FundersNew Jersey

The Provident Bank Foundation

Iselin, NJ · EIN 04-3739441. Reported 543 grants totalling $5,235,662 to 345 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$5,235,662granted, 2021-2024
345organizations funded
26%of grantees funded again the next year
$16.6Massets, 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 Provident Bank 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $12,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
142 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
134 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
248 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
14 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

Every organization it funded

All 345 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
CumacPaterson, NJ$115,000442024
Family Promise of Hunterdon County IncFlemington, NJ$105,000222023
Hudson Community EnterprisesJersey City, NJ$100,000112023
Hudson County Community College FoundationJersey City, NJ$100,000112023
Raritan Valley Community College FoundationBranchburg, NJ$100,000222023
United Way of Northern New JerseyBridgewater, NJ$100,000222023
New City KidsJersey City, NJ$72,500332024
Move for HungerNeptune, NJ$70,000442024
America's Grow-a-Row IncPittstown, NJ$65,000332024
Lunch Break IncRed Bank, NJ$60,000442024
180 Turning Lives Around IncHazlet, NJ$50,000432024
Hunterdon Helpline IncFlemington, NJ$50,000442024
Interfaith Food Pantry IncMorris Plains, NJ$50,000332024
CASA ShawLebanon, NJ$48,500442024
Freedom HouseClinton, NJ$45,000332024
PartnersBloomfield, NJ$45,000332024
Rescuing Leftover CuisineNew York, NY$45,000332024
Turning Point of Lehigh Valley IncAllentown, PA$45,000332024
Womenrising IncJersey City, NJ$45,000332024
Caring ContactWestfield, NJ$40,000332024
Council of New Jersey GrantmakersEwing, NJ$40,000442024
Family Promise of Morris CountyMorristown, NJ$40,000222022
Foundation for Educational Administration (fea)Monroe Township, NJ$40,000222024
Passaic County Habitat for HumanityPaterson, NJ$40,000332024
Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (pano)Harrisburg, PA$40,000442024
Valley Youth House Committee IncBethlehem, PA$40,000332024
York Street ProjectJersey City, NJ$40,000332024
Youth Consultation Service IncHackensack, NJ$40,000332024
Contact of Ocean & Monmouth CountiesToms River, NJ$39,000442024
Anchor House IncTrenton, NJ$35,000332024
Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation IncMountainside, NJ$35,000332024
Ironbound Community CorporationNewark, NJ$35,000222022
Oasis - a Haven for Women and ChildrenPaterson, NJ$35,000332024
Reed Foundation for AutismOakland, NJ$35,000222022
Sanar Wellness InstituteNewark, NJ$35,000332024
The Center for Great ExpectationsSomerset, NJ$35,000332024
Ripple Community IncAllentown, PA$33,500332024
Jfk Medical Center FoundationEdison, NJ$32,500332024
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative IncHackensack, NJ$30,000222024
Community Action Lehigh ValleyBethlehem, PA$30,000222024
Diabetes Foundation IncMahwah, NJ$30,000332024
Family Promise of Sussex CountyNewton, NJ$30,000332024
Hunterdon Healthcare Foundation IncFlemington, NJ$30,000222022
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Mercer CountyPrinceton, NJ$30,000332024
New Jersey Center for NonprofitsMercerville, NJ$30,000332024
New Jersey Community Development CorporationPaterson, NJ$30,000332024
United Way of Central Jersey IncMilltown, NJ$30,000222024
Vision to LearnNewark, NJ$30,000222023
Mercy CenterAsbury Park, NJ$28,500332024
Children's Aid and Family Services IncParamus, NJ$25,000222024
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh ValleyBethlehem, PA$25,000112021
County College of Morris FoundationRandolph, NJ$25,000222024
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center IncMorristown, NJ$25,000112021
Greater Bergen Community ActionHackensack, NJ$25,000112022
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Monmouth CountyAsbury Park, NJ$25,000222024
New Bethany IncBethlehem, PA$25,000222024
