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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 4 of 4

84. NJ State Pba Survivor & Welfare FundRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 24.9% of their giving
$100K
85. Vital Strategies IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.2M
86. National Youth Justice NetworkRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2020 · 20.0% of their giving
$70K
87. Hudson Lutheran Charity IncRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$215K
88. Chesed of Lakewood IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 68.1% of their giving
$45K
89. Federal Law Enforcement Officers Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 21.8% of their giving
$36K
90. The Just Trust for EducationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$500K
91. Catholic Legal Immigration Network IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $109K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$362K
92. Immigrant Justice Corps IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2021
$280K
93. Criminal Justice Reform FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$100K
94. Burlington County Bar AssociationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$11K
95. New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 8.3% of their giving
$25K
96. American College of Bankruptcy FoundationRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$72K
97. Building a Better Way for Trenton IRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6K
98. Montclair Foundation IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021 · 6.1% of their giving
$18K
99. Panorama GlobalRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $139K · through 2023
$211K
100. The Summit FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$55K
101. Vera Institute of Justice IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $214K · through 2021
$214K
102. Jobs with Justice Education FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2020
$75K
103. New Jersey Council For The HumanitiesRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2021 · 1.3% of their giving
$44K
104. Alliance for Safety and JusticeRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024
$92K
105. The Junior League of Summit IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2021 · 9.4% of their giving
$5K
106. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2023
$102K
107. National Court Appointed Special Advocate AssociationRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $39K · through 2022
$73K
108. Blue Meridian Partners IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $650K · through 2023
$650K

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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