How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in New Jersey?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in New Jersey, currently United Way of Bergen County, Mile High United Way Inc, Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in New Jersey?

$14M reached 261 disaster and safety organizations in New Jersey, from 183 funders. 55% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in New Jersey

Funding is concentrated: Kpmg US Foundation Inc alone draws 63% of every disaster and safety grant dollar in New Jersey. One funder dominates the giving, United Way of Bergen County, at 44% of the total.

$14M

granted

261

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

183 funders gave $14M to 261 disaster and safety organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in New Jersey is United Way of Bergen County, at $6M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Kpmg US Foundation Inc, at $9M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in New Jersey

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

1United Way of Bergen County$6M 2Mile High United Way Inc$998k 3Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$810k 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$695k 5The California Wellness Foundation$500k 6The Professional Golfers Assoc$500k 7Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$334k 8Working Families Organization Inc$279k 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$276k 10Goodnation Foundation Inc$200k

Disaster and safety organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

Kpmg US Foundation Inc$9M

251 other disaster and safety organizations$2M

Community Based Public Safety Collective$991k Compass 82 Inc$958k

How to find disaster and safety funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in New Jersey are United Way of Bergen County, Mile High United Way Inc, Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
45% of disaster and safety money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in New Jersey, currently United Way of Bergen County, Mile High United Way Inc, Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in New Jersey?: United Way of Bergen County gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in New Jersey, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in New Jersey?: $14M reached 261 disaster and safety organizations in New Jersey, from 183 funders. 55% 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.