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NAMI NEW JERSEY

NAMI NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,533 to it, the largest being NAMI National ($166,333). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.3M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$600k
Net assets
$4.9M
13/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Nami New Jersey does

Mission

Nami New Jersey (nami nj) is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. Through education, support, advocacy and public awareness programs nami nj fosters understanding about mental illness, confronts stigma often associated with mental disorders, advocates for public policies that benefit those affected by mental illness, and promotes research into the causes, treatment and recovery of mental health disorders.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Advocacy: nami smarts for advocacy trained 13 local champions. We sent 36 advocacy e-news and alerts, testified in 2 legislative hearings. Our advocacy efforts featured in at least 8 news articles and tv spots from 5 different news organizations. We supported efforts to protect medicaid, meeting with congressional offices and building a digital campaign with stories from all 12 congressional districts. We met with 6 county prosecutors regarding the implementation of new court-based mental health diversion programs. We co-hosted a town hall and a webinar to support sustainable funding for 988 crisis services.

    $868,117 spent$19,603 earned by the program
    67% of program spending
  2. Public awareness: creative outreach: hosted the nami nj poetry contest (32 entries, 299 votes) and 5 expressive arts cafe sessions for nearly 70 attendees. Our commitment to inclusive support remains central. Through our four multicultural programs: aact-now, camhop, nami nj en espanol, and samhaj. We reached 30,913 diverse community members via support groups, presentations, social events, outreach, and webinars. Nami nj initiated a social media campaign for men's mental health awareness in collaboration with our volunteer and intern, gaining 7,581 views and 218 interactions across our platforms. Over 52,590 website visitors, 157,740 page views, 42.5k engaged sessions, and 27,200+ social media followers.

    $291,484 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Support: 2,474 participants supported through recovery and family support groups statewide. Approximately 159 caregivers, individuals, and peers completed nami family-to-family and nami peer-to-peer programs to strengthen care navigation and recovery skills. 835 connections made through the nami nj helpline, providing trusted information and pathways to support. Nami connection peer-led recovery monthly online support group has been provided for the lgbtq+ community in nj, with 76 attendees last year. Special population care: nami family support groups have been offered virtually across nj to 242 spouses, siblings, parents of children, and state hospital client families.

    $100,089 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. Education: nami nj equips individuals and families with early mental health awareness, education, and connection so they know how to recognize and act on mental health concerns before they escalate. 417 reached through youth and family education programs, including nami ending the silence, nami basics, nami family & friends, nami hearts + minds. 480+ law enforcement officers educated through nami nj and local affiliates' participation in crisis intervention team (cit) trainings, strengthening crisis response and community safety across the state. 92 educators benefited from homegrown community education and 9 presenters completed the educating the educator professional development training.

    $40,292 spentof which $5,345 as grants
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,299,982.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 96 ($1.2M) Expenses 108 ($1.3M) Net assets 97 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 92 ($1.1M) Expenses 97 ($1.1M) Net assets 97 ($2.4M)2020 Revenue 99 ($1.2M) Expenses 102 ($1.2M) Net assets 98 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 116 ($1.4M) Expenses 104 ($1.2M) Net assets 107 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 117 ($1.4M) Expenses 102 ($1.2M) Net assets 116 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 130 ($1.6M) Expenses 131 ($1.5M) Net assets 119 ($3.0M)2024 Revenue 200 ($2.5M) Expenses 133 ($1.5M) Net assets 159 ($4.0M)2025 Revenue 192 ($2.3M) Expenses 138 ($1.6M) Net assets 196 ($4.9M)
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Revenue (192)Expenses (138)Net assets (196)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.2M to $4.2M (+31%).

$2.5M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$2.7M
$2.9M
$2.9M
$3.2M
$4.2M
$5.1M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 81% · 2018 84% · 2019 89% · 2020 76% · 2021 80% · 2022 74% · 2023 61% · 2024 41% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$62k
’17
−$77k
’18
$2k
’19
$34k
’20
$211k
’21
$237k
’22
$73k
’23
$913k
’24
$738k
’25
14
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.

Chief executive

Meredith Blount

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed181918151615181517
Joined·+6+10+2+5+0+4+0+4
No longer listed·511541132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $114k → $90k.

9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 NAMI 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.

How concentrated its funding is

NAMI NEW JERSEY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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

81% 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 NAMI NEW JERSEY.

28%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 54% · 2021 59% · 2022 78% · 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.

How long its funders stay

44% of NAMI NEW JERSEY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

NAMI NEW JERSEY draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states in all.

NY
PA
NJ
VA
DE
NC

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

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’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $214k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

Government funding NAMI NEW JERSEY receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.

Federal$23k
grants $0contracts $23k
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18
19
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$23k

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 NAMI 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 15%Fundraising 5%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

77%

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 NAMI NEW JERSEY?
NAMI NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,533 to it, the largest being NAMI National ($166,333). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NAMI NEW JERSEY have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $599,533 in grants to NAMI NEW JERSEY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NAMI NEW JERSEY?
NAMI National is the largest funder on record, with $166,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NAMI 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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