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THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,960 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($20,262). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $-184614
What The Jersey Surf a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation does
Mission
Jersey Surf, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit corporation located in West Berlin, New Jersey. Founded in 1991, its mission is to to provide educational opportunities in the performing arts for young people, fostering artistic and social development through music and related programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization did not conduct performances in this fiscal due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Form 990 - organizations mission the jersey surf, a new jersey non-profit corporation tours the us each year performing for crowds in excess of 100,000. More than 50 field competitions, parades, concerts and exhibitions comprise the schedule of drum and bugle corp. International.
$772,639 spent$952,860 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $772,639.
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 2020 to 2021, from $375k to $688k (+84%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Paul Weiss
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $538 → $569.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION’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
THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
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 THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 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
100% of THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k 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
THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION's revenue fell 64% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: 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 THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,960 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($20,262). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,960 in grants to THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,262 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JERSEY SURF A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION 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 2 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