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Kearnybank Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Fairfield, New Jersey · EIN 473699249

Kearnybank Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Fairfield, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $610,885 in 95 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $667,850 the year before.

38% 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 yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$667,85094$10.3 million
2024$610,88595$9.5 million

How to apply

ContactTaryn Claus
120 Passaic Ave, Fairfield, NJ 07004-3510
Phone or email(973) 244-4503, tclaus@kearnyfederalsavings.net
What to submitFor an application please visit https://www.kearnybank.com/kearny-bank-foundation.aspx
RestrictionsThe organization applying must be a public charity as defined under the internal revenue code and meet application regulations. The organization must be located in bergen, essex, hudson, middlesex, morris, monmouth, ocean, passaic or union counties in New Jersey or kings or richmond counties in New York.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Kearnybank Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey92$596,385
New York3$14,500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 95 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Kip Center
Rutherford, NJ
Community$100,000
Junior Achievement of New Jersey
Edison, NJ
Education$65,000
Bergen County Winter Wonderland
Hackensack, NJ
Community$20,000
National Council of Jewish Women Essex County
Livingston, NJ
Community$18,000
Youth Consultation Service
Hackensack, NJ
Quality of life$17,500
Habcore Inc
Red Bank, NJ
Housing$15,000
Robeson Classic High School Football All-Stars Game
Roseland, NJ
Community$15,000
Meadowlands Chamber of Commerce
Lyndhurst, NJ
Community$13,750
The Valerie Fund
Maplewood, NJ
Quality of life$12,500
Meadowlands Area YMCA
East Rutherford, NJ
Community$12,400
Studentpartner Alliance
Summit, NJ
Education$12,000
Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Deal, NJ
Community$10,000
Bayshore Medical Center Foundation
Edison, NJ
Quality of life$10,000
Center for Hope and Safety
Rochelle Park, NJ
Housing$10,000
Central Jersey Board of Realtist
Ewing, NJ
Housing$10,000
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center
Somerville, NJ
Housing$10,000
Eva's Village Inc
Paterson, NJ
Community$10,000
Eversight New Jersey Inc
Clark, NJ
Quality of life$10,000
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
Riverdale, NJ
Community$10,000
Lupus Foundation of America
New York, NY
Quality of life$10,000
The Montclair Inn
Montclair, NJ
Housing$10,000
Women's Center for Entrepreneurship
Chatham, NJ
Education$10,000
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc
Eatontown, NJ
Quality of life$8,000
Table to Table Inc
Saddle Brook, NJ
Community$8,000
Contact We Care Inc
Westfield, NJ
Quality of life$7,500
Homesharing Inc
Bridgewater, NJ
Housing$7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern NJ
Asbury Park, NJ
Community$7,000
Chilton Medical Center Foundation
Pompton Plains, NJ
Community$6,085
180 Turning Lives Around
Hazlet, NJ
Housing$5,000
Bergen Catholic Touchdown Club
Guttenberg, NJ
Education$5,000
Bergen County Community Development
Hackensack, NJ
Housing$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Clifton
Clifton, NJ
Communtiy$5,000
Clean Ocean Action
Long Branch, NJ
Community$5,000
Community Medical Center Foundation
Toms River, NJ
Community$5,000
Friends of Passaic County Parks
Paterson, NJ
Community$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County
Westwood, NJ
Housing$5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Morris County
Randolph, NJ
Housing$5,000
Kinnelon High School Girls Volleyball
Kinnelon, NJ
Community$5,000
NJ Citizen Action
Highland Park, NJ
Education$5,000
NJ State Golf Association
Kenilworth, NJ
Community$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Kearnybank Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Kearnybank Foundation Inc give?

$610,885 in tax year 2024, across 95 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Kearnybank Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Craig L Montanaro (Director, President, Secretary), John Hopkins (Director), John Mazur (Director) and Dr Joseph Mazza (Director) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Kearnybank Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, housing and homelessness and youth programs.

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