New Jersey · Nonprofit
PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY
PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,580 to it, the largest being New Jersey State Bar Foundation ($270,390). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $598k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of New Jersey does
Mission
Planned lifetime assistance of new jersey (plan|nj), a nonprofit organization, helps the families of people with disabilities answer the question, "who will care for my loved one when I'm gone?" a person with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities, or with mental health challenges needs a bedrock of individually-designed support. We offer exemplary care coordination, guided oversight of financial affairs, and compassionate actions to enhance quality of life. We partner with families to provide their loved ones a lifetime of assistance. Whether services are needed now or in the future, we initiate assistance whenever a family is ready and help to maintain continuity and peace of mind for all concerned. Whether they live with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities, or challenges with mental health such as autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, severe mental illness and more, each individual we serve is provided the coordinated supports they need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of New Jersey, inc. (plan|nj) tailors services to fit the distinct needs of the individuals with disabilities that we serve and to accommodate the wishes of their family members. When important life decisions are pending-such as where an individual should live, or regarding the provision of housing and community support services or medical care-we offer compassionate and comprehensive care coordination, including individualized attention and professional expertise. Our key service areas include fiduciary support, future life planning and family support, care coordination, our pro bono services program, and educating families, providers and communities on legal, estate and independent living planning. I. Fiduciary support plan/nj follows a 'whole person' approach to ensure that a loved one is never without the support, comfort, enjoyment, and engagement in life that is their right. We have helped nearly 1000 families structure well-designed plans that ensure their loved ones receive the public benefits they are eligible for and that protect any additional funds in special needs trusts to meet their complex needs and provide a good life. A.…
$2,019,446 spent$1,878,393 earned by the program100% of program spendingIi. Future life planning and family support many questions and concerns arise when families realize they will not always be around to advocate for their relative who is living with a disability or mental illness. Plan|nj works closely with individuals and families to design a comprehensive lifeplan that addresses all aspects of life. This planning process defines roles and responsibilities for independent living, as well as necessary legal and financial supports. During the collaborative development of a lifeplan document, several crucial questions asked by families are answered in-depth to ensure uninterrupted support. These include: 1. Who will do for them the many things that we do now? 2. How will they continue to receive the quality care and feel the life satisfaction they now enjoy at home, at school, at work and in their day program? 3. What do we need to put in place to ensure they remain financially comfortable? 4. Will a trustee and/or representative payee be needed to manage their financial responsibilities? 5. Where will they live and with whom? 6. Who will make sure they receive good healthcare and talk with medical professionals if they cannot? 7. Who will help them…
Iii. Advocacy and care coordination an important hallmark of plan|nj services is our commitment to maintaining regular contact with those individuals with disabilities and mental illness who receive services from us, as requested. Our experienced service coordinators provide ongoing monitoring for people who have no living relatives or whose family members cannot make regular visits. We offer unwavering care coordination, crucial social engagement and personal support. We are the first to respond when crises or emergencies occur. We will function as the eyes and ears of distant relatives, make regular home and day program visits, and communicate with families after each visit. Plan|nj offers the following care coordination services: a. Case management / home visit monitoring / advocacy -visit individuals in their homes, accompany clients to medical and other appointments and advocate on their behalf -coordinate the efforts of family members as they advocate for their loved ones -negotiate the disability and mental health service systems -advocate for appropriate services related to housing, employment, day programs, medical, financial, legal and other providers -organize private…
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,019,446.
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 2018 to 2019, from $689k to $1.1M (+66%).
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 11% · 2018 11% · 2019 8% · 2020 11% · 2021 14% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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
Ellen Ball Nalven
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $38k → $88k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF 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
PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 64% · 2019 63% · 2020 43% · 2021 66% · 2022 45% · 2023 45% — 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
71% of PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
85% of PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY'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. $153k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY: 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 PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY?
- PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,580 to it, the largest being New Jersey State Bar Foundation ($270,390). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $597,580 in grants to PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NEW JERSEY?
- New Jersey State Bar Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $270,390 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF 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.
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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 12 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