How to apply
Program officer will provide instructions on reapplying. Contact: Program Officer, One Palmer Square East - Suite 303, Princeton, Nj, 6093560421, PROGRAMOFFICER@FUNDFORNJ.ORG Deadlines: Applications from invited and renewing organizations are due as instructed by program staff. Restrictions: The fund for new jersey makes grants only to organizations that have designated tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the irc. The fund does not support the activities of individuals. The fund does not support capital projects and rarely provides grants for local activities or direct services unless these projects are designed to support systemic change (for ex: A demonstration project to inform public policy).
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2024
55 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $3.3M; Part I reports $2.5M in contributions paid
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Environmental Law CenterNewark, NJ | To provide high-quality legal assistance for clean energy, climate change, and environmental justice. | $175K |
| Housing and Community Development Network of New JerseyTrenton, NJ | To advance policies that expand the affordability and accessibility of housing. | $125K |
| Neo- Philanthropy-Nj Alliance for Immigrant JusticeNewark, NJ | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $125K |
| New Jersey Institute for Social JusticeNewark, NJ | To advance racial and economic justice in new jerseys urban communities and to expand and protect democracy. | $125K |
| New Jersey Policy PerspectiveTrenton, NJ | To promote a more transparent state budget process that prioritizes the needs of new jersey residents. | $125K |
| ACLU of Nj FoundationNewark, NJ | To reduce incarceration and to defend democracy, housing equity, workers' rights, and other policy initiatives. | $100K |
| American Friends Service CommitteeNewark, NJ | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $100K |
| Education Law CenterNewark, NJ | To advance well-funded, equitable public education in new jersey | $100K |
| Fair Share Housing CenterCherry Hill, NJ | To defend new jersey residents right to equitable and affordable housing. | $100K |
| Latino Action Network FoundationFreehold, NJ | To advance the rights, interests, and influence of new jerseys latino residents through grassroots organizing and policy advocacy | $100K |
| League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education FundTrenton, NJ | To harness the power of grassroots activism to fight for a more inclusive and representative democracy. | $100K |
| Make the Road StatesBrooklyn, NY | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $100K |
| Nj Citizen Action Education FndNewark, NJ | To promote economic security, quality affordable health care, and expand work protections. | $100K |
| Salvation and Social JusticeTrenton, NJ | To maintain focus on racial justice to advance the rights, interests, and influence of nj's black communities through youth, grassroots org… | $100K |
| Advocates for Children of New JerseyNewark, NJ | To advance state and federal policies that support low-income children and families and improve the quality of life for children living in… | $75K |
| Environment New Jersey Research and Policy CenterNew Brunswick, NJ | To advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the jersey renews coalition. | $75K |
| Green and Healthy Homes InitiativeBaltimore, MD | To empower communities to create healthy, safe, and energy-efficient homes to improve health, economic, and social outcomes | $75K |
| Ironbound Community CorporationNewark, NJ | To advance environmental justice through community organizing and public policy. | $75K |
| New Jersey FutureTrenton, NJ | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey through co-convening and providing backbone staff support to the lead-free new jersey c… | $75K |
| New Jersey Public RadioNew York, NY | To support a strong public media ecosystem and a one-time $25,000 grant increase in support of wnyc/njprs centennial anniversary. | $75K |
| New Jersey Work Environment CouncilTrenton, NJ | To advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the jersey renews coalition. | $75K |
| New Yorknew Jersey BaykeeperHazlet, NJ | To safeguard the waters and coastal communities of the hudson-raritan harbor estuary. | $75K |
| Nj Environmental Justice AllianceNewark, NJ | To advance their work to support healthy communities by advancing environmental justice in new jerseys infrastructure, policies, and practi… | $75K |
| ACLU of Nj FoundationNewark, NJ | To dismantle structural racism in new jersey, through policy advocacy, political education, organizing, and coalition building, among other… | $70K |
| Faith in New JerseyCamden, NJ | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $65K |
