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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in New Jersey, currently New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. 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?

New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp gives the most to housing organizations in New Jersey, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in New Jersey?

$323M reached 358 housing organizations in New Jersey, from 1,405 funders. 50% 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

Housing funding in New Jersey is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Homefront Inc leads, and the money reaches 358 groups.

$323M

granted

358

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

1,405 funders gave $323M to 358 housing organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% 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 New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp, at $23M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Homefront Inc, at $26M.

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.

1New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp$23M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$22M 3Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$12M 4Habitat for Humanity International Inc$11M 5Community Foundation of New Jersey$10M 6US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$10M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$10M 8Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc$9M 9National Philanthropic Trust$8M 10North Brunswick Uaw Housing Corporation Dba Martin Gerber Apartments$7M

Housing organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

348 other housing organizations$189M

Homefront Inc$26M Isles Inc$11M Region 9 Uaw Housing Corp Dba Region Nine Housing Corporation$11M

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 New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. 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
50% 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 New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. 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?: New Paulus Hook Community Housing Corp gives the most to housing organizations in New Jersey, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in New Jersey?: $323M reached 358 housing organizations in New Jersey, from 1,405 funders. 50% 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 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.