Fund for New Jersey
Accepts applications
Fund for New Jersey is a private foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.5 million in 55 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $175,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$2.5 million
- Number of grants55
- Typical grant$50,000
- Largest grant$175,000
- Assets$59.8 million
- New grantees28%
Giving in 2024 was down from $5.5 million the year before.
28% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5.5 million | 61 | $57.9 million |
| 2024 | $2.5 million | 55 | $59.8 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Program Officer One Palmer Square East - Suite 303, Princeton, NJ 08542 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (609) 356-0421, programofficer@fundfornj.org |
| What to submit | Program officer will provide instructions on reapplying. |
| 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). |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Fund for New Jersey funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to New Jersey.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 48 | $2.9 million |
| New York | 5 | $230,000 |
| Maryland | 1 | $75,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $50,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Environmental Law Center | To provide high-quality legal assistance for clean energy, climate change, and environmental justice. | $175,000 |
| Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey | To advance policies that expand the affordability and accessibility of housing. | $125,000 |
| Neo- Philanthropy-Nj Alliance for Immigrant Justice | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $125,000 |
| New Jersey Institute for Social Justice | To advance racial and economic justice in new jerseys urban communities and to expand and protect democracy. | $125,000 |
| New Jersey Policy Perspective | To promote a more transparent state budget process that prioritizes the needs of new jersey residents. | $125,000 |
| ACLU of NJ Foundation | To reduce incarceration and to defend democracy, housing equity, workers' rights, and other policy initiatives. | $100,000 |
| American Friends Service Committee | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $100,000 |
| Education Law Center | To advance well-funded, equitable public education in new jersey | $100,000 |
| Fair Share Housing Center | To defend new jersey residents right to equitable and affordable housing. | $100,000 |
| Latino Action Network Foundation | To advance the rights, interests, and influence of new jerseys latino residents through grassroots organizing and policy advocacy | $100,000 |
| League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund | To harness the power of grassroots activism to fight for a more inclusive and representative democracy. | $100,000 |
| Make the Road States | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $100,000 |
| NJ Citizen Action Education Fnd | To promote economic security, quality affordable health care, and expand work protections. | $100,000 |
| Salvation and Social Justice | To maintain focus on racial justice to advance the rights, interests, and influence of nj's black communities through youth, grassroots organizing, and policy advocacy | $100,000 |
| Advocates for Children of New Jersey | To advance state and federal policies that support low-income children and families and improve the quality of life for children living in disadvantaged communities. | $75,000 |
| Environment New Jersey Research and Policy Center | To advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the jersey renews coalition. | $75,000 |
| Green and Healthy Homes Initiative | To empower communities to create healthy, safe, and energy-efficient homes to improve health, economic, and social outcomes | $75,000 |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | To advance environmental justice through community organizing and public policy. | $75,000 |
| New Jersey Future | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey through co-convening and providing backbone staff support to the lead-free new jersey collaborative | $75,000 |
| New Jersey Public Radio | To support a strong public media ecosystem and a one-time $25,000 grant increase in support of wnyc/njprs centennial anniversary. | $75,000 |
| New Jersey Work Environment Council | To advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the jersey renews coalition. | $75,000 |
| New Yorknew Jersey Baykeeper | To safeguard the waters and coastal communities of the hudson-raritan harbor estuary. | $75,000 |
| NJ Environmental Justice Alliance | To advance their work to support healthy communities by advancing environmental justice in new jerseys infrastructure, policies, and practices | $75,000 |
| ACLU of NJ Foundation | To dismantle structural racism in new jersey, through policy advocacy, political education, organizing, and coalition building, among other strategies. | $70,000 |
| Faith in New Jersey | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $65,000 |
| Wind of the Spirit | To educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies. | $65,000 |
| Hubb Orange | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most impacted by lead hazards. | $60,000 |
| Aapi Montclair | To build a network of aapi organizations in new jersey. | $50,000 |
| New Jersey Highlands Coalition | To protect and defend the highlands act and the regional master plan, as well as advocate for forest stewardship. | $50,000 |
| NJ Coalition Diverse & Inclusive Schools | To address segregation in new jerseys public schools and to develop remedies that foster integrated and inclusive schools. | $50,000 |
| Pinelands Preservation Alliance | To protect the pinelands region and to promote responsible enjoyment of its natural resources. | $50,000 |
| Whyy-Fm | To support a strong public media ecosystem in new jersey. | $50,000 |
| New Jersey Monitor | To cover important policy and government transparency issues impacting new jersey | $45,000 |
| Hyacinth AIDS Foundation | To address health care disparities, housing needs, and other comorbidities among the HIV/AIDS community. | $40,000 |
| East Trenton Collaborative | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most impacted by lead hazards. | $30,000 |
| Paterson Alliance | To eliminate childhood lead poisoning in new jersey via the lead-free new jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most impacted by lead hazards. | $30,000 |
| Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions | To mobilize environmental commissions to advance state and local policies that improve water quality and combat climate change. | $25,000 |
| Center for Non-Profits | To advocate for a more robust, well-resourced, and effective non-profit sector in new jersey. | $25,000 |
| Hopewell for Btba | To better coordinate progressive tax policy advocacy at the federal and state levels. | $25,000 |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | To advance policies that mitigate climate change through natural resource conservation principles. | $25,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Brandon McKoy
- Richard W Roper
- Feather Houstoun
- Dr John W Cornwall
- Dr Henry A Coleman
- Hon Jon Corzine
- Michellene Davis
- John Farmer
- Anjum Gupta
- Sadaf Jaffer
- Lawrence S Lustberg
- Anastasia Mann
- Amy Mansue
- Alexander Shalom
- Christopher van Buren
Questions people ask
Does Fund for New Jersey accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications from invited and renewing organizations are due as instructed by program staff..
How much does Fund for New Jersey give?
$2.5 million in tax year 2024, across 55 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.
Who runs Fund for New Jersey?
Its 2024 filing lists Brandon McKoy (President), Richard W Roper (Chair), Feather Houstoun (Vice Chair) and Dr John W Cornwall (Treasurer) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does Fund for New Jersey fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, environment and conservation and human services.