Open Foundations · New Jersey

Citizens Philanthropic Foundation

Short Hills, New Jersey · EIN 562582815. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.1M across 124 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$3.1M
paid in 2024
124
grants paid
$5K
median grant
17%
to first-time recipients
$18.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION
Address
101 JFK PARKWAY, SHORT HILLS, NJ, 07078
Phone
4012823638
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
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 OPOSAL_TYPE_ID=82502
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
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 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS TIME THE FOUNDATION FOCUSES THE MAJORITY OF ITS GIVING IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503149349100240. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

workforce developmenttrainingcenter

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 124 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Year Up IncMA$500,0002025 NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP + ADULT WORKFORCE TALENT IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
2Local Initiatives Support CorporationNY$300,000CBEDCS BROOKLYN YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OFFSHORE WIND JOBS
3Queens Economic Development CorporationNY$300,000SUPPORTING QUEENS NIGHT MARKET SMALL BUSINESSES & VENDORS
4Artists for Humanity IncMA$100,000AFH NYC
5Local Initiatives Support Corporation Ecosystem DevelopmentNJ$100,000ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
6New York Restoration ProjectNY$100,000NYRP & CITIZENS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION 2024 AND 2025 CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP
7Pursuit Transformation Company IncNY$100,000SUPPORT FOR CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF THE PURSUIT FELLOWSHIP UNTIL HIRE
8Urban League of Essex CountyNJ$100,000CLEAN ENERGY CAREERS PREPARATION PROGRAM
9Food Bank for New York CityNY$75,000INCOME TAX PROGRAM (VITA)
10The Oasis Haven for Women & Children IncNJ$75,000EMPOWERING LOW-INCOME MINORITY WOMEN THROUGH THE OASIS WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
11African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey IncNJ$50,000MOBILE ACADEMY PROGRAMS
12American Corporate PartnersNY$50,000VETERAN MENTORING PROGRAM
13Bridge Street Development CorporationNY$50,000MICROSOFT OFFICE CERTIFICATION SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM
14Focus Nj IncNJ$50,000FOCUS NJS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT EXPANSION PROJECT
15Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York IncNY$50,000KCS SMALL BUSINESS DIGITAL MARKETING LITERACY EXPANSION 2025

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202066$168K
2021143$359K
2022240$722K
2023256$2.2M
2024124$3.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New Jersey59%
New York37%
Massachusetts2%
California1%
Pennsylvania1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Chris GrenierSECRETARY · 2024
Dan AstolfiTREASURER · 2024
Domenick CamaMEMBER · 2024
Keri SantosVICE PRESIDENT/DIR. OF CORP GIVING · 2024
Kevin CummingsMEMBER · 2024
Michelle HechtPRESIDENT · 2024
Nuno Dos SantosMEMBER · 2024
Rebecca O'connellMEMBER · 2024
Reza AghamirzadehMEMBER · 2024
Susan LamonicaMEMBER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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