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GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC

GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,303 to it, the largest being Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($144,395). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$903k
Funders on record
26
Grants received
$649k
Net assets
$1.3M
15/26 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Grace - Giving and Receiving Assistance for Our Community's Essentials Inc does

Mission

Grace meets community needs with community resources to enable the good health and success of our vulnerable and underserved neighbors.grace - giving and recieving assistance for our community's essentials inc. Its specific purpose is to meet the basic needs of underserved individuals and their families in summit, nj and the surrounding communities with household items, food, education, referrals, and community support.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Weekly distribution:a weekly food pantry where we distribute fresh, nutrient-dense foods such as fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, bread, protein as well as shelf-stable foods.in addition we provide essential items: toilet paper, diapers and wipes, period products, laundry detergent, hygiene supplies, and socks. Throughout the year grace provides essential seasonal items: winter coats, gloves and hats, costumes for halloween celebrations, backpacks,and school supplies, household items, carseatsand baby supply, board games and gifts for the holiday season.

    $497,192 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Personal enrichment, health awareness and medical care events:we leverage our relationship with local institutions who offer medical screenings and follow-up care, preventative medicine with appropriate vaccinations, adult and pediatric dental screenings and care, career guidance, benefits assistance, and arts and fitness enrichment programs.

    $1,813 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $499,005.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($140k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($360k)2021 Revenue 183 ($255k) Expenses 717 ($169k) Net assets 122 ($439k)2022 Revenue 258 ($359k) Expenses 1023 ($241k) Net assets 148 ($533k)2023 Revenue 328 ($457k) Expenses 1117 ($263k) Net assets 209 ($752k)2024 Revenue 399 ($557k) Expenses 1852 ($436k) Net assets 248 ($892k)2025 Revenue 647 ($903k) Expenses 2733 ($644k) Net assets 361 ($1.3M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (647)Expenses (2733)Net assets (361)Peer revenue range

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 $907k to $1.3M (+45%).

$368k
$445k
$548k
$764k
$907k
$1.3M
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 11% · 2023 6% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

80% of GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$116k
’20
$86k
’21
$118k
’22
$194k
’23
$121k
’24
$259k
’25
6.4
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed666614
Joined·+0+0+2+8
No longer listed·0020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $38k → $82k.

7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 26 funders by total. 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

GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

83% 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 GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC.

22%
largest funder
52%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 66% · 2021 49% · 2022 35% · 2023 32% — 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

50% of GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

91% of GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

IL
NY
PA
NJ
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $314k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · above the median
Months of reserve6.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)45% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC

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In New Jersey

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 10%Fundraising 12%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC?
GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $649,303 to it, the largest being Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($144,395). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC have?
IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $649,303 in grants to GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS INC?
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc is the largest funder on record, with $144,395 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GRACE - GIVING AND RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S ESSENTIALS 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 26 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