New Brunswick TomorrowNew Brunswick, NJ$25,000222024
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ$25,000222022
NorwescapPhillipsburg, NJ$25,000222024
Preschool Advantage IncMorristown, NJ$25,000222024
Project Self-SufficiencyNewton, NJ$25,000222024
Propel AmericaBoston, MA$25,000112022
Safesound SomersetSomerville, PA$25,000112022
YWCA Union CountyKenilworth, NJ$25,000222024
Central Jersey Housing Resource Center Corp (cjhrc)Somerville, NJ$24,000332024
Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention ServicesNewton, NJ$23,500332024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern New JerseyAsbury Park, NJ$22,500332024
Child Care Resources of Monmouth County IncNeptune, NJ$20,500332024
Bergen County's United WayParamus, NJ$20,000222024
Bergen Volunteer Medical InitiativeincHackensack, NJ$20,000112021
CASA of Union CountyElizabeth, NJ$20,000112022
Center for Hope and Safety IncRochelle Park, NJ$20,000112022
Clara Maass FoundationBelleville, NJ$20,000112021
Defy VenturesNew York, NY$20,000222024
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneck, NJ$20,000222024
Family Promise of Bergen CountyRidgewood, NJ$20,000222023
Grand View Health FoundationSellersville, PA$20,000112022
Greater Newark ConservancyNewark, NJ$20,000222024
Homeless SolutionsCedar Knolls, NJ$20,000222024
Meadowlands Area YMCAEast Rutherford, NJ$20,000112022
Meals on Wheels of Mercer County IncEwing, NJ$20,000332024
National Council of Jewish Women Essex County SectionLivingston, NJ$20,000222024
Nonprofit New YorkNew York, NY$20,000222024
Ocean's Harbor House IncToms River, NJ$20,000112021
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceHarrisburg, PA$20,000112021
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County IncNewton, NJ$20,000112021
Puerto Rican Association for Human DevelopmentincPerth Amboy, NJ$20,000112021
Safesound SomersetSomerville, NJ$20,000222024
Sierra HouseEast Orange, NJ$20,000112022
Sussex County Community CollegeNewton, NJ$20,000222024
United Community CorporationNewark, NJ$20,000112022
Womanspace IncLawrenceville, NJ$20,000222023
Mental Health Association of Monmouth CountyTinton Falls, NJ$16,250432024
200 Club of Middlesex CountyWoodbridge, NJ$15,000332023
Ann Silverman Community Health ClinicDoylestown, PA$15,000112021
Arab-American Family Support Center IncBrooklyn, NY$15,000112021
Bessie Green Community IncNewark, NJ$15,000222022
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer CountyTrenton, NJ$15,000222024
Care Plus NjParamus, NJ$15,000112022
Community Hope IncParsippany, NJ$15,000112022
Educational Arts TeamJersey City, NJ$15,000112022
Eva's VillagePaterson, NJ$15,000112021
Family PromiseincSummit, NJ$15,000112021
Flemington Food Pantry IncFlemington, NJ$15,000332024
Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, NJ$15,000112021
GohunterdonFlemington, NJ$15,000112022
Good Grief IncMorristown, NJ$15,000112022
Habcore IncRed Bank, NJ$15,000112022
IslesincTrenton, NJ$15,000112021
Jersey City Medical Center FoundationJersey City, NJ$15,000112022
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (lvcil)Allentown, PA$15,000112022
Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity Inc (mend)Maplewood, NJ$15,000222024
National Council of Jewish Womenessex County SectionLivingston, NJ$15,000112021
New Bethany MinistriesBethlehem, PA$15,000112021
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce FoundationTrenton, NJ$15,000332024
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund IncNewark, NJ$15,000112022
Nj 2-1-1 PartnershipCedar Knolls, NJ$15,000112022
Nj LeepNewark, NJ$15,000112021
Northern Ocean Habitat for HumanityEast Toms River, NJ$15,000112022
NorwescapincPhillipsburg, NJ$15,000112021
PartnerPerth Amboy, NJ$15,000112022
Pei KidsLawrenceville, NJ$15,000112021
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New JerseyincNewark, NJ$15,000112021
Potential IncNewtown, PA$15,000112021
Prevention Is KeyRockaway, NJ$15,000112022
Pro Bono Partnership IncParsippany, NJ$15,000112021
Save Latin America IncUnion City, NJ$15,000112022
Shore HouseLong Branch, NJ$15,000112021
