New Jersey · Nonprofit
GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY
GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($33). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $498k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $33
- Net assets
- $277k
What German-American Society of Trenton New Jersey does
Mission
The german-american society of trenton origin is a traditional, family-oriented society. Our mission is to cultivate and strengthen our german-american cultural heritage and traditions, strengthen our family bonds and provide an entertaining and rewarding social and educational atmosphere for our members, guests and community.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Member night is held every thursday night and allows the members to socialize with one another to discuss events of the society as well as community issues, programming and other matters relevant to the membership community.
$49,552 spent$52,687 earned by the program11% of program spendingFestivals including the wurst bierfest, schlachtfest, and oktoberfest. These fests are community events for members and non-members and open to the public. While each festival is unique, they all celebrate the foods, wines and beers of germany, traditions and heritage. The fests are all volunteer run and are designed to bring the community at large together to celebrate german heritage and preserve the german culture.
$84,559 spent$87,796 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe soccer program has been part of the society's history and is the basis of its formation. The parents of children participating in the soccer program must be members of the society. Parents and children participate in the program and annual banquets to celebrate teams and enhance the culture and heritage of the german society. Parents and their children are strongly encouraged to volunteer at activities of the club including events and maintenance type activities which creates a sense of belonging.
$76,778 spent$59,176 earned by the program16% of program spendingCatering and other revenues
$258,442 spent$39,237 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $469,331.
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 2020 to 2021, from $180k to $249k (+38%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest German-American Society of Trenton New Jersey). These are real filings, and they are not money GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY raised.
From the IRS filings of GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY’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 GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY?
- GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($33). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $33 in grants to GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY.
- Who is the largest funder of GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $33 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERMAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), 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