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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New Jersey, currently The William Penn Foundation, The Prudential Foundation, Victoria Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in New Jersey?

$14M reached 100 public benefit organizations in New Jersey, from 200 funders. 35% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in New Jersey

$14M reached 100 public benefit organizations in New Jersey, from 200 funders, with no single one dominating.

$14M

granted

100

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

200 funders gave $14M to 100 public benefit organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in New Jersey is The William Penn Foundation, at $1M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is New Jersey Citizen Action Education, at $5M.

Largest funders of public benefit in New Jersey

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

1The William Penn Foundation$1M 2The Prudential Foundation$965k 3Victoria Foundation Inc$920k 4The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc$750k 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$659k 6Community Catalyst Inc$600k 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$548k 8Td Charitable Foundation$480k 9Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$376k 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$350k

Public benefit organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

New Jersey Citizen Action Education$5M Center for Supportive Schools Inc$3M

90 other public benefit organizations$2M

Leadership Newark Inc$1M Corporation for New Jersey Local Media$1M Gi Go Fund Inc$697k Garden State Initiative Inc$554k

How to find public benefit funders in New Jersey

1
Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to public benefit in New Jersey are The William Penn Foundation, The Prudential Foundation, Victoria Foundation Inc. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
65% of public benefit money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in New Jersey, currently The William Penn Foundation, The Prudential Foundation, Victoria Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in New Jersey?: The William Penn Foundation gives the most to public benefit organizations in New Jersey, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in New Jersey?: $14M reached 100 public benefit organizations in New Jersey, from 200 funders. 35% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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.