New Jersey · Nonprofit
PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,160 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($188,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $721k
- Net assets
- $23M
What Princeton Child Development Institute does
Mission
Pcdi provides lifelong, science-based support for individuals with autism, extending beyond the classroom and age 21. Our programs include early intervention, k-12 education, home-based parent training, career development, and community-based residential services. Through individualized, evidence-based approaches, we unlock each learner's unique potential, fostering growth, independence, and dignity. Dedicated to expanding access to vital resources, we lead with compassion and innovation to create meaningful opportunities for individuals with autism locally and globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education programpcdi's education program provides a trusted environment where pre-schoolers and school-aged children with autism thrive. Accredited by the mercer county department of education and the new jersey department of education, our pre-school and k-12 programs, tailored for ages 3 to 21, combine intensive one-on-one sessions with engaging group activities that foster language development, social integration, and peer interaction. Each child benefits from an individualized curriculum designed to meet their unique needs, with additional support for those facing severe behavior challenges. Families play an active role through parent training and home programming services, empowering them to support their child's progress. Expert staff provide ongoing consultation, ensuring programs are effective and sustainable. When first enrolled at pcdi, many of our students previously have not received adequate supports through public education, leaving families to advocate tirelessly for their needs. At pcdi, we provide the critical resources and expertise to help children with autism reach their fullest potential.
$4,477,025 spent$4,545,280 earned by the program50% of program spendingResidential programsestablished in 1977, family focus program pioneered new jersey's first group home for young people with autism. With the addition of our latest residential setting this year, pcdi now has three (3) family-style group homes. Pcdi extends around-the-clock care to individuals, some with severe disabilities. Homes are staffed by dedicated professional family teachers who reside on-site, fostering successful family-participation experiences. Residents engage in a range of family-style activities designed to enhance language skills, recreational pursuits, daily living abilities, health, hygiene, and personal safety. Tailored programs promote social interaction initiation and decision-making skills, while frequent community outings empower residents to integrate fully into community life. In our residential program, every individual's journey is guided with compassion and personalized support. In our supervised apartment program, adults with autism experience independent living with pcdi professionals' guidance. They receive tailored instruction in self-care, home management, and community engagement. Individualized programs focus on developing social interaction…
$2,426,027 spent$3,910,135 earned by the program27% of program spendingAdult life-skills programaligned with our mission to offer comprehensive services from early childhood through adulthood, pcdi's adult life-skills program provides personalized support for personal and career development. Through supported employment initiatives, adults with autism are empowered to enter the workforce in various roles such as data entry, food service, assembly, and building maintenance. Additionally, they continue to enhance their skills in areas like money management, leisure activities, and community engagement. At pcdi, we are committed to nurturing individuals' independence and success across all stages of life.
$2,036,362 spent$1,362,534 earned by the program23% of program spendingOthers
$197,221 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,939,414.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $20M (+28%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 12 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $82k → $95k.
7 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’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
PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
67% 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 PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 76% · 2019 59% · 2020 44% · 2021 26% · 2022 33% · 2023 49% — broadly stable.
“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
21% of PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
54% of PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE'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 $332k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $389k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
- PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,160 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($188,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $721,160 in grants to PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $188,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 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 28 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