New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,982,880 to it, the largest being HENRY & MARILYN TAUB FOUNDATION ($1,020,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $860k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $130k
What The Paterson Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The paterson education fund (pef) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to stimulate community action for change so that the paterson public schools ensure that all paterson children achieve high standards.pef's goals are:to build our community's civic capacity to support, monitor and advocate education reform.to educate and enable community leadership to understand and act on changing education needs.to provide a forum for the community to effectively participate in the decision-making processes concerning education.founded in 1983, pef's activities build and nourish a constituency for systematic school reform by educating the community on the importance of high standards and expectations in providing quality education for all children. Pef convenes and brokers relationships between the paterson school district and private sector entities interested in public education in paterson.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The nita m. Lowey 21st century community learning centers (21st cclc): pef operates 21st century community learning centers in two schools, providing after-school and summer tutoring, academic enrichment, cultural, artistic, and social and emotional wellbeing opportunities. The programs are steam based and use inquiry-based learning to fully engage students in their own growth and development. The program began in october 2020 and serves 151 students in grades 3 through 8. Programs support: academic enrichment activities that can help students meet state and local achievement standards.a broad array of additional enrichment services designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program, such as: drug and violence prevention programs, career and technical programs, counseling programs, art, music programs, stem programs, and physical activity and nutrition education programs.literacy and related educational development services to the families of children who are served in the program.
$487,912 spent53% of program spendingOur restorative practices strategy provides training and implementation for paterson public schools to improve culture and climate. By building relationships and engaging in small group communities, schools are experiencing decreases in disciplinary infractions that lead to suspensions and expulsions. We also offer professional development in adverse childhood experiences (aces), trauma informed care, and healing centered engagement. 300 educators and administrators received master training. They in, turn trained approximately 1,200 of their peers. The program impacted approximately 10,000 students.
$261,105 spent29% of program spendingPef is the convener for paterson reads, a city-wide coalition using a collective impact model to engage the community in ensuring that every paterson child reads on grade level by the end of 3rd grade. Paterson reads aligns community resources to improve summer learning, increase early learning, and improve attendance by reducing chronic absenteeism. Talk read sing provided tote bags with tips and tools for 500 parents of children ages birth through three. The information helps with language acquisition and brain development. Thirty community-based organizations are active participants, serving more than 15,000 children. Paterson reads is part of the national grade level reading campaign. Talk read sing is an initiative of the clinton foundation
$123,644 spentof which $91,172 as grants14% of program spendingAll other programs: idea/doe steam
$39,612 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $912,273.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $415k to $200k (−52%).
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: 2021 33% · 2022 56% · 2023 57% · 2024 37% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Rosemarie Grant
Executive director & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $25k → $356k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. 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 PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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: 2017 60% · 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 57% · 2021 58% · 2022 62% · 2023 59% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
96% of THE PATERSON EDUCATION 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. $179k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like THE PATERSON EDUCATION 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,982,880 to it, the largest being HENRY & MARILYN TAUB FOUNDATION ($1,020,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,982,880 in grants to THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- HENRY & MARILYN TAUB FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,020,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PATERSON EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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