New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC
THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,000 to it, the largest being Healthy Kids Katering Service of Paterson Inc ($160,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Memorial Day Nursery of Paterson Inc does
Mission
Memorial day nursery provides an educationall appropriate program for children ages three to four. In partnership with their families we promote cognitive, social, physical and emotional development, while giving the children the support they need to succeed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: the organization operates a free ten month and extended pre-kindergarten program providing children with a solid foundation of social educational and emotional skills. Before and after care and summer camp programs are open to all children at a nominal fee.
$4,405,737 spent$4,781,439 earned by the program87% of program spendingChildcare: year round child care services are provided in a nurturing setting to children ages 3 - 12.
$650,000 spent$1,056,894 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,055,737.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $4.3M (+27%).
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: 2017 84% · 2018 83% · 2019 81% · 2020 79% · 2021 89% · 2022 85% · 2023 79% · 2024 78% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Gina Johnson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $34k → $250.
From the IRS filings of THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON 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
THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 90% · 2020 94% · 2021 97% · 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 MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON 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
THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.6M on record.
- FEDERAL$7.5M
- GRANT IN AID$4.1M
- DEDICATED$3k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON 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
91% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Healthy Kids Katering Service of Paterson Nj · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON 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 THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC?
- THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,000 to it, the largest being Healthy Kids Katering Service of Paterson Inc ($160,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $178,000 in grants to THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON INC?
- Healthy Kids Katering Service of Paterson Inc is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY OF PATERSON 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 2017–2025), 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