New Jersey · Nonprofit
NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,434,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($755,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What New Jersey Civic Information Consortium a Nj Nonprofit Corporation does
Mission
The new jersey civic information consortium exists to strengthen local news and ensure residents have access to reliable, community-focused information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The consortium provides grants for projects that achieve the following goals. Improve the quantity and quality of civic information in new jersey communities. Give residents enhanced access to useful government data and public information through innovative applications, platforms, and technologies. Train students, professionals, and community members in the practice of community storytelling, journalism, and media production. Nurture better civic engagement and dialogue inside and between new jersey communities. Better meet the information needs of low-income communities and racial and ethnic communities that have been underserved by the media. Invest in research and practices that can help media outlets become more closely connected to their audiences and more sustainable without government support.
$4,925,853 spentof which $4,396,752 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,925,853.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $4.7M (+275%).
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: 2021 67% · 2022 94% · 2023 81% · 2024 84% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Christopher J Daggett
Chair/interim executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $100k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION’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
NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
53% 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 NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 57% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
53% of NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION'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 $679k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $755k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Rowan University · exempt
- Montclair State University · exempt
- The College of New Jersey · exempt
- New Jersey Institute of Technology · exempt
- Rutgers the State University of Nj · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,434,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($755,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,434,000 in grants to NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $755,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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