inc$40,00080%
Grounds for Sculpture Inc$35,00060%
Energy Share of Montana Inc$30,00060%
Rider University$30,00050%
The Wounded Blue$28,50043%
Isles Inc$27,00020%
Koshka Foundation Inc$25,000115%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25,00010%
Ellis Island Honors Society Inc$25,00014%
The New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc$23,00071%
The Rock Brook School Inc$22,00060%
Fairleigh Dickinson University$20,00010%
Shine and Inspire a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation$17,11586%
Dress for Success Central New Jersey$16,00090%
Explore Mars Inc$15,00014%
Justice for All Institute$10,00013%
Habitat for Humanity$10,000515%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$10,00010%
University of Michigan$10,00012%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$10,00020%
Year Up Inc$10,00010%
Parkinson Association of the Rockies$8,12020%
Hydrogen House Project$7,0001n/a
Ieee Foundation Inc$6,00060%
American Indian Cancer Foundation$5,00010%
James R Halsey Foundation of the Arts$5,000210%
Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum$5,00011%
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad$5,00010%
Princeton Future Inc$5,000127%
McCarter Theatre Company$5,00020%
Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc$5,00010%
Cento Amici$2,00012%
Stirling Historical Society$2,0001n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2,00020%
Enable Inc$1,51010%
Monmouth Park Charity Fund Inc$1,0001n/a
Mary Jacobs Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York City Police Foundation Inc: $183,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAssociation of Space Explorers USA: $175,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $141,400 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trenton Literacy Movement Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetDeborah Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCulture Is Key: $50,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetFdny Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGrounds for Sculpture Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEnergy Share of Montana Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRider University: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wounded Blue: $28,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetIsles Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKoshka Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEllis Island Honors Society Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Rock Brook School Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFairleigh Dickinson University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShine and Inspire a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $17,115 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetDress for Success Central New Jersey: $16,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetExplore Mars Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetJustice for All Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYear Up Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson Association of the Rockies: $8,120 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIeee Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian Cancer Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJames R Halsey Foundation of the Arts: $5,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetStoutsburg Sourland African American Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPrinceton First Aid and Rescue Squad: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPrinceton Future Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSurgical Eye Expeditions International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCento Amici: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnable Inc: $1,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMary Jacobs Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Princeton Area Community Foundation IncNJ22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Laurenti Family Charitable Trust · Tenacre Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

How much does The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation give?
The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation reported 25 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%), Health (14%).
Who are The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New York City Police Foundation Inc ($183k), Association of Space Explorers USA ($175k), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($141k).
Does The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Where is The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation based?
The Olsen Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is based in NJ.

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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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