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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in New Jersey, currently Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca, Fair Share Northgate II Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in New Jersey?

Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca gives the most to housing organizations in New Jersey, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in New Jersey?

$79M reached 124 housing organizations in New Jersey, from 408 funders. 65% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in New Jersey

$79M reached 124 housing organizations in New Jersey, from 408 funders, with no single one dominating.

$79M

granted

124

organizations

65%

from in-state

The short version

408 funders gave $79M to 124 housing organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
65% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in New Jersey is Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca, at $10M.
The housing organization drawing the most is The Martin and Edith Stein, at $10M.

Largest funders of housing in New Jersey

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

1Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca$10M 2Fair Share Northgate II Inc$6M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 4Foresight Affordable Housing-Pennsville$5M 5Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$3M 6Foresight Affordable Housing of Pennsylvania Inc$3M 7North Brunswick Uaw Housing Corporation$3M 8Community Foundation of New Jersey$2M 9Community Loan Fund of New Jersey Inc$2M 10The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$2M

Housing organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

114 other housing organizations$24M

The Martin and Edith Stein$10M Foresight Affordable Housing Inc$8M Fair Share Housing Development Inc$7M Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark$6M Family Promise Inc$5M Housing and Community Development$5M Isles Inc$5M Region 9 Uaw Housing Corp$4M

How to find housing funders in New Jersey

1
Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to housing in New Jersey are Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca, Fair Share Northgate II Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
35% of housing money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in New Jersey, currently Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca, Fair Share Northgate II Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in New Jersey?: Foundation of the Oscar and Ella Wilf Ca gives the most to housing organizations in New Jersey, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in New Jersey?: $79M reached 124 housing organizations in New Jersey, from 408 funders. 65% 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

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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.