New Jersey · Nonprofit
Alternatives Inc
Alternatives Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,539 to it, the largest being SCOTT CAROLYN J CHAR TUA-MAIN ($50,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $379k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Alternatives Inc does
Mission
Alternatives, inc was established to provide comprehensive services to individuals/families with special needs to enable them to reach their highest level of independence and integration into the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential services - alternatives, inc. Provides residential services and support to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/dd) to enable them to direct their own lives and to ultimately attain the highest possible quality of life. In addition, the agency provides housing and services to homeless individuals and families to transition them into a permanent housing situation. Staff provides an array of services and supports in areas such as daily living, employment, health management, recreation and socialization, behavioral assessment and intervention, transportation and money management. 1.group homes, supervised apartments and supportive living programs: in these programs, services are provided in a variety of settings, up to 24 hours a day/7 days per week, depending on the needs of the client. Additional support is available through a 24-hour on-call system. The agency provides functional behavioral assessments, behavior intervention plans, environmental modifications, staff training and other essential services pertaining to clinical/behavioral needs. The comprehensive approach coincides with the person's goals and the agency's person-centered philosophy.…
$16,881,827 spentof which $636,704 as grants$20,169,726 earned by the program82% of program spendingCommunity services - consists of programs dedicated to servicing individuals who struggle with mental health needs as well as individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 1. The community support program (csp) serves adults with mental illness and substance abuse issues who live independently in the community. Csp serve individuals somerset and warren counties, nj on an outreach basis; the clients live in either their own housing or residences owned by the agency. All clients are offered outreach case management and clinical services such as skill building, money management, linkages to community and mental health resources, assistance with daily living skills, etc. Staff works with these clients on specific strategies to help them recover from mental health symptoms, gain employment, maintain their housing and finances, maintain a safe and stable residence, and improve their overall quality of life. During fy20, the community support programs served individuals within those two (2) counties. In addition, slots in this program are set-aside for some of the most challenging individuals, individuals who were chronically homeless prior to placement. The agency also…
$1,078,263 spentof which $384 as grants5% of program spendingAffordable Housing Programs - affordable housing is offered to consumers of Alternatives, Inc. through Agency sponsored projects to offset the high cost of rentals and to help overcome the obstacles often associated with the limited incomes of people with special needs. THE AGENCY WORKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOMES USING A VARIETY OF MODELS TO PROVIDE REAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CLIENTELE. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ENGAGES IN EVERY ASPECT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING GRANT WRITING TO SECURE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR NEW PROJECTS, RAISING FUNDS FOR REHABILITATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS, COORDINATING OPERATING FUNDS WITH SERVICE STAFF, MONITORING ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND COMPREHENSIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
$2,654,108 spentof which $114,074 as grants$1,469,430 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,614,198.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7.2M to $8.7M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 91% · 2018 79% · 2019 21% · 2020 9% · 2022 8% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of Alternatives Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Morris Malmstrom
Chair, trustee
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 14 funders, grant income rose $5k → $74k.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Alternatives Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 29 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Alternatives Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Alternatives Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 88% · 2019 36% · 2020 29% · 2021 52% · 2022 35% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
27% of Alternatives Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Alternatives Inc draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Alternatives Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Alternatives Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $198.9M on record — $3.3M federal, $195.5M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.3M
- Department of Agriculture$2k
- GRANT IN AID$134.5M
- FEDERAL$48.6M
- DEDICATED$12.3M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$4k
- TRUST FUND$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Alternatives Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Adti Housing Corporation · exempt
- 600 First Avenue Condominium Association · exempt
- Alternatives Homes 2004 Inc · exempt
- Alternatives Homes 2005 Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Alternatives Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Alternatives Inc?
- Alternatives Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,539 to it, the largest being SCOTT CAROLYN J CHAR TUA-MAIN ($50,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Alternatives Inc have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $378,539 in grants to Alternatives Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Alternatives Inc?
- SCOTT CAROLYN J CHAR TUA-MAIN is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Alternatives Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing