Sustainable Jersey
Ewing, NJ · EIN 45-3848336. Reported 128 grants totalling $1,176,000 to 109 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Sustainable Jersey, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in environment (NTEE C01).
- How spread out its giving is. 109 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Charles P Defuccio Ps #39 Elementary School | Jersey City, NJ | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Montgomery Township | Belle Meade, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Toms River - High School South | Toms River, NJ | $30,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camden City Public Schools | Camden, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asbury Park City | Asbury Park City, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bloomfield Township | Bloomfield, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Orange Twp | City of Orange Twp, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clinton Town | Clinton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evesham Township | Marlton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flemington-Raritan Regional School District | Flemington, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Franklin Township | Franklin Township, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| G Harold Antrim Elementary School | Point Pleasant Beach, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holmdel Township | Holmdel, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lambertville City | Lambertville, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madison Borough | Madison Borough, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montclair Township | Montclair, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tewksbury Twp | Califon, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tinton Falls Borough | Tinton Falls, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colonia Middle School | Woodbridge, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Greenwich Township | Mickleton, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holland Township | Milford, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ocean Township Intermediate Middle School | Oakhurst, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Winslow Township School No 4 Elem School | Atco, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blanquita B Valenti Community School | New Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bogota Public School District | Bogota, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Borough of Barrington | Barrington, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Borough of Pitman | Pitman, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caldwell Borough | Caldwell, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clifton City | Clifton City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collingswood Borough | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collingswood Borough | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Deal Borough School District | Deal, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Delaware Township School District | Sergeantsville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Amwell Township Elementary School | Ringos, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elizabeth City | Elizabeth, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Elms Elementary School | Jackson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Essex County - West Caldwell Technical Sc | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florence M Burd Elementary School | Newton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Franklin Middle School Sampson G Smith Campus | Somerset, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franklin Township (2) | Somerset, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Township Elementary School | Quakertown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Galloway Twp | Galloway Twp, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harding Township School | New Vernon, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawthorne Borough | Hawthrone, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Bridge Borough | High Bridge, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hopewell Valley Regional School District | Brick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knowlton Township Elementary School | Delaware, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leonia Public School District | Leonia, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Elementary School - Hasbrouck | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Branch City | Long Branch, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marine Academy of Science & Technology | Freehold, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mark Newbie Elementary School | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maurice River Township School District | Port Elizabeth, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Milltown School District | Milltown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Milford Borough | New Milford, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newark Public School District | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | Parsipppany Troy Hills, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Penns Grove High School | Penns Grove, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pleasantville City | Pleasantville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Princeton | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Raritan Township | Raritan Township, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Readington Township Public School Distric | White House Station, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ringwood Borough | Ringwood Borough, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roseville Community Charter School | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rumson Borough | Rumson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somerville Borough | Somerville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spring Lake Heights School | Spring Lake Heights, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stafford Township | Manahawkin, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Summit City | Summit, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toms River High School East | Toms River, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Township of Hamilton | Egg Harbor Citymays La, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trenton Public Schools Board of Education | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Verona Township | Verona, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westfield Senior High School | Westfield, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westfield Town | Westfield, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monroe Township (2) | Monroe Township, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bartle Elementary School | Highland Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Belleville Township | Belleville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Campbell Elementary School | Metuchen, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape May City | Cape May, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christopher Columbus Middle School | Clifton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copeland Middle School | Hibernia, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Egg Harbor City | Egg Harbor City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| George L Catrambone Elementary School | Long Branch, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glen Ridge Boro | Glen Ridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| High Bridge Borough School Dist (2) | High Bridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Howell Township | Howell, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James Madison Intermediate Elem School | Edison, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jersey City | Jersey City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lake Como Borough | Lake Como, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maywood | Maywood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Medford Township | Medford, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mount Laurel Township | Mount Laurel, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Park Ridge Borough | Park Ridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Paterson City | Paterson, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Penns Grove-Carneys Point Reg Sch Dist | Penns Grove, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plainsboro Township | Plainsboro, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pompton Lakes Borough | Pompton Lakes, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Roselle Park Borough | Roselle Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sayreville Borough | Sayreville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sparta Township | Sparta, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taunton Elementary School | Howell, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Township of Hamilton | Mays Landing, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Warren Township | Warren, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Watchung Elementary School | Montclair, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Whiting Elementary School | Whiting, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woodbridge Township (v) | Woodbridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
8 of 109 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- City of Orange Twp
2023 PSEG MUNI GRANT RECIPIENT - Bloomfield Township
2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS - Tinton Falls Borough
2024 PSEG MUNI & SCHOOL REGRANTS - Camden City Public Schools
2018 GARDINIER SMALL GRANT AWARD - Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County
2023 PSEG SCHOOL GRANT RECIPIENT - Hopewell Valley Regional School District
2022 PSEG SMALL GRANT AWARD
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1 of 109 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | $340,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 12 | $116,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $340,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $380,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sustainable Jersey's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 7718, Ewing, NJ, 08628.
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