New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 839 funders that made 9,223 grants totaling $1.0B to 1,022 human services organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $1.0B
Funders 839
Grants 9,223
Organizations funded 1,022

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$256K
52. Britt Worldwide Charities Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 42.0% of their giving
$228K
53. Provident Charities Inc
21 grants to 4 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024 · 54.6% of their giving
$223K
54. Paula and Jerry Gottesman Family Supporting Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$2.0M
55. New Jersey State Pba Local #105 Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024 · 41.8% of their giving
$215K
64. Give Lively Foundation Inc
20 grants to 8 organizations · largest $939K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.8M
71. Elks National Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $783K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.9M
72. The Wawa Foundation Inc
57 grants to 23 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.1M
75. Charities Aid Foundation America
249 grants to 119 organizations · largest $552K · through 2024
$6.2M
78. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
75 grants to 58 organizations · largest $867K · through 2024
$5.5M
88. National Basketball Association Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $750K · through 2023
$1.3M
98. Focusing Philanthropy Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $450K · through 2024
$1.1M
111. The Jewish Federations of North America Inc
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $950K · through 2024
$3.8M
112. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
164 grants to 101 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024
$4.0M
114. The Ojc Fund
88 grants to 31 organizations · largest $388K · through 2024
$3.5M
117. The Denver Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.8M
127. Greater Washington Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2023
$1.8M
130. Crown Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022
$1.0M
134. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $549K · through 2024
$2.0M
137. Tides Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$3.4M
140. Austin Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $446K · through 2024
$911K
145. The Chicago Community Trust
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2023
$5.1M
189. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $187K · through 2024
$982K
224. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
55 grants to 26 organizations · largest $306K · through 2025
$1.3M
254. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2023
$2.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 19 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 human services 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 human services funding in New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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