New Jersey · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Youth Development in New Jersey

Imperigo has identified 476 funders that made 2,216 grants totaling $1.4B to 197 youth development organizations in New Jersey, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in New Jersey

Total granted $1.4B
Funders 476
Grants 2,216
Organizations funded 197

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Big Ten Conference Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $78.5M · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$307.9M
2. The Douglass Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 83.6% of their giving
$5.2M
3. New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $898K · through 2024 · 29.3% of their giving
$3.6M
4. National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 24.4% of their giving
$2.1M
5. New Jersey Family Planning League Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $775K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$7.4M
6. The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.8M · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$12.0M
7. Cpac the Community Planning & Advocacy Council
20 grants to 5 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$1.5M
8. National Nurses United
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $210K · through 2024 · 29.1% of their giving
$673K
9. Boys & Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic Association Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $233K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$658K
10. South Ward Alliance
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $276K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$1.7M
11. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
35 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$3.0M
12. Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 9.5% of their giving
$935K
13. Bridgeton Area Police Athletic League Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2020 · 87.3% of their giving
$382K
14. International Center for Responsible Gaming
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $306K · through 2023 · 17.7% of their giving
$384K
15. Devils Youth Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$355K
16. Legal Services of New Jersey Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$3.0M
17. Ocean Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$758K
18. Park Avenue Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2020 · 47.9% of their giving
$150K
19. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Charitable Fund Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$142K
20. Community Foundation of New Jersey
98 grants to 38 organizations · largest $729K · through 2024
$3.4M
21. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $614K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$2.2M
22. The Edward Orton Jr Ceramic Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2020 · 24.3% of their giving
$88K
23. American Council of Learned Societies
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $518K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$1.2M
24. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)
65 grants to 13 organizations · largest $89K · through 2023
$2.6M
25. Phi Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2025 · 7.7% of their giving
$190K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to youth development 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. 13 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 youth development 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 youth development funding in New Jersey, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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