New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 1,071 funders that made 11,600 grants totaling $1.7B to 1,128 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 $1.7B
Funders 1,071
Grants 11,600
Organizations funded 1,128

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Friends of the Phoenix Center Foundation Inc
20 grants to 1 organization · largest $281K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
27. Dietrich Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$6.8M
28. Senior Community Services Inc
33 grants to 12 organizations · largest $285K · through 2024 · 21.5% of their giving
$1.0M
29. Ambient Funding Corp
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2024 · 83.5% of their giving
$915K
30. Jewels of Charity Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 33.9% of their giving
$900K
31. American Automatic Control Council Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $228K · through 2024 · 68.5% of their giving
$836K
32. The Douglass Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $633K · through 2024 · 16.1% of their giving
$1.0M
33. Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Inc
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $217K · through 2025 · 12.0% of their giving
$1.2M
34. Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc
44 grants to 12 organizations · largest $176K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$2.1M
35. Cumberland County Charter School Network
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$635K
36. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ
69 grants to 37 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$5.0M
37. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$5.9M
38. Foundation for Health Advancement Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $184K · through 2023 · 30.8% of their giving
$551K
39. Area VII Physicians Review Organization Inc
29 grants to 4 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 31.1% of their giving
$515K
40. Whiting Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 30.6% of their giving
$500K
41. Friends of Princeton Charter School
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $174K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$492K
42. Iea Boosters Club a NJ Non Profit Corp
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $331K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$435K
43. Lsst Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$688K
44. Entertainment Industry Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$4.2M
45. Adp Foundation
39 grants to 14 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$2.5M
46. Campaign for Great Public Schools
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$2.5M
47. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
109 grants to 46 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2025
$13.3M
48. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$4.3M
49. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
138 grants to 93 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2024
$12.2M
62. Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
83 grants to 34 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$5.3M

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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