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The Stone Foundation of New Jersey

Leonardo, NJ · EIN 13-3947516. Reported 257 grants totalling $5,599,906 to 102 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,175median grant
$5,599,906granted, 2021-2025
102recipients, as named on its returns
87%of grantees funded again the next year
$33.7Massets, 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 Stone Foundation of New Jersey 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 $15,175. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $190 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
46 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
115 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
79 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Wabanaki Commission on Land StewardOrono, ME$725,000422025
NiweskokMilford, ME$280,000322025
Cobscook Community Learning CenterTrescott, ME$215,000552025
Land Peace FoundationBangor, ME$210,000322025
Wabanaki Community FoundationPembroke, ME$200,000212025
Interfaith NeighborsAsbury Park, NJ$176,300752025
180 Turning Lives AroundHazlet, NJ$167,300852025
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation CoalOld Town, ME$155,000422025
Habcore IncRed Bank, NJ$152,300852025
Lunch Break IncRed Bank, NJ$132,000752025
New Jersey Repertory CompanyLong Branch, NJ$131,300552025
Parker Family Health Center IncRed Bank, NJ$131,300552025
Two River Theater CompanyRed Bank, NJ$131,300552025
Brookdale Comm College FoundationLincroft, NJ$127,441652025
Greater Newark ConservancyNewark, NJ$125,000552025
Sharron Miller's AcademyMontclair, NJ$125,000552025
New Jersey Conservation FoundationFar Hills, NJ$120,000552025
Partners for Women and JusticeMontclair, NJ$110,000552025
Cpc Behavorial Healthcare IncEatontown, NJ$103,000442024
New Jersey Consortium for ImmigrantJersey City, NJ$95,000432025
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex CountyAsbury Park, NJ$88,300442024
Family and Children's Service IncLong Branch, NJ$76,300652025
Trinity Episcopal ChurchAsbury Park, NJ$69,300422025
Affordable Housing AllianceNeptune, NJ$66,300322025
The Land Conservancy of New JerseyBoonton, NJ$66,000552025
Essex Cty Family Justice CenterNewark, NJ$65,000652025
Frenchman's Bay ConservancyHancock, ME$60,000332023
Asbury Park Music FoundationAsbury Park, NJ$55,000552025
Association of Nj Env Commissions Environmental CommissionsMendham, NJ$54,000552025
Mental Health Assn of MonmouthTinton Falls, NJ$48,800322025
Big Brothers Big Sisters ofAsbury Park, NJ$48,000212025
Collier Youth ServicesWicatunk, NJ$47,500432025
Arts Ed of NjBurlington, NJ$42,500322025
Ap African American Music ProjectAsbury Park, NJ$40,000212025
New Learning JourneyFayston, VT$40,000332023
The Foodbank of Monmouth & OceanNeptune, NJ$40,000212025
The New Jersey Arts & Culture RenewPrinceton, NJ$40,000222025
American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$35,000212025
Gathering Ground IncNeptune, NJ$35,000222025
Maine-Wabanaki ReachStillwater, ME$35,000222025
New Jersey Highlands CoalitionBoonton, NJ$35,000222025
New Jersey Theatre AllianceToms River, NJ$35,000322025
Springpoint Senior Living IncWall Township, NJ$34,975442024
Convenant House New JerseyNewark, NJ$30,000222025
Inspire LifeNeptune, NJ$30,000222025
Konscious Youth Development & ServiAsbury Park, NJ$30,000222025
Pinelands Preservation AllianceSouthhampton, NJ$30,000222025
Cpc Integrated HealthEatontown, NJ$28,000112025
Monmouth Conservation FoundationMiddletown, NJ$26,300222025
The YMCA of Greater MonmouthShrewsbury, NJ$26,300222025
T Thomas Fortune FoundationRed Bank, NJ$26,000222025
Bomazeen Land TrustPortland, ME$25,000112025
Fair Share Housing CenterCherry Hill, NJ$25,000112025
La CASA De Don PedroNewark, NJ$25,000112025
New Jersey Center for NonprofitsMercerville, NJ$25,000112025
Wabanaki Youth in ScienceOld Town, ME$25,000112025
