New Jersey · Nonprofit
Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc
Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $165,000 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE ($165,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $202k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $165k
- Net assets
- $31k
What Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc does
Mission
ELFNJ was founded to advance the governance of New Jerseys public schools, through training and research. To accomplish that, it works with the New Jersey School Boards Association, by securing resources to support school board professional development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
New board member orientation- all newly elected school board members are required by the school district Accountability Act to attend a new board member orientation conference within the first year of service. The program immerses new board members in training related to student achievement, school finance, policy development , labor negotiation and ethics.
$106,139 spent33% of program spendingCounty programs offer training close to home through County School Board Associations. Each County hosts events throughout the year on topics of interest. These include: school law - the use of social media by board members, building community partnerships, student safety and cyber security, budget/ finance - the boardss role in the budget, crisis management, STEM/STEAM, sustainability, the arts in education and regionalization. Over 4,000 board members registered for these meetings during the year.
$80,130 spent25% of program spendingSupport of student leadership and arts program
$8,058 spent3% of program spendingProvide training designed to equip board presidents, and vice presidents, and aspiring leaders with the skills and information necessary to perform their roles effectively. Also, support training to help schools implement I-STEAM (Integrative science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) programs- and guide informed and strategic decisions.
$125,408 spent39% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,735.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $137k to $33k (−76%).
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.
99% of Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Maria Alamo
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $25k.
From the IRS filings of Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 1 related entity
- New Jersey School Boards Association · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey 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 Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc?
- Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $165,000 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE ($165,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $165,000 in grants to Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc?
- EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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