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

Start with the funders already giving to science in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in New Jersey?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to science organizations in New Jersey, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in New Jersey?

$71M reached 23 science organizations in New Jersey, from 155 funders. 7% 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 · Science

Who funds science in New Jersey

Most of it comes from outside New Jersey: only 7% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Institute for Advanced Study - Louis alone draws 61% of every science grant dollar in New Jersey.

$71M

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organizations

from in-state

The short version

155 funders gave $71M to 23 science organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
7% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in New Jersey is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $16M.
The science organization drawing the most is Institute for Advanced Study - Louis, at $43M.

Largest funders of science in New Jersey

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$16M 2The Schmidt Family Foundation$7M 3Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$6M 4The Simons Foundation Inc$6M 5Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation$4M 6John D and Catherine T Macarthur$4M 7American Endowment Foundation$3M 8Amplitude Foundation$2M 9The Cooper Health System a New Jersey$2M 10Bellwether Education Partners Inc$2M

Science organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

Institute for Advanced Study - Louis$43M Climate Central Inc$20M

How to find science funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to science in New Jersey are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
93% of science money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to science in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in New Jersey?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to science organizations in New Jersey, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in New Jersey?: $71M reached 23 science organizations in New Jersey, from 155 funders. 7% 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.