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NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND (New Jersey) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,080,661 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($2,192,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Education Fund does
Mission
Dedicated to protecting our precious natural resources by elevating the importance of environmental issues in public discourse and increasing the efficacy of the entire environmental community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Stormwater new jersey lcv education fund leads a coalition of nonprofit organizations called "flood defense nj," to educate and engage the public about the benefits of stormwater infrastructure to protect the environment and public health. The organization produces tangible,on-the-ground results by assisting communities to upgrade their green infrastructure to effectively address stormwater runoff and aging and outdated infrastructure. The three primary components of this program are (1) direct technical assistance to communities; (2) public education on problems associated with polluted stormwater runoff and the benefits of stormwater utilities; and (3) locally-focused public education and engagement. The organization conducted robust grassroots education, outreach and engagement programming,with the intent of having communities establish stormwater utilities to fund green and gray water infrastructure to clean up polluted runoff and reduce flooding.
$303,178 spentof which $246,001 as grants$5,243 earned by the program24% of program spendingClean energythe organization educates the public on climate change and energy issues affecting the garden state, about the harmful impacts of fossil fuel infrastructure, and in particular, elevating environmental justice and low- and moderate-income communities through public events and public communications. It also convenes other nonprofit organizations focused on environmental protection to devise new ways to engage the public and to guide the implementation of key policy and regulatory proceedings, particularly for clean renewable energy sources, to ensure the maximum amount of pollution is removed from our air.
$419,552 spent33% of program spendingLand preservation, energy affordability, and pollution reduction public education & other programsnew jersey lcv education fund works on the ground educating the public through community presentations and events, conversations where people live and work, and paid and earned media about critical environmental issues. These include ensuring every new jerseyan has green spaces close to their homes, significant financial savings from community solar available to low-income families, health benefits of non-fossil fuel energy generation, as well as building heating, and learning from community members what environmental issues are most important to their families and businesses.additionally,the organization also advanced racial justice in the watershed by facilitating educational opportunities for peer environmental organizations to protect the delaware river watershed.
$416,655 spent33% of program spendingNjpeec- this group/coalition works to ensure diverse organizations are leading and represented in the public policy discourse.
$124,050 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,263,435.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $1.1M (−47%).
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 NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Edward Potosnak Iii
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $373k → $1.0M.
13 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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 LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
62% 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 LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 70% · 2019 31% · 2020 48% · 2021 37% · 2022 30% · 2023 32% — 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
65% of NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
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
NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND?
- NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND (New Jersey) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,080,661 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($2,192,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $8,080,661 in grants to NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,192,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND 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 37 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