New Jersey · Nonprofit
STFA FOUNDATION INC
STFA FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,943 to it, the largest being EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS ($29,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $642k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $159k
- Net assets
- $765k
What Stfa Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization was formed to financially support the values and programs of the state troopers fraternal association of new jersey, inc. , by promoting selected gifts, grants and financial endowments, from individuals, corporations and other institutions interested infostering a partnership between the general public and the stfa, focused on humanitarian needs and law enforcement concerns.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization was formed to financially support the values and programs of the state troopers fraternal association of new jersey, inc., by promoting selected gifts, grants and financial endowments, from individuals, corporations and other institutions interested in fostering a partnership between the general public and the stfa, focused on humanitarian needs and law enforcement concerns.
$230,075 spentof which $211,156 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $230,075.
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 2022 to 2023, from $424k to $597k (+41%).
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.
99% of STFA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Michael Colicchio
Chairman/treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $24k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $53k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest State Troopers Fraternal Association of Nj Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money STFA FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of STFA FOUNDATION 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
STFA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
92% 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 STFA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 95% · 2021 28% · 2022 39% · 2023 46% — 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
25% of STFA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
60% of STFA FOUNDATION INC'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. 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
STFA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,131 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,131 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like STFA FOUNDATION 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.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- St Troopers Frat Association of Nj PAC · exempt
- State Troopers Fraternal Association of Nj Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STFA FOUNDATION 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 STFA FOUNDATION INC?
- STFA FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,943 to it, the largest being EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS ($29,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STFA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $158,943 in grants to STFA FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STFA FOUNDATION INC?
- EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS is the largest funder on record, with $29,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STFA FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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