Religion grants in New Jersey
39 private foundations fund religion in New Jersey and will read a proposal you were not invited to send. Between them they gave $12M in their most recent filings. A typical grant from this group is around $3K.
Worked out from where the money actually went rather than from mission statements, and from the box on each filing that says whether they take applications at all. Most small foundations give almost entirely within one state, which is why this cut is the one worth starting from.
The 39 funders, largest givers first
LEONARD AND LOIS GREEN
WOODBRIDGE · $1.5M given
Education, Religion
BURLINGTON STORES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
BURLINGTON · $1.2M given
Human Services, Civil Rights & Advocacy
PERRIN FOUNDATION INC
MONTCLAIR · $856K given
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Religion
GESNER JOHNSON FOUNDATION
PENNINGTON · $710K given
Human Services, Religion
NANDANSONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
EDISON · $623K given
Religion, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
Dirshu International Inc
Lakewood · $612K given
Religion, Education
THE ALAN AND ELISA PINES FAMILY
LIVINGSTON · $598K given
Religion, International Affairs
THE EDWARD L CROMAN CHARITABLE TRUST
WEST ORANGE · $597K given
Religion, International Affairs
THE STERN FAMILY FOUNDATION
CRANBURY · $531K given
Religion, International Affairs
STACKHOUSE MARY REINHART FNDT
BEDMINSTER · $420K given
Environment, Human Services
THE SHILLING FAMILY FOUNDATION
SPRINGFIELD · $391K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
FRANK FAMILY CHARITY FUND INC
BERGENFIELD · $353K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Religion
CHARLES GRUNFELD FOUNDATIONINC
LINCOLN PARK · $317K given
Education, Religion
DAVID M LEVY FAMILY FOUNDATION
LAKEWOOD · $277K given
Religion, Education
M & M SCHWARTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION
TEANECK · $230K given
Religion, Education
ROBERT AND MARY JANE HEKEMIAN FOUNDATION INC
HACKENSACK · $227K given
Religion, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
WILLINGHAM FDN-DIMA
PENNINGTON · $192K given
Religion, Environment
ZTM FOUNDATION
LAKEWOOD · $188K given
Education, Health Care
MAX & HELENA GURWICZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATI
NORTHFIELD · $181K given
Religion, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
BAIS VAAD LCHACHOMIM FOUNDATION
Lakewood · $167K given
Religion, Human Services
SCHWARTZ FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
TEANECK · $159K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, International Affairs
MK CHARITY FOUNDATION INC
MONTVALE · $155K given
Religion, Education
STAMPFER PLOTSKER FOUNDATION INC
ELIZABETH · $141K given
Religion, International Affairs
LCHAYIM FOUNDATION INC
TOMS RIVER · $125K given
Religion, Human Services
THE HOWARD AND BETTY SCHWARTZ FAMILY
LIVINGSTON · $124K given
Religion, International Affairs
THE LARRY AND NANCY PANTIRER FAMILY
SHORT HILLS · $112K given
Education, Religion
SHRAGA & BAILA ZELDES FOUNDATION INC
LAKEWOOD · $109K given
Religion, Education
ARNOLD & IRENE KOCUREK FDN 1986 TR
PENNINGTON · $75K given
Animal Welfare, Religion
THE ANSELL GRIMM & AARON FOUNDATION INC
OCEAN TOWNSHIP · $59K given
Human Services, Education
BESITE FOUNDATION INC
TOWACO · $51K given
Education, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Society For Organizing Charity in
Salem · $45K given
Religion, Community & Economic Development
THE ACKERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
TOMS RIVER · $42K given
Religion, Human Services
THE PICK FOUNDATION INC
BASKING RIDGE · $36K given
Religion, Unknown
Have Mercy Ministries Inc
Maplewood · $32K given
Human Services, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
THE PETER J AND SHARON COCOZIELLO
BEDMINSTER · $31K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Arts, Culture & Humanities
KIM AND NICOLE BANG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
ENGLEWOOD · $29K given
Religion, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
PALKHIWALA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
SOMERSET · $27K given
International Affairs, Religion
THE ROBERT J AND DEBORAH A CHALFIN
METUCHEN · $11K given
Public Safety & Disaster Relief, Religion
SHEENA FOUNDATION
LAKEWOOD · $10K given
Religion, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
LEONARD AND LOIS GREEN is the largest giver on this list. Working out which of these 39 would fund your organization specifically, rather than your subject, is what the funder search does.
What else New Jersey foundations fund
Religion funders in other states
Worth checking if your work crosses a state line, or if you are eligible somewhere you are not based.
- Texas 131
- New York 84
- Florida 84
- California 71
- Pennsylvania 59
- Ohio 48
- Illinois 46
- North Carolina 34
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