Foundations that fund food programs in New Jersey
These 25 foundations made grants to food programs in New Jersey in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Oceanfirst Foundation
- $10,000 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: Board matching gift
- $7,500 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc, Hillside: General operating/flexible support grant
- $7,500 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: General operating/flexible support grant
How to apply: Oceanfirst foundation concentrates its grant making on four core priority areas: health and wellness, housing, improving quality of life and youth development and education. In addition, grants are made to support emerging community needs and special initiatives consistent with...
Deadlines: Deadlines vary for each funding program.
Restrictions: Applicants must provide services within the oceanfirst footprint and have 501(c)(3) tax exempt status with the irs. Applicants should be registered in new jersey as a charity and perform a certified annual audit, if required. The...
Columbia Bank Foundation
- $10,000 to Table To Table, Saddle Brook: Employee sponsored giving - food banks
- $10,000 to Table To Table, Hasbrouck Heights: Innovating and amplifying food rescue in northern new jersey
- $5,000 to Table To Table, Saddle Brook: 25th anniversary chefs gala, 9/25/2024, silver sponsor
How to apply: See attached guidelines.
Deadlines: See attached guidelines.
Restrictions: See attached guidelines.
The Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation Inc
- $30,000 to Nourish Nj Inc, Morristown: General operating support
- $20,000 to Interfaith Food Pantry Inc, Morris Plains: Help close food insecurity gap in morris county
- $10,000 to Table To Table Inc, Saddle Brook: Expansion into morris county
How to apply: See www.mwstarrettfoundation.org
Deadlines: See www.mwstarrettfoundation.org
Restrictions: See www.mwstarrettfoundation.org
The Provident Bank Foundation
- $15,000 to Interfaith Food Pantry Inc, Morris Plains: Healthy food for expanding marketplaces and mobile networks
- $15,000 to Lunch Break Inc, Red Bank: Client choice pantry
- $12,500 to Move for Hunger, Neptune: Bridging the gap between hunger and food waste
How to apply: If your organization is seeking a grant, the best place to start is to review pbf grant guidelines. Please refer to www.theprovidentbankfoundation.org for information. If you have questions, contact the pbf office at foundation@provident.bank to schedule a time to review your...
Deadlines: Please refer to details indicated on www.theprovidentbankfoundation.org in the application section.
Restrictions: Organizations seeking funding from the provident bank foundation must be certified as a tax exempt public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and classified as not a private foundation" under section 509(a)(1) or...
The Stone Foundation of New Jersey
- $28,000 to Lunch Break Inc, Red Bank: General operating support
- $8,000 to Lunch Break Inc, Red Bank: Self-determination program
- $5,000 to Move for Hunger, Neptune: General operating support
How to apply: For 25 years, stone foundation has been guided by our founder's care for community. In honor of her values, we seek to support collaborative efforts that drive racial and economic justice and help to create vibrant and whole communities where the people who live there can...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- $6,792 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc, Hillside: Matching gifts
- $5,000 to Outdoor Equity Alliance, West Windsor: Matching gifts
- $4,000 to T A S K, Trenton: Matching gifts
How to apply: Most of rwjf's grants are made through targeted grant programs and funding partnerships. Rwjf's funding priorities and calls for proposals are described on www.rwjf.org.
Deadlines: No deadlines, except when foundation issues a call for proposal (cfp) or request for proposal (rfp).
Restrictions: Rwjf is dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We are a national philanthropy that advances transformative systems...
Big G Charitable Foundation Corp
- $5,000 to Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains: Charitable purpose
- $5,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Hillside: Charitable purpose
- $5,000 to Nourish Nj, Morristown: Charitable purpose
How to apply: Write or call for grant application.
New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc
- $2,500 to Interfaith Food Pantry Inc, Morris Plains: Human services
- $2,000 to Move for Hunger Inc, Neptune: Human services
- $1,500 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: Human services
How to apply: Request letter with the organization's ein, charitable purpose, and a description of the anticipated purpose of grant money requested.
Restrictions: 501(c)(3) organizations located in new jersey.
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Inc
- $25,000 to Table To Table Inc, Saddle Brook: Food equity for newarks most vulnerable populations
- $22,500 to Table To Table Inc, Saddle Brook: Food equity for newarks most vulnerable populations
How to apply: Application should be made online.
Restrictions: Awards are primarily directed to healthcare related needs of newark nj and surrounding low-income communities and the jewish communities of metrowest nj (essex, morris and union counties).
