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NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC

NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,700 to it, the largest being BETTER TOGETHER - THE ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$1.3M
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What New Jersey Food Council Inc does

Mission

To provide vision and leadership to advance the interest of the food industry in new jersey.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The new jersey food council is an alliance of food retailers and their supplier partners united to provide vision and leadership to advance the interest of its members. Njfc is committed to continuing and maintaining its reputation for excellence and integrity, serving as an advocate on both legislative and regulatory issues, disseminating accurate and timely information in order to educate and inform government, members and the public, developing strategic alliances and enhancing the food industry in new jersey.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($754k)2020 Revenue 91 ($1.2M) Expenses 98 ($1.1M) Net assets 117 ($883k)2021 Revenue 89 ($1.2M) Expenses 97 ($1.1M) Net assets 130 ($983k)2022 Revenue 94 ($1.2M) Expenses 105 ($1.1M) Net assets 125 ($946k)2023 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 103 ($1.1M) Net assets 151 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 112 ($1.5M) Expenses 116 ($1.3M) Net assets 177 ($1.3M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (112)Expenses (116)Net assets (177)

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 $1.3M to $1.6M (+25%).

$770k
$1.0M
$1.3M
$1.0M
$1.3M
$1.6M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$204k
’19
$107k
’20
$105k
’21
$68k
’22
$164k
’23
$183k
’24
0.6
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

Linda Doherty

President & CEO

Board chair

Andrew Kent

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed353332303132
Joined·+3+5+1+5+9
No longer listed·56348
03Who funds it

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 NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL 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

NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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

87%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.

NJ
MO

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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.

State$3k
07
23
Top programs
  • TRUST FUND$3k

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 NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC

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In New Jersey

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

31
board members
97%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • New Jersey Food Council Committee for Good Government · exempt
  • New Jersey Food Council Foundation Inc · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL 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 NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC?
NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,700 to it, the largest being BETTER TOGETHER - THE ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,700 in grants to NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC.
Who is the largest funder of NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL INC?
BETTER TOGETHER - THE ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEW JERSEY FOOD COUNCIL 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 2019–2024), 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