The Summit Foundation
Summit, NJ · EIN 22-1948007. Reported 135 grants totalling $2,891,291 to 75 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 75 distinct organizations, with 8% 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. 43% 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 $14,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,058 and the largest $196,250. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Board of Education | Summit, NJ | $229,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summit Speech School | New Providence, NJ | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc | Hillside, NJ | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sage Eldercare Inc | Summit, NJ | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital Foundation Inc | Mountainside, NJ | $103,785 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Community Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation | Summit, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Department of Community Programs | Summit, NJ | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Summit Area YMCA | Summit, NJ | $89,852 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Connection for Women & Families | Summit, NJ | $81,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Summit | Summit, NJ | $78,647 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overlook Foundation | Summit, NJ | $76,740 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinitas Foundation | Oceanport, NJ | $67,404 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Imagine a Center for Coping With Loss | Mountainside, NJ | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reeves-Reed Arboretum | Summit, NJ | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| P G Chambers School Inc | Cedar Knolls, NJ | $58,117 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridges Outreach Inc | Summit, NJ | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connection for Women and Families Inc | Summit, NJ | $54,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Hope Hospice Inc | Scotch Plains, NJ | $54,085 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grace Giving and Receiving Assistance for Our Communitys Esse | Summit, NJ | $49,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Promise Inc | Summit, NJ | $43,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center Inc | Morristown, NJ | $41,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates (casa) of Union County | Elizabeth, NJ | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Union Inc | Union, NJ | $39,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Summit Park Line Foundation Inc | Summit, NJ | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Contact We Care Inc | Westfield, NJ | $35,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Summit Interfaith Council | Summit, NJ | $33,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Continuo Arts Foundation Inc | Summit, NJ | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Summit Public Art Inc | Summit, NJ | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elevate to Even Plus Incorporated | Summit, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Grief Inc | Morristown, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinitas Health Foundation | Elizabeth, NJ | $29,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Our House Foundation Inc | Murray Hill, NJ | $28,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Eastern Union County | Elizabeth, NJ | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Literacy New Jersey Inc | Edison, NJ | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Empowering Kids Organization Inc | Summit, NJ | $25,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Legion | Summit, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Homes for Heroes Inc | Island Park, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Focus Inc | Wayne, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Interfaith Council | Summit, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Summit Park Line Foundation Inc | Summit, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | Summit, NJ | $23,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Craig School | Mountain Lakes, NJ | $22,120 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Craig School | Mountain Lks, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Street Youth Center Foundation Inc | Plainfield, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Union County College Foundation Inc | Cranford, NJ | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Opportunity Project Inc | Oceanport, NJ | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Kindersmile Foundation | Bloomfield, NJ | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Senior Services Center of the Chathams Inc | Chatham, NJ | $16,520 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Matheny School and Hospital Inc | Peapack, NJ | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for University Hospital a New Jersey Nonprofit Co | Newark, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Promly Support Inc | Morristown, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Summit Football Alumni Association Inc | Summit, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc | Summit, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Fortnightly Club of Summit | Summit, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc | Summit, NJ | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Playhouse Association Incorporated | Summit, NJ | $13,558 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph Social Service Center | Elizabeth, NJ | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Eastern Union County | Kenilworth, NJ | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morris-Union Jointure Commission | New Providence, NJ | $11,970 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pillar Care Continuum Inc | East Hanover, NJ | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Swamp Watershed Association | New Vernon, NJ | $10,018 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Jersey Center for Visual Arts a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Summit, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somerset County Young Mens Christian Association Inc | Basking Ridge, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Madison Nj | Madison, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Bicycle Coalition | Montclair, NJ | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless Inc | Elizabeth, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Homeless Interim Program | Somerville, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Winston School | Short Hills, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Httv Inc | Summit, NJ | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union County College Foundation | Cranford, NJ | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One World One Love a Nj Non-Profit Corporation | Summit, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Adult School of the Chathams Madison & Florham Park | Madison, NJ | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA Camp Ralph S Mason Inc | Hardwick, NJ | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diocese of New Jersey | Trenton, NJ | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
40 of 75 (53%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 of 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $607,230 | $12,485 |
| 2022 | 29 | $699,358 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $853,898 | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $730,805 | $15,000 |
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
99% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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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 $14,000 -- 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 The Summit Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 867, Summit, NJ, 07902.
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