Foundations that fund organizations in Princeton, New Jersey
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Princeton nonprofits
1,153 private foundations gave $262M to Princeton organizations in their latest filings; 35 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
2,061 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Princeton around $300K. 16 of these funders are based in New Jersey; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 1,153
- Accept applications
- 35
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Princeton
- $262M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 2,061
- Typical median grant
- $300K
- Based in NJ
- 16%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Princeton organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 144 | $68M | $134K | Yes | General support; Employee giving program |
| J E Barbey 8 Fbo Tenacre Fdn | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $36M | $36M | Preselected only | General |
| Hobsonlucas Family Foundation | San Rafael, CA | 2 | $13M | $6.5M | Yes | General donation; 3/5 grant payment |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 42 | $13M | $17K | Yes | Matching gifts; 82638 supporting partnership journalism to help bolster nar…; 80285 training high school journalists in how to investigat… |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 50 | $10.0M | $192K | Preselected only | Simons investigator in mathematics; Simons collaboration on perfection in algebra, geometry, an…; 2024-2025 shenoy undergraduate research fellowship in neuro… |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 8 | $9.8M | $892K | Yes | Agricultural development; Postsecondary education; Global education |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 15 | $6.0M | $313K | Preselected only | In support of research to develop an innovative instrument…; In support of developing a theoretical model to predict nov…; In support of developing an experimental platform for far-i… |
| John and Daria Barry Foundation | Miami, FL | 3 | $5.0M | $450K | Preselected only | Education; Support programs at princeton university; Protecting rights of faculty members |
| The Sarofim Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $4.0M | $4.0M | Yes | General charitable purposes |
| Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 1 | $3.5M | $3.5M | Yes | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental s… |
| The Cuta-Papa Foundation Inc | Tinton Falls, NJ | 1 | $3.2M | $3.2M | Preselected only | Heath Education |
| Gong Family Foundation | North Salem, NY | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | To support the gong *91 bioengineering postdoctoral fellows… |
| Betty Wold Johnson Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $2.4M | $1.2M | Preselected only | Support for scientific research on sargassum seaweed as a f…; Support for scientific research on oxygen and biogeochemica… |
| High Meadows Foundation C/O Carl Ferenbach | Boston, MA | 4 | $2.2M | $575K | Preselected only | Payment to carry on charitable acitities; Payment for support of pace center for civic engagement; Payment for support of pace center for community service |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 3 | $2.2M | $964K | Yes | Capacity building; Nurturing children-worship & prayer; Employee matching gift(s) |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 6 | $2.0M | $219K | Yes | Thriving in diverse contexts: study program on psychologica…; For general support; To support the department of philosophy |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 10 | $1.8M | $38K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Lifecare Foundation Inc | Monmouth Junction, NJ | 2 | $1.5M | $755K | Preselected only | Kang family charitable fund; General support |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 2 | $1.5M | $738K | Yes | For core support of the Science and Global Security Program; For a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to add… |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 6 | $1.3M | $174K | Yes | For general operating support; For civic education field building; For support of a student civic module |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1.3M | $650K | Preselected only | Empowering resilience for under-served communities in the f…; Eviction in america |
| Hugh L Adams Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General purpose grant |
| Wm Keck Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $1.2M | $605K | Yes | To develop tools to measure neural signal propagation at th…; For general support of charitable purposes. |
| Gerard B Lambert Foundation | Harrison, NY | 2 | $1.2M | $600K | Preselected only | To support the center for collaborative research; To support the field of near eastern and islamic studies in… |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1.2M | $90K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 5 | $1.1M | $100K | Yes | To support educational institutes, centers, and programs at…; To support the James Madison Program; To support general operations |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1.1M | $550K | Yes | To support critical race approaches and curricular experime…; To support bridging the divides |
| James and Elizabeth Pickman Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Renew universities from within project |
| Amplitude Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General support |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | General operating support |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | 2 | $1.0M | $500K | Preselected only | To support intra- and inter-cellular communication driven b…; To support optical tools for visualizing sex hormones as dr… |
| Quadrivium | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General |
| The Swani Family Foundation | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | To support swani family venture forward scholarship fund |
| Lauritzen Foundation | Omaha, NE | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $988K | $494K | Preselected only | Ai alignment research; Three-part benchmark of ai r&d capabilities |
| The Charlotte W Newcombe Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $986K | $986K | Yes | Doctoral fellowships and scholarships |
| George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation C/O Jeffrey H Sands Trustee | Princeton, NJ | 23 | $928K | $15K | Preselected only | General |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 6 | $913K | $175K | Yes | Environment and Science; Fellowships for Science and Engineering |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Irvine, CA | 9 | $853K | $114K | Yes | Research, general support & education |
| Gabelli Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | Provide operating funds |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 1 | $750K | $750K | Yes | To conduct phase 2 of the early childhood development syste… |
| Ttee Princeton Univ Ua 4-5-68 | New York, NY | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Joelson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $708K | $708K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Herbert Vaughan Charitable Foundation C/O the Philadelphia Trust Company | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | $686K | $343K | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $667K | $75K | Yes | To help develop the next generation of matter-to-life schol…; Transfer of an alfred p. sloan research fellowship for will…; Transfer of an alfred p. sloan research fellowship for ryot… |
| Leon Levy Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $649K | $649K | Preselected only | Project support. |
