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Who funds science and technology in New Jersey: 58 foundations, $12.8 million in grants
58 private foundations paid 77 grants totaling $12,820,813 to science and technology nonprofits in New Jersey, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation, with $3,550,000 in 1 grant.
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- Cause
- Science and technology
- Recipients in
- New Jersey
- Foundations
- 58
- Grants
- 77
- Total granted
- $12,820,813
Foundations that funded science and technology in New Jersey
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 1 | $3,550,000 | $3,550,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarship the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. | apps.irs.gov |
| Gerard B Lambert Foundation | Harrison, NY | 2 | $1,200,000 | $1,000,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | To support the center for collaborative research | apps.irs.gov |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $1,075,000 | $1,075,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Amplitude Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Quadrivium | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Climate Central Inc | General | apps.irs.gov |
| High Meadows Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $750,000 | $750,000 | Climate Central Inc | Payment to carry on charitable acitities | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $550,000 | $550,000 | Edbuild Inc | To Launch a new initiative, called EdFund, that will commission and curate research from the nation's leading school finance experts so thatadvocates and policymakers are better equipped to shape poli | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $400,000 | $400,000 | Climate Central Inc | Empowering resilience for under-served communities in the face of accelerating sea level threats | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $387,402 | $147,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | Ultra-quantum matter | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ambrose Monell Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | Climate Central Inc | Project support grant to strengthen coastal resilience through accessible research, tools, and outreach. | apps.irs.gov |
| Fernholz Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | School of mathematics | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $225,000 | $225,000 | Climate Central Inc | 82638 supporting partnership journalism to help bolster narratives that emphasize the links between climate change, health, and equity and their impacts | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rao Foundation | Flower Mound, TX | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Climate Central | Unrestricted charitable grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Co2 Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $190,000 | $190,000 | Climate Central Inc | Continuing sea surface temperature attribution modeling, connecting with extreme weather events. / expand our reach to new audiences with webinars, social media, and event-specific tools that will str | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 2 | $160,000 | $100,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | Civic science fellow | apps.irs.gov |
| George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Climate Central | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Climate Central | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hershey Family Foundation Choate Hall & Stewart LLP C Casey | Boston, MA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarshipthe original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. work at | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Climate Central Inc | For general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| William G Rohrer Charitable Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Coriell Institute for Medical Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wolfensohn Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Church & Dwight Philanthropic Foundation Inc | Ewing, NJ | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Climate Central Inc | Preserving The Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Minerva Research Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | Women iniative in mathematics | apps.irs.gov |
| Merck Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Rahway, NJ | 1 | $60,060 | $60,060 | Research & Development Council of New Jersey | Contribution provided | apps.irs.gov |
| Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc | Newark, NJ | 2 | $55,000 | $50,000 | Newark Science and Sustainability | Support the clean energy ambassador training program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Climate Central Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nielsen Foundation Inc | Oldsmar, FL | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Climate Central Inc | To support research helping local u.s. broadcasters better cover extreme weather and climate change | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | Arcadia, CA | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Climate Central | Climate | apps.irs.gov |
| Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Climate Central | Educational and charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Davis & Smith Family Foundation Inc | Bethlehem, PA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Reclam the Bay | Unrestricted support | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiff Charitable Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiger Baron Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Climate Central | General support purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Gutenstein Legacy Foundation Inc Co Stacie Price | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Climate Central | Support towards researchers and reporting the facts about changing climate and its impact on the public | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gutenstein Heritage Foundation | Salem, SC | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Climate Central Inc | To help establish an online platform dedicated to disseminating FloodVision imagery | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Thinking About Thinking Inc | Neuroscience and ai convention 2024 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volo Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Climate Central Inc | Leading scientists and journalists researching and increasing media coverage of climate health | apps.irs.gov |
| Banmarkay Charitable Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | The friends of the institute | apps.irs.gov |
| Philip W Riskin Charitable Foundation Inc | Clifton, NJ | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Oki Foundation | Bellevue, WA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| American Conservation Association Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Climate Central | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward T Cone Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | Operating Expenses | apps.irs.gov |
| L3harris Foundation Inc | Melbourne, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Montclair Society of Engineers | To further the exempt purpose of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| South Wind Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Newark Science and Sustainability Inc | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3) | apps.irs.gov |
| We Rise Foundation Inc | East Brunswick, NJ | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Ucps-Ku-Alumni-Usa Inc | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Klem Family Foundation Inc | Armonk, NY | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Reclam the Bay | General funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Steffens 21St Century Foundation II | New York, NY | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Cold Stream Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Institute for Advanced Study | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Educational Ventures Inc | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Institute for Advanced Study | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering | 2000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle, WA | 14 | $1,726 | $767 | Central Caribbean Marine Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Samuel H Kress Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1,250 | $750 | Institute for Advanced Study | Matching | apps.irs.gov |
| Emmett Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Climate Central | To benefit climate change | apps.irs.gov |
| Solis-Cohen Spigel Family Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Climate Central | To further the organizations mission to communicate the science and effects of climate change | apps.irs.gov |
