New Jersey · Nonprofit
Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc
Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,349 to it, the largest being New Jersey Council For The Humanities ($5,320). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $27k
What Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc does
Mission
The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project LSP of New Jersey endeavors to pay tribute to the lives of Black women children and men who were unlawfully sold during the domestic slave trade. Our mission has three main objectives: 1. research connecting the Lost Souls with their New Jersey communities while tracing their lives in the Deep South. 2. Through public events and teacher training the project aims to raise awareness about New Jerseys role in the domestic slave trade and history of slavery in the state and 3. to create a dedicated living memorial
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Research - The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project has funded ongoing historical research across various New Jersey counties to identify and connect the Lost Souls to their New Jersey communities.Tracing the Lost Souls through the largest slave port in the United States New Orleans Louisiana LSP fostered a partnership with Louisiana State Universitys History department,demonstrating our continued commitment to exploring the communities the Lost Souls created and sustained in the Deep South. This research is resident on our website and viewable by anyone who accesses the website. For 2023 our website averaged 1,084 unique visits per month. Additonally the fruits of the research is shared during our public events as described below in the edcuation description.
$5,640 spentof which $5,320 as grants45% of program spendingEducation -Lost Souls has engaged audiences through public talks webinars youth walk and learn events and genealogical workshops. The annual Recitation of Names which combines history and art has also been a popular public celebration of remembrance and resilience. As an extension of the education curriculum LSPMP leveraged Emmy-nominated documentary "The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Stories of New Jersey's Enslaved People" as an entry point for discussion about New Jersey slavery and education. Being featured in the film Lost Souls Project co-sponsored screenings and participated in panel discussions in Mercer Morris Somerset Middlesex and Monmouth counties. As a result LSPMP has received numerous requests statewide to educate diverse audiences including the Essex County's West Orange African Heritage Organization State Department of Justice State of New Jersey Public Library and the Division of History and Historic Preservation Arts Institute of Middlesex County. In addition Lost Souls Project collaborated with William Paterson University's School of Education conducting seminars for K -12 teachers in Passaic County. These seminars helped teachers incorporate the…
$3,680 spent30% of program spendingFundraising for Memorial - In order to support all of our efforts the next largest expenditure was to renew our fundraising software and for grant writing support.
$1,552 spent12% of program spendingProject Administration
$560 spentof which $560 as grants5% of program spendingMailbox
$409 spent3% of program spendingEmail Mailchimp
$156 spent1% of program spendingMemorial research
$280 spent2% of program spendingNJ State reporting fees
$91 spent1% of program spending990 filing fee
$61 spent0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,429.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $24k to $26k (+8%).
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 Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Lost Souls Public Memorial Project 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
Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
84% 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 Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc.
“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
84% of Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
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
Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lost Souls Public Memorial Project 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 Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc?
- Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,349 to it, the largest being New Jersey Council For The Humanities ($5,320). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,349 in grants to Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc?
- New Jersey Council For The Humanities is the largest funder on record, with $5,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lost Souls Public Memorial Project 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), 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