New Jersey · Nonprofit
HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC
HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being BRIAN & JOELLE KELLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Highlands Business Partnership Inc does
Mission
Highlands business partnership is funded annually by a voluntary assessment of business owners in highlands, events, sponsors and tax deductible donations. Highlands business partnership, a nonprofit corporation and commercial alliance, founded in 1999, works on behalf of all those who live, work or invest in highlands to foster highlands' economic development, advocate continued revitalization, preserve our historic past, and strengthen the economic, cultural and commercial contributions in highlands.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The program service accomplishments generate in excess of $100,000 in revenue. Driving foot-traffic of approximately 100,000 people to the highlands business district annually. The highland business partnership, inc. Manages and oversee various improvements to the district including shop local, destination marketing, digital media marketing, special events, decorations and landscaping, fundraising, creation and distribution the highland's visitor guide and rack cards as well as economic development.
$268,048 spentof which $34,530 as grants$181,733 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $268,048.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $59k to $120k (+103%).
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: 2017 34% · 2018 42% · 2019 30% · 2022 17% · 2023 4% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Carla Cefalo
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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 HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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
HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $103k on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$102k
- GRANT IN AID$1k
- FEDERAL$600
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 HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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 HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC?
- HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being BRIAN & JOELLE KELLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC?
- BRIAN & JOELLE KELLY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIGHLANDS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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