The Tyler Foundation
- $15,000 to Food Bank of Somerset County Inc, Bound Brook: General support
- $12,000 to Nourish Nj, Dover: Food bank
How to apply: Please reference the name of the trust in all communications
Deadlines: 08/31
Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc
- $10,000 to Outdoor Equity Alliance, West Windsor: General operating support
- $2,500 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: General operating support
How to apply: See www.grdodge.org
Deadlines: See www.grdodge.org
Restrictions: See www.grdodge.org
Kearnybank Foundation Inc
- $8,000 to Table To Table Inc, Saddle Brook: Community
- $2,500 to Community Services Inc of Ocean County, Manahawkin: Community
How to apply: For an application please visit https://www.kearnybank.com/kearny-bank-foundation.aspx
Restrictions: The organization applying must be a public charity as defined under the internal revenue code and meet application regulations. The organization must be located in bergen, essex, hudson, middlesex, morris, monmouth, ocean, passaic or union...
The William Gross Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Mandel Fekete & Bloom Cpas
- $5,000 to Love Thy Neighbor, Long Branch: Donation for general use
- $5,000 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: Donation for general use
How to apply: No specific form is required.
Deadlines: There are no submission deadlines.
Restrictions: There are no restrictions or limitations on awards.
Robert & Joan Dircks Foundation Inc
- $5,000 to Table To Table, Saddle Brook: Deliver fresh food to people in new jersey that struggle with food insecurity
- $1,000 to Each Stitch Counts, Toms River: Providing food pantries
How to apply: The application process is as follows: step 1: determine eligibility by viewing funding guidelines at the robert and joan dircks foundation's web site at www.dircksfoundation.org step 2: the applicant will complete the application and forward it, with information requested, to...
Restrictions: Funding guidelines: the robert and joan dircks foundation focuses on programs that provide opportunities to children and individuals who are physically, mentally or economically disadvantaged. The foundation concentrates on small...
The Knight Family Charitable Foundation Inc
- $75,000 to Table To Table, Hasbrouk Heights: Support for table to table mission
How to apply: Contact for information
Margaret A Darrin Charitable Trust C/O Michael T Hanifin
- $50,000 to Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains: To further advance the organizations charitable purpose
How to apply: Brief letter describing charity and purpose of contribution
Deadlines: The foundation does not have a submission deadline for applications
Restrictions: The foundation does not have limitation on awards
David and Marilyn Krupnick Foundation C/O Andrew Kushner
- $30,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Hillside: Mobile pantry
How to apply: A request by letter to the foundation's address above including the amount requested, purpose of request, and acknowledgment of approved 501(c)(3) status.
Deadlines: Annually by february 28 annually by february 28
Restrictions: Awards are made for charitable purposes benefiting children, education and welfare organizations in the southern new jersey area.
Td Charitable Foundation
- $25,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Hillside: Workforce development programs
How to apply: Grant applications are accessible soley via the internet. The web address to access grant applications is: https://www.tdbank.com/corporate-responsibility/the-ready-commitment/funding -opportunities/
Restrictions: Organization must be a 501(c)(3) public charity. Organization must be located in a state with a td bank, na branch. The foundation will award only one grant to any program within one calendar year. Grants cannot be made to/for the...
Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc, Hillside: Workforce development programs
How to apply: Https://www.citizensbank.com/community/corporate-giving.aspx organizations seeking funding from the citizens philanthropic foundation must submit a preliminary application at this site: https://www.cybergrants.com/pls/cybergrants/ao_login.login?x_gm_id=2153&x_pr...
Restrictions: The citizens philanthropic foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are addressing the bank's primary giving areas of fighting hunger, fostering financial empowerment and strengthening communities through economic and...
The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd Llp
- $25,000 to Lunch Break, Red Bank: General operating support
How to apply: Nonprofit organizations based in new york city and northern new jersey that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and fall within the program areas of the foundation are welcome to submit an inquiry or proposal letter by email to...
Deadlines: There are no submission deadlines.
Restrictions: The foundation generally does not make grants for the following purposes or program areas: -nonprofit organizations outside of new york and new jersey -annual appeals, dinner functions, and fundraising events -endowments and capital...
Turrell Fund
- $22,000 to Bethany Cares, Newark: Program support
How to apply: All grant applications must be submitted on-line. The following attachments are to be included with the grant application: irs determination letter of the organization (tax exemption) form 990 for the most recent year available organization's operating budget for the coming year...
Deadlines: February 1 and august 1
Restrictions: Grants are given to organizations in new jersey (union, essex, hudson passaic counties) & vermont.
The Concordia Foundation C/O Ellin and Tucker
- $21,250 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Egg Harbor Township: General purposes
How to apply: See attached guidelines
Deadlines: See attached guidelines
Restrictions: See attached guidelines
Welsh Family Foundation Inc C/O Patrick Welsh
- $20,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Egg Harbor Township: Unrestricted
How to apply: Contact the foundation to receive information on the format to submit applications.
Messner Foundation Inc C/O Richard King Jr
- $20,000 to Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Hillside: Support cause
How to apply: Letter indicating charitable purpose
Willis & Nancy King Fdn
- $15,000 to Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains: Unrestricted general
How to apply: By formal proposal
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