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

Start with the funders already giving to mental health in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Newbridge Fund Inc, The Mental Health Association of New York. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest mental health funder in New Jersey?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to mental health organizations in New Jersey, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to mental health in New Jersey?

$28M reached 143 mental health organizations in New Jersey, from 347 funders. 45% 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 · Mental health

Who funds mental health in New Jersey

Mental health funding in New Jersey is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Newbridge Services Inc leads, and the money reaches 143 groups.

$28M

granted

143

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

347 funders gave $28M to 143 mental health organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of mental health in New Jersey is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $3M.
The mental health organization drawing the most is Newbridge Services Inc, at $3M.

Largest funders of mental health in New Jersey

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 2Newbridge Fund Inc$2M 3The Mental Health Association of New York$1M 4Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$1M 5South Ward Alliance$957k 6The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey$943k 7National Philanthropic Trust$724k 8Quentin J Kennedy Foundation Inc$605k 9Holmes Family Foundation Inc$600k 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$569k

Mental health organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

133 other mental health organizations$12M

Newbridge Services Inc$3M Imagine a Center for Coping With Loss$2M Keren Ezer Lnefesh$2M Family Connections Inc$1M Good Grief Inc$1M Walter Hoving Home Inc$1M CONTACT of Mercer County NJ Inc$1M Little Hill Foundation for The$1M Straight and Narrow Inc$1M Community in Crisis Inc$1M

How to find mental health funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to mental health in New Jersey are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Newbridge Fund Inc, The Mental Health Association of New York. A funder already writing mental health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the mental health 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
55% of mental health money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national mental health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to mental health in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Newbridge Fund Inc, The Mental Health Association of New York. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest mental health funder in New Jersey?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to mental health organizations in New Jersey, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to mental health in New Jersey?: $28M reached 143 mental health organizations in New Jersey, from 347 funders. 45% 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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Strange bedfellows

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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.