Grants and funding in New Jersey

9,976 foundations reported granting into New Jersey on their most recent IRS filings: 36,808 itemized grants worth $7.6B between them. On top of that, 14 live grant programs and 43 contract opportunities are specific to New Jersey, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

9,976

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$7.6B

across 36,808 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to New Jersey

14

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

48

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into New Jersey

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into New Jersey on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 9,976 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the New Jersey-specific grants are for

Of the 14 live grant programs specific to New Jersey, here is who the announcements name. 3 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, tribal organizations, cities and towns and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

48 community development lenders serve New Jersey: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.