Alfred N Sanzari Family Foundation Inc
South Hackensack, NJ · EIN 20-4215473. Reported 135 grants totalling $843,204 to 109 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alfred N Sanzari Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation | Edison, NJ | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Christian Health | Whyckoff, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ridgewood YMCA | Ridgewood, NJ | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Hope and Safety Inc | Rochelle Park, NJ | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Happiness Is Camping | Hardwick, NJ | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Hope Inc | Parsippany, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant House | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eva's Village | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gantner Avenue Elementary School | Elmwood Park, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwest Nj | Westwood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oasis | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Push to Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit | Montvale, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Bergen Mental Healthcare Inc | Ridgewood, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ycs | Hackensack, NJ | $9,685 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moms Helping Moms Foundation | Warren, NJ | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Childrens Day Preschool and Family Center | Passiac, NJ | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Scholarship Fund of Teaneck | Teaneck, NJ | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care Plus Foundation | Paramus, NJ | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northern Nj Community Foundation | Hackensack, NJ | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Evolve Pink Inc | Flemington, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foodbank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties Inc | Neptune, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Service Association of Ridgewood | Ridgewood, NJ | $7,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Meals Inc | Glen Rock, NJ | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Spectrum for Living Development | River Vale, NJ | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Emmanuel Cancer Foundation | Clark, NJ | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 180 Turning Lives Around | Hazlet, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Age Friendly Teaneck | Teaneck, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bergen New Bridge Medical | Paramus, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative | Hacknsack, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern Nj | Asbury Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Oakland, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridges Outreach | Summit, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA of Passaic and Union Counties | Wayne, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Acorn Inc | Paramus, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childhood Cancer Society | Wall Township, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Relief | Clifton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families for Families | Wyckoff, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise | Ridgewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Brigade Inc | Paramus, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey | Riverdale, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Giving Hope Network | Somerville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing the Children New Jersey | Hawthorne, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeless Solutions Inc | Cendar Knolls, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Isles Inc | Trenton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services of Northern Nj | Teaneck, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kaplen Jcc on the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parker Family Health Center Inc | Red Bank, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raritan Valley YMCA | East Brunswick, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together North Jersey | Ridgewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe in Hunterdon | Flemington, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Table to Table | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teaneck Junior Football League | Teaneck, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Matthew Larson Foundation for Pediatric Tumor | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Office of Concern Food Pantry at St Cecilia | Englewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Power 2 Inspire Foundation | Closter, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Volunteer Center of Bergen County | Hackensack, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Waterfront Project Inc | Jersey City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women's Rights Information Center | Englewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wynona's House | Newark, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA Northern New Jersey | Hackensack, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Education and Awarness Project | Passaic, NJ | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Livingston, NJ | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Food Action | Englewood, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services | Teaneck, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Main Street Business Alliance Inc | Hackensack, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Life | Plainfield, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jersey City Fire Foundation | Jersey City, NJ | $3,249 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County | Westwood, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Apostles' House | Newark, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Lower Bergen County | Lodi, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Caresparc Community Connections | Maplewood, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child Focus | Wayne, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Children's Aid and Family Services | Paramus, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dress for Success Central Nj | Lawrenceville, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greater Somerset YMCA | Baskin Ridge, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Let's Work for Good Inc | Piscataway, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Raft Group | Wayne, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Community Development Corporation | Paterson, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pony Power Therapies | Mahwah, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Roots and Wings | Denville, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Luke Community Development Center | Paterson, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Ridgewood | Ridgewood, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Eastern Union County | Elizabeth, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic | Paterson, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cumac | Paterson, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congenital Heart Defect Coalition | Butler, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cooley's Anemia Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Felician University | Rutherford, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark | Newark, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hackensack Chapter of Unico | South Hackensack, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Social Service Association | Ridgewood, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation | Hackensack, NJ | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alliance for Morris County Parks | Morristown, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flhs Pca | Fair Lawn, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Hermitage | Hohokus, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Matthew Morris Memorial Fund | South Hackensack, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Raphael's Life House | Elizabeth, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tenafly Nature Center | Tenafly, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cristian Rivera Foundation | Edgewater, NJ | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baking Memories 4 Kids Inc | Valley Cottage, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Plus One Equals Forty | Lyndhurst, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humc Foundation (joseph Riccardo) | Hackensack, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Linda J Masullo Scholarship Fund | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Grant Application | Santa Monica, CA | $170 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hackensack Meridian Children's Health | Hackensack, NJ | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stfa Foundation Inc | Manasquan, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
21 of 109 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 15%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Matthew Morris Memorial Fund
GO FUND ME 2024 GENERAL GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 64 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $102,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $101,920 | $4,700 |
| 2023 | 25 | $101,249 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $112,735 | $3,250 |
| 2025 | 32 | $425,300 | $4,250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alfred N Sanzari Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2187, South Hackensack, NJ, 07606. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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