New Jersey · Nonprofit
DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION
DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,999 to it, the largest being New Jersey State Bar Foundation ($88,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $113k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Disability Rights New Jersey a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation does
Mission
Drnj's mission is to protect, advocate for and advance the rights of persons with disabilities in pursuit of a society in which persons with disabilities exercise self-determination and choice, and are treated with dignity and respect.drnj's activities are grounded in its belief in the inherent value and worth of all individuals and their right to equality of opportunity and full participation in their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Protection and advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities (padd)- the program was established to protect the legal and civil rights of individuals with developmental disabilities.
$1,155,703 spent27% of program spendingProtection and advocacy for individuals with mental illness (paimi)-the program was established to protect and advocate for the rights of persons with mental illness.
$617,614 spent15% of program spendingProtection and advocacy for beneficiaries with representative payees(pabrp)-the pabrp program is a federally funded program that was established under the strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries act of 2018. The act authorizes the social security administration (ssa) to fund each state's protection and advocacy system to conduct reviews of representative payees under the supplemental security income (ssi) program and the old age, survivors and disability insurance (oasdi).
$632,651 spent15% of program spendingProtection and advocacy for voter access (pava)-the pava program ensures that every qualified person with a disability has the opportunity to vote on election day
$106,432 spent3% of program spendingThe protection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security (pabss)- the program was established to provide education and training about employment and social security work incentives, and provides work incentive assistance to ssdi and ssi beneficiaries seeking vocational rehabilitation, employment and other support services to secure, retain or regain employment.
$109,521 spent3% of program spendingProtection and advocacy for assistive technology (paat)-the program provides legal and non-legal advocacy services for individuals with disabilities who are denied access to assistive technology devices and/or assistive technology services.
$143,813 spent3% of program spendingClient assistance program (cap)-the program was established to advocate for and protect the rights of individuals with disabilities who are seeking or receiving rehabilitation services.
$252,521 spent6% of program spendingProtection and advocacy for individuals with traumatic brain injury (patbi)-the program ensures that individuals with tbi and their families have access to: information, referrals and advice; individual and family advocacy; legal representation; and specific assistance in self-advocacy.
$84,190 spent2% of program spendingProtection and avocacy for individual rights (pair)-the program was established to protect and advocate for the legal and human rights of persons with disabilities who are not eligble for other federally funded protection and advocacy programs.
$274,555 spent7% of program spendingIolta and other program services to support the organization's mission.
$362,085 spent9% of program spendingAssistive technology advocacy center (atac)-atac provides assistance to persons with disabilities to obtain assistive technology devices and/or services.
$481,932 spentof which $150,000 as grants11% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,221,017.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.0M to $2.2M (−25%).
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 98% · 2018 97% · 2019 94% · 2020 96% · 2021 90% · 2022 89% · 2023 87% · 2024 85% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Gwen Orlowski
Executive director
Board chair
Hazeline C Pilgrim
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION's revenue grew 65% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$16.5M
- Social Security Administration$6.1M
- Department of Education$6.0M
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 DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,999 to it, the largest being New Jersey State Bar Foundation ($88,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $112,999 in grants to DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- New Jersey State Bar Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $88,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION 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 2 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