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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in New Jersey, currently Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Dendroica Foundation-Tr. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in New Jersey?

Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc gives the most to environment organizations in New Jersey, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in New Jersey?

$310M reached 304 environment organizations in New Jersey, from 1,042 funders. 32% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in New Jersey

$310M reached 304 environment organizations in New Jersey, from 1,042 funders, with no single one dominating.

$310M

granted

304

organizations

32%

from in-state

The short version

1,042 funders gave $310M to 304 environment organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
32% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in New Jersey is Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, at $21M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Climate Central Inc, at $47M.

Largest funders of environment in New Jersey

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

1Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc$21M 2National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$19M 3Dendroica Foundation-Tr$15M 4The William Penn Foundation$14M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$13M 6The Schmidt Family Foundation$13M 7New Jersey Conservation Foundation$11M 8United States Energy Foundation$7M 9Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc$6M 10Quadrivium$6M

Environment organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

294 other environment organizations$153M

Climate Central Inc$47M New Jersey Conservation Foundation$27M Greenwood Gardens$18M American Littoral Society$15M The Watershed Institute Inc$11M

How to find environment funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to environment in New Jersey are Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Dendroica Foundation-Tr. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
68% of environment money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in New Jersey, currently Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Dendroica Foundation-Tr. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in New Jersey?: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc gives the most to environment organizations in New Jersey, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in New Jersey?: $310M reached 304 environment organizations in New Jersey, from 1,042 funders. 32% 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.

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The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.