| The Emry Oxford Foundation Inc | Greenville, MS | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Central Caribbean Marine Institute | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Bank Foundation | Fair Lawn, NJ | 1 | $500 | $500 | Newark Science and Sustainability | Employee sponsored giving - food bank & food insecurity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zod Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $200 | $200 | Climate Central Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $175 | $175 | Climate Central Inc | Matching gifts | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarship the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. | $3,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General purpose | $1,075,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Quadrivium | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | General | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amplitude Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gerard B Lambert Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | To support the center for collaborative research | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Meadows Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Payment to carry on charitable acitities | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Edbuild Inc | Jersey City, NJ | To Launch a new initiative, called EdFund, that will commission and curate research from the nation's leading school finance experts so thatadvocates and policymakers are better equipped to shape poli | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Empowering resilience for under-served communities in the face of accelerating sea level threats | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ambrose Monell Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General purposes | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Project support grant to strengthen coastal resilience through accessible research, tools, and outreach. | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fernholz Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | School of mathematics | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | 82638 supporting partnership journalism to help bolster narratives that emphasize the links between climate change, health, and equity and their impacts | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rao Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | Unrestricted charitable grant | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gerard B Lambert Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | To support the field of near eastern and islamic studies in the school of historical studies | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Co2 Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Continuing sea surface temperature attribution modeling, connecting with extreme weather events. / expand our reach to new audiences with webinars, social media, and event-specific tools that will str | $190,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Ultra-quantum matter | $147,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Simons collaboration on perfection in algebra, geometry, and topology | $130,170 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Simons collaboration on celestial holography | $110,232 | apps.irs.gov |
| George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | General | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | General | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | For general operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William G Rohrer Charitable Foundation | Coriell Institute for Medical Research | Camden, NJ | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hershey Family Foundation Choate Hall & Stewart LLP C Casey | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarshipthe original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. work at | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Civic science fellow | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wolfensohn Family Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General purposes | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Church & Dwight Philanthropic Foundation Inc | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Preserving The Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Minerva Research Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Women iniative in mathematics | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Merck Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Research & Development Council of New Jersey | Chatham, NJ | Contribution provided | $60,060 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | Civic science fellow | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nielsen Foundation Inc | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | To support research helping local u.s. broadcasters better cover extreme weather and climate change | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | General support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc | Newark Science and Sustainability | Newark, NJ | Support the clean energy ambassador training program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | Climate | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation Inc | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | Educational and charitable | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiff Charitable Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Davis & Smith Family Foundation Inc | Reclam the Bay | Toms River, NJ | Unrestricted support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiger Baron Foundation Inc | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | General support purposes | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gutenstein Legacy Foundation Inc Co Stacie Price | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | Support towards researchers and reporting the facts about changing climate and its impact on the public | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gutenstein Heritage Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | To help establish an online platform dedicated to disseminating FloodVision imagery | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volo Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Leading scientists and journalists researching and increasing media coverage of climate health | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kavli Foundation | Thinking About Thinking Inc | Princeton, NJ | Neuroscience and ai convention 2024 | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Banmarkay Charitable Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | The friends of the institute | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Oki Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Philip W Riskin Charitable Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Charity | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Conservation Association Inc | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward T Cone Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Operating Expenses | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| L3harris Foundation Inc | Montclair Society of Engineers | Montclair, NJ | To further the exempt purpose of the organization | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc | Newark Science and Sustainability | Newark, NJ | Capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Wind Foundation | Newark Science and Sustainability Inc | Newark, NJ | To help activities of var public char inst which are exempt under 501 (c)(3) | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| We Rise Foundation Inc | Ucps-Ku-Alumni-Usa Inc | Monroe TWP, NJ | Donation | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steffens 21St Century Foundation II | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Klem Family Foundation Inc | Reclam the Bay | Toms River, NJ | General funds | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cold Stream Foundation Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General contribution | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering | Princeton, NJ | 2000 | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Educational Ventures Inc | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General support | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Emry Oxford Foundation Inc | Central Caribbean Marine Institute | Princeton, NJ | Charity | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Solis-Cohen Spigel Family Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | To further the organizations mission to communicate the science and effects of climate change | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emmett Foundation | Climate Central | Princeton, NJ | To benefit climate change | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Central Caribbean Marine Institute Inc | Princeton, NJ | General support | $767 | apps.irs.gov |
| Samuel H Kress Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Matching | $750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Samuel H Kress Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | Matching | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Bank Foundation | Newark Science and Sustainability | Newark, NJ | Employee sponsored giving - food bank & food insecurity | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | General support | $310 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zod Family Foundation | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | General & Unrestricted | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | New Jersey Astronomical Association Inc | High Bridge, NJ | General support | $197 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | Climate Central Inc | Princeton, NJ | Matching gifts | $175 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | South Jersey Dream Center Inc | West Deptford, NJ | General support | $89 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Distributed Proofreaders Foundation | Marlton, NJ | General support | $70 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Coriell Institute for Medical Research Inc | Camden, NJ | General support | $63 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | General support | $46 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering | North Bergen, NJ | General support | $45 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Ksea New York Metropolitan Chapter | Ridgefield, NJ | General support | $31 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Livingston High School Class of 1980 Scholarship Fund | Hampton, NJ | General support | $28 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Focus Fusion Society | Middlesex, NJ | General support | $26 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Association of Global Intelligent Science and Technology | Cherry Hill, NJ | General support | $22 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Newark Science and Sustainability | Newark, NJ | General support | $16 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | The Electrochemical Society | Pennington, NJ | General support | $16 | apps.irs.gov |
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Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.