New Jersey · Nonprofit
FOCUS NJ INC
FOCUS NJ INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,000 to it, the largest being CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC ($105,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $320k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $830k
What Focus Nj Inc does
Mission
Focus nj is a non-profit organization that researches and analyzes public policy, industry trends and economic indicators impacting the garden state's overall affordability, workforce and competitiveness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Economic trends: to ensure new jersey is competitive and affordable, it is imperative to evaluate our state's attractability with respect to gdp, employment, wage growth, adjusted gross income and the outmigration of both the state's wealth and young adults.education: to best prepare for the workforce needs of the future, new jersey must maintain and retain a highly educated population. This can be done through the promotion of k-12 and postsecondary education, experiential learning, stackable credentials and degrees, and career-focused curricula.workforce development: with the economy changing at a rapid pace, business, government and academia must collaborate to provide career pathways and public-private partnerships that keep the jobs of the future at the forefront of conversation today.
$84,200 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $84,200.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $444k to $650k (+47%).
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.
100% of FOCUS NJ INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Althea Ford
Executive director
Board chair
Michele Siekerka
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of FOCUS NJ 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FOCUS NJ INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 FOCUS NJ 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
FOCUS NJ INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,448 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,448 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FOCUS NJ INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27k on record.
- FEDERAL$27k
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 FOCUS NJ 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 FOCUS NJ 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 FOCUS NJ INC?
- FOCUS NJ INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,000 to it, the largest being CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC ($105,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOCUS NJ INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $106,000 in grants to FOCUS NJ INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOCUS NJ INC?
- CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOCUS NJ 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 2022–2025), 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