New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 1,052 funders that made 11,244 grants totaling $1.6B to 1,121 education organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $1.6B
Funders 1,052
Grants 11,244
Organizations funded 1,121

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Virtua Health Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25.0M · through 2024 · 57.4% of their giving
$33.8M
2. Golda Och Academy Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$30.7M
3. New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association a NJ Non Profit Corporation
96 grants to 44 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 76.4% of their giving
$24.3M
4. City Fund
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $9.4M · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$36.6M
5. Stanley J Seeger Hellenic Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$16.6M
6. Bairong Education Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.1M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.2M
7. New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Inc
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $990K · through 2024 · 36.7% of their giving
$4.5M
8. Jewish Communal Fund
466 grants to 137 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$56.7M
9. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
145 grants to 58 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$8.4M
10. Community Foundation of New Jersey
295 grants to 118 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$16.3M
11. National Collegiate Athletic Association
53 grants to 11 organizations · largest $7.2M · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$42.9M
12. Kingston Educational Holdings I Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.5M
13. Ua H Fuld Trenton Scholarship Fund 10-201790
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $808K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
14. South Ward Alliance
27 grants to 8 organizations · largest $319K · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$3.7M
15. Uw Eugene Higgins Char Trust Nma
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 32.2% of their giving
$2.2M
16. Natcast Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 18.2% of their giving
$2.0M
17. Collier Services Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $597K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
18. Raymond & Gertrude R Saltzman Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $259K · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$2.2M
19. Ashland School Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
20. Higher Education Management Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
21. Lakewood Torah School Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $480K · through 2024 · 94.1% of their giving
$1.4M
22. Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan Foundation c/o Jones & Jones Att Graham O Jones
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $265K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
23. Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $599K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$3.8M
24. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825ABCDRRH
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $468K · through 2024 · 69.3% of their giving
$1.1M
25. Friends of the Phoenix Center Foundation Inc
20 grants to 1 organization · largest $281K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 18 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 education 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 education funding in New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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