New Jersey · Nonprofit
LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC
LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,715 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($38,430). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $64k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Livingston Philanthropies Inc does
Mission
Newark emergency services for families (nesf) staffer joey robinson picks up a vanlaod of fresh produce and fruits provided by livingston philanthrophies, inc (lpi) volunteers through it's "green initiative" founder jeff friedman invites livngston neighbors to visit lpi's website at njhomeless.org. See photo on website feb1st, 2024 green imitiative.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Across New Jersey, food banks and community kitchens are reporting a substantial rise in demand and food insecurity within their communities." More people may be turning to food banks and soup kitchens because of high rent increases, ongoing inflation and the lingering effects of ceased pandemic relief programs, local experts say." NJ Advance Media.That's why Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI), now in its thirteenth year, endeavors to expand and enhance our monthly purchase and distribution of fresh produce and fruit. We call in it the "Green Initiative."Families living below the poverty line are in dire need of fresh food. This is really an emergency situation. The need is huge and growing every month. LPI is reaching-out with a formal funding campaign to service this specific and fundamental basic life need.LPI volunteers are dedicated to continuing current, monthly fresh food purchases for Newark Emergency Services For Families (NESF) and expanding purchase of life-sustaining sustenance for our newest distribution partner, the philanthropic and wonderful Temple Rock Community Church of Newark (TRCCN).The Green Initiative is Livingston Philanthropies first grant outreach in…
$0 spentLivingston neighbors provided the funding for winter beanies, insulated gloves, shoes and work boots required for their new positions and new winter jackets in sizes 2XL and 3XL for larger clients who do not own winter gear.Livingston's generous contributions funded this week's Livingston Philanthropies (LPI) delivery to the New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC), the state's premiere prisoner re-entry organization.
$0 spentJeff Friedman, CEO of Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI), started as a local coat drive twelve years ago, growing into a vital resource for New Jersey's poorest.Amid pandemic challenges and rising inflation, he transformed LPI to meet increasing needs. With support from residents, businesses, and organizations, LPI provides essentials like fresh produce, diapers, and warm clothing to those below the poverty line.Recognized by the United States House of Representatives and the State of New Jersey, Friedman is excited to continue LPI's mission. A dedicated Newark advocate, Friedman has served on various boards before focusing on philanthropy full-time. With a background in television production, he's received numerous Emmy nominations and awards.
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The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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.
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 $3k to $8k (+183%).
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 LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $12k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES 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
LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 54% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC'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 $14k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC?
- LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,715 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($38,430). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $63,715 in grants to LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $38,430 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVINGSTON PHILANTHROPIES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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