How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New Jersey?

Start with the funders already giving to education in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in New Jersey?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in New Jersey, $135M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in New Jersey?

$1.1B reached 1,457 education organizations in New Jersey, from 3,216 funders. 22% 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 · Education

Who funds education in New Jersey

Most of it comes from outside New Jersey: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$1.1B

granted

1,457

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

3,216 funders gave $1.1B to 1,457 education organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in New Jersey is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $135M.
The education organization drawing the most is The Trustees of Princeton University, at $380M.

Largest funders of education in New Jersey

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$135M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$77M 3Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$41M 4The Christina and Robert Dow Foundation$37M 5Jewish Communal Fund$34M 6National Philanthropic Trust$30M 7Virtua Health Foundation Inc$29M 8National Collegiate Athletic Association$29M 9City Fund$26M 10The Simons Foundation Inc$23M

Education organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

1,447 other education organizations$473M

The Trustees of Princeton University$380M Rowan University Foundation Inc$48M Christina Seix Academy$38M

How to find education funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to education in New Jersey are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
78% of education money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to education in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in New Jersey?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in New Jersey, $135M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in New Jersey?: $1.1B reached 1,457 education organizations in New Jersey, from 3,216 funders. 22% 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.