WNET Spotlight LLCNew York, NY$25,000112025
Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth CouAsbury Park, NJ$20,000222025
Jewish Family & Child Serv of MonAsbury Ppark, NJ$20,000222025
Monmouth County Arts Council IncRed Bank, NJ$20,000222025
Move for HungerNeptune, NJ$20,000222025
Shore Clubhouse IncLong Branch, NJ$20,000222025
Clean Ocean ActionLong Branch, NJ$15,000222025
Girl Scouts of the Shore IncFarmingdale, NJ$15,000222025
Henry D Moore Parish House & LibraSteuben, ME$15,000332023
Princeton Area CommunityPhiladelphia, PA$15,000112022
Princeton Area CommunityLawrenceville, NJ$15,000112021
The Center in Asbury ParkAsbury Park, NJ$15,000222025
Asbury Book CooperativeAsbury Park, NJ$10,000112025
Bradley Food PantryNeptune City, NJ$10,000112025
CASA FreeholdFreehold, NJ$10,000112025
City Green IncClifton, NJ$10,000112025
Homesharing IncBridgewater, NJ$10,000112025
Kids in Need of DefenseWashington, DC$10,000112025
Maliseet Community Development AuthLittleton, ME$10,000112025
Mercy CenterAsbury Park, NJ$10,000112025
Monmouth Day Care CenterRed Bank, NJ$10,000112025
New Jersey Audubon SocietyBernardsville, NJ$10,000112021
New Jersey Citizen Action EducationNewark, NJ$10,000112025
New Jersey League on Conserv VotersHamilton, NJ$10,000112024
New Jersey Tutoring CorpsJamesburg, NJ$10,000112025
Njlcv Education FundHamilton, NJ$10,000112025
Pinwheel PlaceRed Bank, NJ$10,000112025
Reach Out and Read IncBoston, MA$10,000222025
Schoodic Arts for AllWinter Harbor, ME$10,000112021
United Way of Northern New JerseyBridgewater, NJ$10,000112025
Why HungerNew York, NY$10,000112024
Young Audiences of New JerseyPrinceton, NJ$10,000112025
Abbe MuseumBar Harbor, ME$5,000112025
Allaire Village IncFarmingdale, NJ$5,000112024
Asbury Park African Music FoundatioAsbury Park, NJ$5,000112024
Bloom Again Foundation New JerseyRed Bank, NJ$5,000112024
Charles River Watershed AssocWeston, MA$5,000112021
Community Fdtn of NjMorristown, NJ$5,000112021
Community Foundation of New JerseyMorristown, NJ$5,000112025
Community Foundation of NjMorristown, NJ$5,000112022
Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth CoFreehold, NJ$5,000112024
Moms Helping Moms FoundationWarren, NJ$5,000112025
National Council of Negro Women inNeptune, NJ$5,000112025
United Way of Monmouth & OceanEatontown, NJ$5,000112025
Springpoint Foundation IncWall Township, NJ$3,000112025
Council of New Jersey GrantmakersTrenton, NJ$1,090442025

56 of 102 (55%) 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 87%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 130 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.

Arts & Culture
32 grants
Environment
28 grants
Human Services
20 grants
Food & Nutrition
12 grants
Education
10 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
7 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202130$498,600$17,500
202227$463,790$20,000
202326$473,800$22,500
202464$1,609,075$13,300
2025110$2,554,641$20,000

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

62% 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.

New Jersey
$3.5M
Maine
$2.0M
Pennsylvania
$50K
Vermont
$40K
New York
$35K
Massachusetts
$15K
District of Columbia
$10K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund42 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation of New Jersey36 shared recipientsOceanfirst Foundation36 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc26 shared recipientsNew Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity26 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,175. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 Stone Foundation of New Jersey'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 117, Leonardo, NJ, 07737. 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 13-3947516 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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