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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in New Jersey, currently National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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?

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in New Jersey, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in New Jersey?

$88M reached 123 environment organizations in New Jersey, from 593 funders. 30% 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

Most of it comes from outside New Jersey: only 30% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. New Jersey's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$88M

granted

123

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

593 funders gave $88M to 123 environment organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% 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 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, at $11M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Children's Health Defense, at $12M.

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.

1National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$11M 2The William Penn Foundation$11M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 4Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc$4M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 6The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$3M 7Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$2M 8Victoria Foundation Inc$2M 9National Philanthropic Trust$2M 10Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc$2M

Environment organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

113 other environment organizations$32M

Children's Health Defense$12M American Littoral Society$10M New Jersey Conservation Foundation$9M

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 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
70% 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 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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?: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in New Jersey, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in New Jersey?: $88M reached 123 environment organizations in New Jersey, from 593 funders. 30% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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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.