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Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc

Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,010,599 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY PERINATAL COOPERATIVE ($584,799). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.3M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$1.0M
Net assets
$-112737
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc does

Mission

To serve the Hispanic residents and low income communities of southern NJ by planning, implementing, and operating programs designed to improve their social, economic, and educational status.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Housing: various programs that assist with housing related expenses and issues likehomelessness, energy bills, lead remediation, and repairs. During 2025 the lead program provided lead abatement/remediation for approximately 50 residences.

    $1,660,530 spentof which $683,881 as grants
    67% of program spending
  2. Social: the Organiztions runs several resource centers that promote cultural diversity and fostering relationships with the entire community through social assisstance (transportation and translation), training (english as second language and occupational courses), and mentorship (teens and expectant mothers).

    $653,976 spentof which $16,800 as grants$420,933 earned by the program
    27% of program spending
  3. Health: various programs to incraease health awareness, to improve access to healthcare, and to increase communication and outreach efforts regarding COVID and other vaccines.

    $149,480 spent
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,463,986.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($646k) Expenses 100 ($710k) Net assets -33 ($-21269)2020 Revenue 128 ($828k) Expenses 120 ($855k) Net assets -76 ($-48527)2021 Revenue 138 ($893k) Expenses 127 ($901k) Net assets -88 ($-56370)2022 Revenue 184 ($1.2M) Expenses 150 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($64k)2023 Revenue 343 ($2.2M) Expenses 324 ($2.3M) Net assets -30 ($-19310)2024 Revenue 425 ($2.7M) Expenses 359 ($2.5M) Net assets 263 ($168k)2025 Revenue 350 ($2.3M) Expenses 357 ($2.5M) Net assets -177 ($-112737)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (350)Expenses (357)Net assets (-177)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $456k to $993k (+118%).

$636k
$620k
$319k
$456k
$993k
$703k
$865k
2019202020212022202320242025
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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 64% · 2020 46% · 2021 64% · 2022 52% · 2023 57% · 2024 59% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

82% of Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$65k
’19
−$27k
’20
−$8k
’21
$120k
’22
−$84k
’23
$196k
’24
−$280k
’25
2.6
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

Elliot Hernandez

CEO

Board chair

Steven Torres

Board President

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed559991311
Joined·+0+4+0+3+5+0
No longer listed·000312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $279k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ 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

Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc.

58%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% · 2023 74% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • PRAC Properties I LLC · disregarded
  • PRAC Properties II LLC · disregarded
  • PRAC Properties III LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc?
Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,010,599 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY PERINATAL COOPERATIVE ($584,799). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,010,599 in grants to Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ Inc?
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY PERINATAL COOPERATIVE is the largest funder on record, with $584,799 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Puerto Rican Action Committe of Southern NJ 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 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