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FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION
FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,040 to it, the largest being HUDSON LUTHERAN CHARITY INC ($145,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $325k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $599k
- Net assets
- $186k
What First Friends of New Jersey and New York Corporation does
Mission
First friends of nj & ny upholds the inherent dignity and humanity of detained immigrants. We provide supportive services to immigrants in immigration detention, including volunteer visitations, pen-pals, referrals to other services, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Detainee assistancefirst friends staff and volunteers provided visitation (in-person and virtual) and support services to people at immigration detention facilities in new jersey, new york, and pennsylvania. This also includes deposits into detained immigrant friends' commissary accounts, operating the dedicated immigrant hotline, and administration of the pen pal program.
$97,535 spentof which $15,284 as grants36% of program spendingRelease & post release assistancefirst friends provided hands-on release and post-release support for friends who were released from detention. This included providing transportation for released friends to return to their families and providng financial assistance to help released individuals cover the cost of food, rent and utilities.
$31,044 spentof which $200 as grants12% of program spendingImmigration bondsfirst friends operates an immigration bond support program to help detained immigrants obtain release from ice custody. We provide partial and, in some cases, full bond contributions, prioritize individuals with limited financial resources and strong community ties, and accompany them with post-release support so they can reunite with loved ones and continue their immigration cases in the community.
$79,213 spentof which $58,650 as grants$18,542 earned by the program30% of program spendingAdvocacyfirst friends provided education workshops and ran advocacy campaigns to improve conditions for the detainees, fight for releases, and end detention. Workshops were conducted with community groups such as universities, schools, and faith-based organizations.shared program expenses
$59,686 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $267,478.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $339k to $235k (−31%).
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: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $60k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK 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
FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
78% 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 FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 27% · 2021 50% · 2022 25% · 2023 33% — 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 FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
52% of FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $289k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $310k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK 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
82% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION?
- FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,040 to it, the largest being HUDSON LUTHERAN CHARITY INC ($145,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $599,040 in grants to FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CORPORATION?
- HUDSON LUTHERAN CHARITY INC is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST FRIENDS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 20 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