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

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The Prudential Foundation. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.

Who is the largest youth development funder in New Jersey?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to youth development organizations in New Jersey, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to youth development in New Jersey?

$283M reached 487 youth development organizations in New Jersey, from 1,474 funders. 38% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in New Jersey

$283M reached 487 youth development organizations in New Jersey, from 1,474 funders, with no single one dominating.

$283M

granted

487

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

1,474 funders gave $283M to 487 youth development organizations in New Jersey across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in New Jersey; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in New Jersey is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $22M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Institute for Citizens and Scholars, at $41M.

Largest funders of youth development in New Jersey

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$22M 2The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$13M 3The Prudential Foundation$10M 4Jewish Communal Fund$8M 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$7M 6National Philanthropic Trust$7M 7Boys & Girls Clubs of America$7M 8Community Foundation of New Jersey$6M 9Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc$5M 10The Charlotte W Newcombe Foundation$5M

Youth development organizations in New Jersey that draw the most

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

477 other youth development organizations$157M

Institute for Citizens and Scholars$41M Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties New Jersey Inc$7M Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County$7M Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic Inc$7M

How to find youth development funders in New Jersey

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Start with the funders already active in New Jersey
The funders giving the most to youth development in New Jersey are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The Prudential Foundation. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
62% of youth development money in New Jersey comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Jersey.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in New Jersey?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in New Jersey, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The Prudential Foundation. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Jersey from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in New Jersey?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to youth development organizations in New Jersey, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in New Jersey?: $283M reached 487 youth development organizations in New Jersey, from 1,474 funders. 38% 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

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Giving abroad

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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.