South Ward AllianceNewark, NJ$15,000112022
Table to TableHasbrouck Heights, NJ$15,000112021
The Knowledge HouseThe Bronx, NY$15,000112022
Trinitas Health FoundationElizabeth, NJ$15,000112022
United Way of Monmouth and Ocean CountiesWall Township, NJ$15,000332024
Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health CenterincAsbury Park, NJ$15,000112021
Youth Consultation ServiceincHackensack, NJ$15,000112021
Kindersmile FoundationBloomfield, NJ$13,500332024
NAMI Mercer Nj IncHamilton, NJ$13,500332024
Women's Rights Information CenterEnglewood, NJ$13,500222022
Ladacin NetworkWanamassa, NJ$13,200112022
Jewish Family & Children's Services of Northern New JerseyTeaneck, NJ$13,000222022
Via of the Lehigh Valley IncBethlehem, PA$13,000332024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essexhudson & Union CountiesNewark, NJ$12,500112021
Center for Humanistic ChangeincAllentown, PA$12,500112021
Greater Somerset County YMCABasking Ridge, NJ$12,500112021
Jfk FoundationEdison, NJ$12,500112021
Junior Achievement of New JerseyEdison, NJ$12,500112021
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society IncCranford, NJ$12,500112021
Make the Road New JerseyElizabeth, NJ$12,500112022
Northampton Community College FoundationBethlehem, PA$12,500112021
Nutley Family Service BureauNutley, NJ$12,500112022
Rolling Harvest Food RescueLumberville, NJ$12,500112022
Roots & Wings NjDenville, NJ$12,500112021
Somerset Hills Learning InstituteBedminster, NJ$12,500112022
Allegro School IncCedar Knolls, NJ$12,000112021
Cbc Development CenterEast Orange, NJ$12,000332024
Raising Hands TutoringHighland Park, NJ$11,900332024
Northampton Community College Foundation RoadBethlehem, PA$11,000112022
Abilities of Northwest Jersey IncNorth Washington, NJ$10,000112022
Adler Aphasia CenterMaywood, NJ$10,000222024
Bucks County Community College FoundationNewtown, PA$10,000112022
Center for Non-ProfitsMercerville, NJ$10,000112021
Cheshire Home IncFlorham Park, NJ$10,000112022
El Primer Paso LtdDover, NJ$10,000222022
Girl Scouts of Northern New JerseyRiverdale, NJ$10,000112022
Jacob a Riis Neighborhood SettlementLong Island City, NY$10,000222024
Jersey Battered Women's Service IncMorristown, NJ$10,000112022
Jewish Federation of Ocean CountyLakewood, NJ$10,000112022
Kidz Can CorporationRocky Hill, NJ$10,000222022
Legal Aid Society of Monmouth County IncOcean, NJ$10,000222022
Middle EarthBridgewater, NJ$10,000112022
Monmouth Medical Center FoundationLong Branch, NJ$10,000112022
New York Academy Educational Services IncRidgewood, NJ$10,000112022
Newark Trust for EducationNewark, NJ$10,000112023
Nonprofit New YorkNew York, NJ$10,000112022
Our House Foundation IncMurray Hill, NJ$10,000112022
RiseHightstown, NJ$10,000112022
Salvation ArmyAllentown, PA$10,000112022
Scarc Guardianship Services IncAugusta, NJ$10,000112022
St Mary's Foundation for ChildrenBayside, NY$10,000112022
Sussex County Habitat for HumanityNewton, NJ$10,000222024
The Als Association of Greater New YorkNew York, NY$10,000112022
The Midland FoundationNorth Branch, NJ$10,000222024
Town Clock Community Development Corporation IncNew Brunswick, NJ$10,000222022
Union County Educational Services FoundationWestfield, NJ$10,000222024
Vision Loss Alliance of Nj (vlanj)Denville, NJ$10,000112022
Warren County Habitat for HumanityWashington, NJ$10,000222022
YounityLawrenceville, NJ$10,000112024
Youth Development Clinic of NewarkNewark, NJ$10,000112022
Alzheimer's New Jersey IncRoseland, NJ$8,500222022
Center for Family Services IncCamden, NJ$8,500222022
HomesharingBridgewater, NJ$8,500222022
Jewish Family Services of Middlesex CountyNorth Brunswick, NJ$8,500222022
Nonprofitconnect IncHamilton Square, NJ$8,500222022
Operation Warm IncPhiladelphia, PA$8,500222022
SPECTRUM360West Orange, NJ$8,500222022
Camelot for ChildrenAllentown, PA$8,000222024
The Neighborhood CenterAllentown, PA$8,000332024
East Brunswick Education Foundation IncEast Brunswick, NJ$7,500222022
Literacy Volunteers of Morris CountyMorristown, NJ$7,500332024
