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Nonprofits in New Jersey

The IRS recognises 53,634 tax-exempt organizations with a New Jersey address, rank 12 of 51. 4,097 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

53,634
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
45,409
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
4,097
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
564.5
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$112,089,956,656
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
2.7%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in New Jersey by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC$8,846,442,863
2RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH INC$7,777,256,607
3ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC$4,763,861,023
4SANOFI-AVENTIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$4,149,829,881
5NOVARTIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$3,382,906,509
6PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$3,208,577,000
7JPMORGAN CHASE VEBA TRUST FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES$2,864,820,791
8BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC$2,723,409,730
9COOPER HEALTH SYSTEM A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION$2,550,029,191
10RWJBH CORPORATE SERVICES INC$2,184,226,025
11MERCK PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC$1,911,974,863
12BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC$1,834,646,034
13BAYER US PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$1,527,742,813
14INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTERS INC$1,290,785,441
15CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC$1,285,510,632

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in New Jersey by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$45,858,792,000
2ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION$13,417,636,452
3RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH INC$9,708,652,084
4HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC$7,606,228,788
5ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC$6,325,798,605
6RWJBH CORPORATE SERVICES INC$5,731,823,970
7HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC$4,895,821,663
8VIRTU-WEST JERSEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC$3,195,021,072
9COOPER HEALTH SYSTEM A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION$2,736,559,069
10VALLEY HOSPITAL INC$2,453,447,464

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in New Jersey by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC$13,541,590
2HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC$13,541,590
3RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH INC$13,421,339
4RWJBH CORPORATE SERVICES INC$13,421,339
5SAINT BARNABAS OUTPATIENT CENTERS$13,421,339
6VNA HEALTH GROUP OF NEW JERSEY LLC$13,421,339
7ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC$11,531,308
8VALLEY HOSPITAL INC$6,647,856
9BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC$5,516,084
10PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$4,722,776

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in New Jersey by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations654
Education507
Human Services447
Health Care284
Religion-Related140
Housing and Shelter134
Arts, Culture and Humanities112
Community Improvement and Capacity Building101
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention81
Recreation and Sports75

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of New Jersey by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
11Virginia54,196
13Indiana44,354

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Compared with Indiana.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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