New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 317 funders that made 3,423 grants totaling $165.9M to 577 arts & culture organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $165.9M
Funders 317
Grants 3,423
Organizations funded 577

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024
$658K
27. Bergen County Bar Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
28. Rocker Family Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$150K
29. Jewish Communal Fund
92 grants to 28 organizations · largest $454K · through 2024
$4.3M
30. Dance Service New York City Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $51K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$188K
31. The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 30.2% of their giving
$20K
32. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
19 grants to 2 organizations · largest $440K · through 2025
$3.6M
33. New Brunswick Tomorrow
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$125K
34. Sussex County Arts & Heritage Counc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2024 · 25.1% of their giving
$18K
35. California Community Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024
$2.6M
36. Capital City Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 12.8% of their giving
$23K
37. Emblemhealth Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$50K
38. Columbia Arms Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 6.9% of their giving
$40K
39. Motion Picture Association Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$216K
40. American Gift Fund
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024
$820K
41. Take Note Colorado
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2020 · 6.2% of their giving
$40K
42. Partners for Health Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2022 · 1.9% of their giving
$125K
43. Lord Stirling Schools Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2022 · 10.5% of their giving
$22K
44. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.9M
45. Ocean Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$186K
46. Sobel Family Supporting Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$78K
47. Woodbridge Pba Local #38 Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 40.0% of their giving
$10K
48. Federation of State Humanities Councils
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$77K
49. Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $700K · through 2021
$700K
50. Entrepreneurs' Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2020 · 6.2% of their giving
$25K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in New Jersey, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 15 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in New Jersey. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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