Messner Foundation Inc
Northfield, NJ · EIN 26-0581765. Reported 162 grants totalling $2,343,371 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Messner 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 $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $200,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude's Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, PA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic City Rescue Mission | Atlantic City, NJ | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Covenant House New Jersey Inc | Newark, NJ | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | Hillside, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Maximillian Kolbe Parish | Marmora, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sunshine Foundation | Feasterville, PA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church | Tuckerton, NJ | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Deborah Hospital Foundation | Brown Mills, NJ | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corbin City Baptist Church | Corbin City, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Union, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Angels Parish | Cape May Court House, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shore Memorial Hospital Foundation | Somers Point, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriner's Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Atlantic City, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samritans Purse | Boone, NC | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Christopher Hospital for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $32,471 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Jean Webster | Atlantic City, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse and Hospice | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miracle Flights for Kids | Green Valley, NV | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feed the Children | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Camden, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upper Township Rescue Squad | Petersburg, NJ | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA for Children of Atlantic & Cape May Counties | Somers Point, NJ | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marantha Ministries | Northfield, NJ | $14,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlantic Christian School | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County | Margate, NJ | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic & Cape May Counties | Northfield, NJ | $10,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beacon Animal Rescue | Oceanview, NJ | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gilda's Club of South Jersey Inc | Linwood, NJ | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haven Beat the Street Inc | Absecon, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ranch Hope-Strang School | Alloway, NJ | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shamokin Christian Missionary - the Alliance Church | Shamokin, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Families of Autistic Children in Tidewater | Virginia Beach, VA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sierra House Inc | East Orange, NJ | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association | Moorestown, NJ | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Oasis Haven for Women & Children | Paterson, NJ | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collier Youth Services Inc | Wickatunk, NJ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crossroads Runaway Program Inc | Willingboro, NJ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lost & Found Ministry Landmark Chruch | Ocean City, NJ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Upper Township Challenger Sports Inc | Tuckahoe, NJ | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tuckahoe Volunteer Fire Company | Tuckahoe, NJ | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Calvary Chapel of Ocean City | Ocean City, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Endometriosis Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faces for Autism | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Redeemer Food Pantry | Swainton, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ministries Praise | Voorhees Township, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auxiliary of Shore Medical Center | Somers Point, NJ | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeguard Inc | Rio Grande, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jfs Golf Tournament | Margate, NJ | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unico Scholarship Foundation | Fairfield, NJ | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
43 of 53 (81%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $508,250 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $512,450 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $580,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $742,471 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 45% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Messner Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2600 New Road, Northfield, NJ, 08225. 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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