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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 126 funders that made 604 grants totaling $226.2M to 78 crime & legal aid organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $226.2M
Funders 126
Grants 604
Organizations funded 78

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Legal Services of New Jersey Inc
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $18.2M · through 2024 · 71.6% of their giving
$150.0M
2. Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Jersey Inc
32 grants to 6 organizations · largest $665K · through 2024 · 37.4% of their giving
$5.4M
3. Legal Services Corporation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$36.5M
4. South Ward Alliance
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $588K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$3.9M
5. Police Unity Tour Chapter X - Central NJ
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $494K · through 2024 · 99.7% of their giving
$2.0M
6. Police Unity Tour Chapter Two
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $366K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$941K
7. Police Unity Tour Chapter IX Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $260K · through 2024 · 78.9% of their giving
$364K
8. Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $222K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$530K
9. Allendale Waldwick PBA
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$130K
10. Cpac the Community Planning & Advocacy Council
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $111K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$600K
11. New Jersey State Bar Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$352K
12. United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/a United Way of Greater Newark
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 4.4% of their giving
$250K
13. United Way of Central Jersey Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $43K · through 2020 · 11.6% of their giving
$83K
14. Hedge Funds Care Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$218K
15. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $192K · through 2024
$854K
16. Community Foundation of New Jersey
33 grants to 18 organizations · largest $357K · through 2024
$1.8M
17. New Jersey State Federation of Womens Clubs
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2020 · 11.9% of their giving
$64K
18. Bridgeton Area Police Athletic League Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2020 · 12.7% of their giving
$56K
19. Legal Services Foundation of Essex County Inc Co Gemma Giantomasi
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2019 · 50.0% of their giving
$31K
20. Highlands Business Partnership Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$29K
21. Howell Township Pba Local #228 Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 69.5% of their giving
$16K
22. Devils Youth Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$50K
23. Bloomfield Senior Citizens Housing Felicity Towers
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$50K
24. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $62K · through 2022
$254K
25. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 9.4% of their giving
$6K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 12 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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