| Randall and Mary Hack Foundation | Greenwich, CT | 2 | $579K | $289K | Preselected only | Flood vision program; General |
| Tiger Baron Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 6 | $570K | $17K | Yes | General support purposes |
| Doll Family Foundation C/O Robert C Doll Jr | Princeton, NJ | 11 | $564K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Locks Foundation | Fisher Island, FL | 2 | $560K | $280K | Preselected only | General support; Contribution of artwork |
| Shipley Foundation Inc #0755496 | Boston, MA | 1 | $550K | $550K | Preselected only | For helen shipley hunt fund for practical engineering appli… |
| The Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc C/O the Johnson Company | New York, NY | 2 | $550K | $275K | Yes | General support |
| Comet Foundation F/K/A the Steinert Family Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $525K | $525K | Yes | Education |
| Fernholz Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 3 | $520K | $250K | Preselected only | School of mathematics; General support - affordable housing; Department of mathematics |
| Luis von Ahn Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | $510K | $200K | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| Law Foundation Inc | Short Hills, NJ | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Residence hall pledge |
| Laidir Foundation C/O Brian Lonergan | Seattle, WA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Support the craig samuel falls ai policy fellowship |
| Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation C/O Mason Avenue Investments | Chicago, IL | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | To support program and operational expenses |
| The Addy Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $500K | $500K | Yes | Education |
| Berlin Family Fund C/O Arnold M Berlin | Winnetka, IL | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Hadley & Marion Stuart Foundation | Longmont, CO | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General charitable |
| The Neubauer Family Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 3 | $484K | $100K | Preselected only | Program support |
| Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | $475K | $200K | Yes | Unrestricted/ general use |
| Brown Science Foundation | Escondido, CA | 1 | $470K | $470K | Preselected only | For scientific research |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 4 | $436K | $84K | Preselected only | To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a prog…; To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a nurs…; To support extension of a randomized controlled trial of ki… |
| Curtis W McGraw Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 27 | $418K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $409K | $409K | Yes | Support for violence reduction research and practice network |
| Ralph Landau Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $406K | $4,000 | Preselected only | Annual giving; Annual giving Class of '79; Friends of Outdoor Action |
| The Ambrose Monell Foundation C/O Fulton Vittoria Llp | New York, NY | 2 | $375K | $188K | Yes | General purposes |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 3 | $368K | $135K | Preselected only | For the research and related work of akash gupta in connect…; To develop and use novel emulators to simulate extreme weat…; For organizational development of the women+ of color proje… |
| The Burke Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 10 | $364K | $17K | Preselected only | General operating support; Support free and reduced theater ticket program for childre…; Support for maternal infant health policy and sustainability |
| Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc | Newark, NJ | 6 | $358K | $18K | Yes | General operating support; Support scholarship funding |
| The Caledonian Foundation | Dallas, TX | 2 | $350K | $175K | Preselected only | Cash donation-to support the mission of the public charity; Securities donation (see stmt)-to support the mission of th… |
| Dow Jones Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $350K | $350K | Preselected only | Continue the 2023 pilot program |
| Lumena Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $350K | $175K | Preselected only | Star Grant Scholarship Fund; General & Unrestricted |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Boston, MA | 1 | $330K | $330K | Preselected only | Climate science & policy research |
| Tianaderrah Foundation (de) | New York, NY | 2 | $310K | $155K | Yes | General funds & scholarships |
| The Lebensfeld Foundation C/O Sullivan & Cromwell Llp | New York, NY | 2 | $310K | $155K | Yes | General support |
| Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Bridging divides initiative |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Project support grant to strengthen coastal resilience thro… |
| Egl Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | General support |
| The Esther a & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $300K | $150K | Preselected only | Neuroscience; Early childhood funding models |
| Arete Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $295K | $295K | Preselected only | Educationalsupport for gala 2020, fellowship program and lo… |
| Edward T Cone Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $291K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Operating Expenses |
| Fm Kirby Foundation Inc | Morristown, NJ | 6 | $290K | $50K | Preselected only | In support of 501c3 purpose; For: support of the path to discovery program - $60,000 in…; For: support for college presidents for civic preparedness |
| Chi Family Foundation Inc | Naples, FL | 4 | $287K | $3,465 | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Wendell Family Foundation | San Ramon, CA | 6 | $281K | $3,750 | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | 2 | $281K | $140K | Preselected only | Global health research |
| Louise Washington Charitable Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $275K | $275K | Yes | General support |
| Hawk Rock Foundation | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 | $263K | $263K | Preselected only | Charitable / general purpose |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 10 | $259K | $1,500 | Yes | Matching gift; Core support for the ai policy and governance working group…; Core support to first nations performing arts for visioning… |
| Hickory Foundation | Lambertville, NJ | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | In support of the center for information technology policy |
| Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Maher Charitable Foundation | Florham Park, NJ | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Program Support |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $250K | $125K | Yes | General operating support for theatrical productions and ac…; General operating support for dance productions and activit… |
| The Robinson Family Foundation | Harrison, NY | 3 | $250K | $100K | Preselected only | Annual giving; Holland-robinson family venture forward scholarship fund; The monica holland robinson '96 service internship fund |
| The Edward E & Marie L Matthews Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $242K | $50K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Breast Cancer Resource Center Construction Fund |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Princeton, New Jersey?
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, J E Barbey 8 Fbo Tenacre Fdn, Hobsonlucas Family Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Simons Foundation Inc and 95 others reported grants to Princeton organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Princeton. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.