New Jersey · Nonprofit
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,848 to it, the largest being DAVE & CHERYL DUFFIELD FOUNDATION ($635,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $652k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Ridgewood High School Alumni Association Inc does
Mission
The association is a voluntary association of individuals that promotes and participates in civic charitable and educational pursuits and projects including but not limited to the distribution of resources to ridgewood high school located in ridgewood nj.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Alumni brick campaign program - raising funds from selling bricks 200+ with inscriptions honoring graduates teachers families etc. which are installed on campus grounds to benefit educational programs for RHS and alumni.
$1,527 spent9% of program spendingAlumni tours and apparel - raising funds from selling logo apparel to returning graduates alumni to benefit educational programs at RHS and alumni.
$2,861 spent17% of program spendingSenior graduating student banner campaign - raising funds for expected graduates seniors and honoring them with vinyl banners at place of activities athletic fields gymnasiums class rooms etc. to benefit educational programs at RHS and alumni.
$12,216 spent74% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,604.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $492k to $97k (−80%).
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 RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 97% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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.
Public support
11%
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 RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: 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 RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,848 to it, the largest being DAVE & CHERYL DUFFIELD FOUNDATION ($635,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $651,848 in grants to RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- DAVE & CHERYL DUFFIELD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $635,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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