| Wind of the SpiritMadison, NJ | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $65K |
| Hubb OrangeOrange, NJ | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most im… | $60K |
| Aapi MontclairNewark, NJ | To build a network of aapi organizations in new jersey. | $50K |
| New Jersey Highlands CoalitionBoonton, NJ | To protect and defend the highlands act and the regional master plan, as well as advocate for forest stewardship. | $50K |
| Nj Coalition Diverse & Inclusive SchoolsHackensack, NJ | To address segregation in new jerseys public schools and to develop remedies that foster integrated and inclusive schools. | $50K |
| Pinelands Preservation AllianceSouthampton, NJ | To protect the pinelands region and to promote responsible enjoyment of its natural resources. | $50K |
| Whyy-FmPhiladelphia, PA | To support a strong public media ecosystem in new jersey. | $50K |
| New Jersey MonitorLawrenceville, NJ | To cover important policy and government transparency issues impacting new jersey | $45K |
| Hyacinth AIDS FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ | To address health care disparities, housing needs, and other comorbidities among the hiv/aids community. | $40K |
| East Trenton CollaborativeTrenton, NJ | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most im… | $30K |
| Paterson AlliancePaterson, NJ | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most im… | $30K |
| Association of New Jersey Environmental CommissionsMorris Township, NJ | To mobilize environmental commissions to advance state and local policies that improve water quality and combat climate change. | $25K |
| Center for Non-ProfitsHamilton Township, NJ | To advocate for a more robust, well-resourced, and effective non-profit sector in new jersey. | $25K |
| Hopewell for BtbaNewark, NJ | To better coordinate progressive tax policy advocacy at the federal and state levels. | $25K |
| New Jersey Conservation FoundationFar Hills, NJ | To advance policies that mitigate climate change through natural resource conservation principles. | $25K |
| Vote16 USANewark, NJ | To support public awareness and education regarding the importance of including young people in civic processes in new jersey | $25K |
| WbgoNewark, NJ | To support a strong public media ecosystem in new jersey. | $25K |
| Rutgers -Bloustein SchoolNew Brunswick, NJ | To explore the relationship between candidate election performance and campaign funding, incumbency status, and county party committee fund… | $22K |
| AdhikaarWoodside, NY | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| CASA FreeholdFreehold, NJ | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| Lazo America UnidaNew Brunswick, NJ | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| National Domestic Workers AllianceNew York, NY | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| New Jersey FutureTrenton, NJ | To advance equitable and sustainable housing and zoning reforms across the state through the convening of stakeholders to develop an action… | $20K |
| New LaborNew Brunswick, NJ | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| Resistencia En Accion NjTrenton, NJ | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| Rutgers - School of Mgmt & Labor RelnsNew Brunswick, NJ | To support efforts to conduct a survey of new jersey restaurants to research the spillover effects of nj department of labor investigations… | $20K |
| Wind of the SpiritMadison, NJ | To educate and inform new jerseys domestic workers of their rights and protections. | $20K |
| Make the Road StatesBrooklyn, NY | To support efforts to embark on a comprehensive strategic planning process that will guide the organizations growth over the next decade. | $15K |
| New Jersey Working Families AllianceMonmouth Junction, NJ | To support a planning retreat to facilitate the growth of the we the people statewide democracy table | $3,000 |
| Rutgers Eagleton Institute of PoliticsNew Brunswick, NJ | To complete a poll focused on social and racial justice issues. | $1,111 |
By state: New Jersey 48 · New York 5 · Maryland 1 · Pennsylvania 1
About this foundation
Fund for New Jersey is a private grantmaking foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, tax-exempt since 1969. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Fund for New Jersey accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Program officer will provide instructions on reapplying. Deadlines: Applications from invited and renewing organizations are due as instructed by program staff..
How much does Fund for New Jersey give each year?
In tax year 2024 it paid $3.3M across 55 grants, a median of $50K.
Where does Fund for New Jersey give?
New Jersey (48 grants), New York (5 grants), Maryland (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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