Victoria Foundation

• Victoria Foundation funds work in Newark that builds community power, advances economic justice, supports youth self-determination and responds to pressing needs, so nonprofits working outside these themes or outside Newark are unlikely to fit.
• It does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants by invitation only, so a direct application without prior contact will not succeed; its approach is grounded in relationships with residents, leaders and organisations cultivated over time and trust, so building that relationship first is the realistic way in.
• A sensible request size is modest: about eight in ten of its 329 grants to organisations fall between $15,000 and $150,000, with a median grant of $45,000, and half of its grants were $45,000 or less.
• It looks relationship-led rather than open-competition, since 90% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded the previous year, though that is a share of dollars rather than of the number of grants made.
• Organisations whose work is statewide land conservation or direct land acquisition should not apply, as the foundation states it does not fund this.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Newark Community Street Team · To support phase two of newark stays expansion into a citywide organizing and advocacy efforts focused on housing issues
  $600,0002023 tax year
• New Community Corporation · To support general operations
  $400,0002023 tax year
• Community Foundation of New Jersey · To support the thriving neighborhoods initiative fund
  $350,0002023 tax year
• La Casa de Don Pedro · To support general operations
  $300,0002023 tax year
• Unified Vailsburg Services · To be used to address short-term cashflow gaps for immediate needs including payroll and other operating costs
  $300,0002023 tax year
• New Jersey Performing Arts Center · To support general operations
  $300,0002023 tax year
• Ironbound Community Corporation · To support general operations
  $250,0002023 tax year
• Unified Vailsburg Services · To support general operations
  $250,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.