FundersNew Jersey

The Genesis Foundation

Ramsey, NJ · EIN 22-3341218. Reported 64 grants totalling $741,881 to 40 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,500median grant
$741,881granted, 2021-2024
40organizations funded
53%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,607,048assets, latest filing

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. The Genesis Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $4,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,800 and $18,000; the smallest was $213 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
22 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$250,000442024
Pine Crest School FoundationBoca Raton, FL$80,000332024
Boca Raton Reg Hosp FdnBoca Raton, FL$60,000332024
Barnett TempleFranklin Lakes, NJ$52,035222023
Atlantic Health SystemsMorristown, NJ$50,000112023
Pap CorpDeerfield Beach, FL$33,313332024
AfmdaNew York, NY$32,900112023
Stand With USLos Angeles, CA$23,005222023
Riverdale Country SchoolBronx, NY$23,000332024
St Josephs Health FoundationPaterson, NJ$20,000112021
Leukemia and Lynphoma SocNew York, NY$10,300222024
American Friends of Magen DavNew York, NY$10,000112024
Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$10,000112021
Elizabeth Morrow SchoolEnglewood, NJ$9,000222022
Valley ChabadWoodcliff Lakes, NJ$8,820332024
Israeli Tennis Center FoundationNew York, NY$7,200332024
Boca Raton Jewish CtrBoca Raton, FL$7,000112022
Jewish Women IntlWawhington, DC$6,000112024
Jafco Jewish Adoption & Family CareSunrise, FL$5,400332023
Play for PinkNew York, NY$5,225442024
Boca Helping HandsBoca Raton, FL$5,000112023
Chabad of Boca RatonBoca Raton, FL$5,000112021
Chabad on CampusSaint Louis, MO$5,000112024
Ems Apple Tree FundEnglewood, NJ$5,000112024
St Josephs Health FdnPatterson, NJ$4,000112024
Impact 100 PbcBoca Raton, FL$3,600112024
American Friends of Magen David AdomPalm Beach Gardens, FL$1,800112021
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY$1,800112024
The Jewish National FundNew Yrok, NY$1,800112021
United HatzalahNew York, NY$1,800112021
Cancer CareParamus, NJ$1,170112024
Natl Psoriasis FdnPortland, OR$500112021
Pba Saddle River 348Saddle River Nj, NJ$500112023
Policemans BenovolentRamsey, NJ$250112024
Ramsey Ambulance CorpsRamsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Pba Local 155Ramsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Rescue SquadRamsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Volenteer Fire DeptRamsey, NJ$250112022
Saddle River Fire AssocSaddle River, NJ$250112023
Ramsey Girl Scout TroopRamsey, NJ$213112021

13 of 40 (32%) 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 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Religion
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$121,518$2,340
202213$134,335$2,500
202317$250,405$5,005
202418$235,623$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. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Missouri
$255K
Florida
$201K
New Jersey
$152K
New York
$104K
California
$23K
District of Columbia
$6K
Oregon
$500

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc6 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust5 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Genesis Foundation'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: 465 State Rt 17, Ramsey, NJ, 07446. 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.

EIN 22-3341218 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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