Literacy Volunteers of Somerset CountyBridgewater, NJ$7,500222022
Platinum Minds IncChester, NJ$7,500332024
Project Literacy of Greater Bergen County IncHackensack, NJ$7,500222022
Special DragonsBelleville, NJ$7,500332024
Stretto Youth Chamber OrchestraPrinceton, NJ$7,500332024
The Arc of Essex CountyLivingston, NJ$7,500332024
YWCA BethlehemBethlehem, PA$7,500112022
Beginning World ChangersDunellen, NJ$7,000222022
Joi's AngelsEast Orange, NJ$7,000222022
Handicapped High Riders ClubAllentown, NJ$6,500332024
Touchstone TheatreBethlehem, PA$6,000222022
Let's Work for GoodPiscataway, NJ$5,662222024
Senior Adults for Greater Education IncNewtown, PA$5,200222022
AlternativesincRaritan, NJ$5,000112021
Arm in Arm IncTrenton, NJ$5,000112022
Aspire to Autonomy IncAllentown, NJ$5,000112022
Bergen's PromiseHackensack, NJ$5,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of CliftonClifton, NJ$5,000222024
Butterfly Dreamz IncHoboken, NJ$5,000112022
Camp Fatima of New JerseyHarrison, NJ$5,000112022
Children on the GreenMorristown, NJ$5,000112021
Cidadao Global Global Citizen IncSunnyside, NY$5,000112022
Community HopeincParsippany, NJ$5,000112021
Connected Chef Foundation IncAstoria, NY$5,000112021
Courage and SacrificeKearny, NJ$5,000112022
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Morris and Sussex Counties IncCedar Knolls, NJ$5,000112022
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Union Countyalbender Building 2ND FlooElizabeth, NJ$5,000112021
Covenant House New JerseyNewark, NJ$5,000112022
Denare YouthJersey City, NJ$5,000112022
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Crisis CenterWashington, NJ$5,000112021
Elijah's PromiseNew Brunswick, NJ$5,000112022
EversightClark, NJ$5,000112022
Family Promise of Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$5,000112022
Fund for a Better Waterfront IncHoboken, NJ$5,000112022
Greater Life IncNewark, NJ$5,000222024
Grounds for Sculpture IncHamilton, NJ$5,000112022
Haven Adolescent Community Respite CenterJersey City, NJ$5,000112022
Headstrong FoundationHolmes, PA$5,000112022
Hitops IncPrinceton, NJ$5,000112022
Home of Somerset County IncSomerville, NJ$5,000112022
Hunterdon Land TrustFlemington, NJ$5,000222024
Hyacinth AIDS FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ$5,000112022
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean CountyToms River, NJ$5,000112021
Jacob a Riis Neighborhood SettlementLong Island City, NJ$5,000112022
Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$5,000112022
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest NjFlorham Park, NJ$5,000112022
Jewish Family Service of Somerset Hunterdon & Warren CountiesSomerville, NJ$5,000112022
Lakeland Hills Family YMCAMountain Lakes, NJ$5,000112022
Madison Area YMCAMadison, NJ$5,000112022
Meals on Wheels in Hunterdon IncFlemington, NJ$5,000112022
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$5,000112022

131 of 345 (38%) 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 26%, 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 357 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
126 grants
Education
38 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
30 grants
Health Care
28 grants
Food & Nutrition
20 grants
Mental Health
19 grants
Community Improvement
16 grants
Youth Development
15 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021148$1,200,000$5,000
2022194$1,868,684$5,000
2023104$1,282,533$10,000
202497$884,445$10,000

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. 86% 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.

New Jersey
$4.5M
Pennsylvania
$533K
New York
$165K
Massachusetts
$25K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. 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 New Jersey.
  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 Provident Bank 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: Po Box 1001, Iselin, NJ, 08830. 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 04-3739441 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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