How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in New Jersey?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in New Jersey, currently The Atlantic Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in New Jersey?

$171M reached 618 arts and culture organizations in New Jersey, from 1,031 funders. 45% came from funders also based in New Jersey.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · New Jersey · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in New Jersey

$171M reached 618 arts and culture organizations in New Jersey, from 1,031 funders, with no single one dominating.

$171M

granted

618

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

1,031 funders gave $171M to 618 arts and culture organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in New Jersey is The Atlantic Foundation, at $20M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is New Jersey Performing Arts Center, at $22M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in New Jersey

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in New Jersey, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Atlantic Foundation$20M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$7M 4The Prudential Foundation$6M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 6Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc$4M 7Colton Family Foundation$4M 8The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$4M 9The Leon and Toby Cooperman Family$3M 10Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc$3M

Arts and culture organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

608 other arts and culture organizations$90M

New Jersey Performing Arts Center$22M Grounds for Sculpture Inc$18M Liberty Science Center$8M New Jersey Symphony Orchestra$7M Paper Mill Playhouse$7M Seward Johnson Atelier Inc$4M New Jersey Policy Perspective Inc$4M

How to find arts and culture funders in New Jersey

1
Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in New Jersey are The Atlantic Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
55% of arts and culture money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in New Jersey, currently The Atlantic Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in New Jersey?: The Atlantic Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in New Jersey, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in New Jersey?: $171M reached 618 arts and culture organizations in New Jersey, from 1,031 funders. 45% came from funders also based in New Jersey.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.