New Jersey · Nonprofit
SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE
SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,571 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $970k
What South Ward Environmental Alliance does
Mission
The South Ward Environmental Alliance SWEA, is an alliance of residents and community based organizations with a focus on environmental justice issues in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Environmental Justice program call for the fair treatment and meaningful participation of all people regardless of race, skin color, national origin or income. The South Ward Environmental Alliance affirms and adopts the Principles of Environmental Justice.
$191,762 spent31% of program spendingThe Air Quality program creates Clean Air Zones as one solution to addressing the social determinants of health and transforming neighborhoods that have been disproportionately polluted by diesel pollution. Clean Air Zones will improve the health and well-being of residents and local business corridors by including greenscapes and outdoor space for residents to enjoy.
$143,496 spent24% of program spendingWater Equity program goal is to engage and inform community members, government staff, researchers, community organizations, developers, and property owners throughout Newark to make Green Infrastructure the first line of defense in managing stormwater.
$41,211 spent7% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 232,737, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 The Leadership Training program provides introductory training to young adults, residents, and leaders of organizations on the topics of Environmental Justice, Air Toxics, Green Jobs, Water Equity, and Sustainability. SWEA utilizes the Green Alliance Leadership Academy GALA to train emerging leaders of the South Ward in Newark NJ.
$232,737 spent38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $609,206.
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
Deborah Kim Gaddy
Executive director
Board chair
Sharon Hunter
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $16k → $78k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE’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
SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
63% 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 SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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
53% of SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE'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. $224k 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.
Against its field
SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE: 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 SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE?
- SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,571 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,102,571 in grants to SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE?
- VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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