New Jersey · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,882,229 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($1,204,364). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc does
Mission
Norwescap is a private nonprofit corporation established in 1965, with a mission to create opportunities for low-income individuals and families throughout northwestern new jersey. Our work positively impacts more than 30,000 people each year.(cont schedule o) norwescap's mission is to strengthen communities by creating opportunities that improve the lives of low-income individuals and families. Our vision is to help build a community that transforms poverty into opportunity. Throughout northwestern new jersey, we provide a comprehensive array of strategies, programs and services that fall into six domains or categories of support: education; employment; financial empowerment; health & nutrition; housing & community development; and volunteerism & civic engagement. The organization was established in 1965 as part of a nationwide network of 'community action programs, or cap agencies, supported by federal programs and resources created by the johnson administration to combat poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child enrichment: norwescap provides programs and services that support high-quality educational opportunities and experiences for thousands of children each year. Our head start and early head start programs in four counties serve 500+ children annually, and we serve as the child care resource and referral center in three counties, serving over 21,000 individuals through training and support for childcare providers and childcare financial assistance for families.
$13,615,625 spentof which $635,050 as grants57% of program spendingCommunity action: norwescap provides a diverse portfolio of programs, services and strategies in six domains: education (as outlined above), employment, financial empowerment, health & nutrition, housing & community development, and volunteerism & civic engagement. Our work creates opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to move towards a thriving future.employment: at norwescap we believe everyone in our community should be able to find a high-quality job that provides a living wage. We work with adults to help them build skills, re-enter the workforce, access opportunities for professional development, and find and retain employment opportunities with growth potential. (cont. On schedule o)financial empowerment: people need to build savings and make investments that can help them move ahead in life. Norwescap helps individuals accomplish this by building financial management skills, providing resources to help people save money, and distributing small loans to increase assets and build net worth. Services including matched savings programs and family loans, free tax preparation, and workshops on financial literacy, budgeting and other skills have helped our…
$10,234,132 spentof which $2,508,600 as grants$480,852 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,849,757.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.9M to $9.4M (+35%).
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: 2017 86% · 2018 91% · 2019 89% · 2020 90% · 2021 91% · 2022 92% · 2023 89% · 2024 92% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Mark Valli
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Michael Kerwin
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $157k → $483k.
10 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
79% 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 NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 44% · 2019 50% · 2020 48% · 2021 25% · 2022 30% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
57% of NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M 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.
Against its field
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC's funding base is broadening — from 11 funders to 22 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $79.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$73.9M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$2.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
- Department of Agriculture$1.2M
- Small Business Administration$350k
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 NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 3 related entities
- Norwescap Holding Company Inc · exempt
- Northwest New Jersey Echo Housing · exempt
- Sussex Seniors Urban Renewal Affordable Housing · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,882,229 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($1,204,364). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $3,882,229 in grants to NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $1,204,364 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 58 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing