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

Start with the funders already giving to social science in New Jersey, currently Donors Trust Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, New Jersey Education Association. Then look at who funds the social 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 social science funder in New Jersey?

Donors Trust Inc gives the most to social science organizations in New Jersey, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to social science in New Jersey?

$16M reached 18 social science organizations in New Jersey, from 64 funders. 29% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in New Jersey

Most of it comes from outside New Jersey: only 29% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: New Jersey Policy Perspective alone draws 46% of every social science grant dollar in New Jersey.

$16M

granted

organizations

29%

from in-state

The short version

64 funders gave $16M to 18 social science organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
29% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in New Jersey is Donors Trust Inc, at $6M.
The social science organization drawing the most is New Jersey Policy Perspective, at $7M.

Largest funders of social science in New Jersey

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

1Donors Trust Inc$6M 2Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$2M 3New Jersey Education Association$1M 4The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$1M 5Cerge-Ei Foundation$1M 6Fund for New Jersey$1M 7Carnegie Corporation of New York$680k 8Annie E Casey Foundation Inc$600k 9Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc$519k 10National Endowment for Democracy$313k

Social science organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

New Jersey Policy Perspective$7M Economic Fundamentals Initiative Inc$7M African Studies Association Inc$812k

How to find social science funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to social science in New Jersey are Donors Trust Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, New Jersey Education Association. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social 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
71% of social science money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in New Jersey, currently Donors Trust Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, New Jersey Education Association. Then look at who funds the social 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 social science funder in New Jersey?: Donors Trust Inc gives the most to social science organizations in New Jersey, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in New Jersey?: $16M reached 18 social science organizations in New Jersey, from 64 funders. 29% 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.