New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION
THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,872,394 to it, the largest being KPMG US FOUNDATION INC ($4,035,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $894k
What The Phd Project Association does
Mission
To expand the pool of workplace talent by developing business school faculty who encourage, mentor and support tomorrow's leaders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The phd project encourages an inclusive variety of professionals to pursue a phd in business who then serve as role models for future generations of business leaders. We held one annual conference during fy25 (march 2025). 298 individuals applied, 191 were invited and 168 attended. In addition, 120 student and faculty members attended.
$1,788,980 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,788,980.
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 $1.7M to $3.2M (+90%).
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.
98% of THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% 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
Alfonzo Alexander Interim
President eff. Jan. 2025 & chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $136k → $193k.
5 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $808k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). These are real filings, and they are not money THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION’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 PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 42% · 2019 23% · 2020 85% · 2021 60% · 2022 67% · 2023 39% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
72% of THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION'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. $171k 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.
Against its field
THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- Rent of Other Building Space$5k
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 PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION
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
63% 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 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION: 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 PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION?
- THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,872,394 to it, the largest being KPMG US FOUNDATION INC ($4,035,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $5,872,394 in grants to THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION?
- KPMG US FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,035,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHD PROJECT ASSOCIATION 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 20 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