New Jersey Health Foundation

What New Jersey Health Foundation does

New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) is a Princeton, New Jersey-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2002 that provides research grants of up to $50,000 and community health, behavioral health, social science, social service, and education grants of up to $35,000 to full-time clinicians, faculty members, and personnel at nine affiliated New Jersey healthcare systems and universities. Its core products are two distinct grant programs — one for early-stage research with potential to qualify for larger downstream funding, and a second for health-related community and social projects — together with endowment management services covering more than 300 donor-directed funds that distribute annually to health research, education programs, and scholarships. NJHF operates as part of a three-entity family of companies alongside the Foundation for Health Advancement (which provides follow-on innovation grants) and Foundation Venture Capital Group (which provides venture funding), creating a staged pipeline from early research through commercialization.

NJHF is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Dean Janeway (retired President/COO of Wakefern Food Corporation) and led day-to-day by President and CEO James M. Golubieski, supported by a nine-person staff that includes Vice Presidents, a CFO, venture associates, and a program and finance administrator. The foundation does not sell products or services; its revenue model is donations and endowment management, with no disclosed pricing, revenue figures, or headcount growth beyond the stated 1-10 employee range. Distribution is entirely direct, through annual grant application cycles restricted to the closed set of affiliated organizations, and there is no commercial go-to-market motion. The foundation explicitly disclaims a technology platform — its core activity is capital allocation to advance health-related research and innovation in New Jersey, not product development.

Name

New Jersey Health Foundation

Legal name

New Jersey Health Foundation

Website

https://njhealthfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Jersey Health Foundation is a Princeton-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides research grants (up to $50K) and community health/social service grants (up to $35K) to clinicians and faculty at nine affiliated New Jersey healthcare systems and universities, while managing 300+ donor-directed endowments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Health Grant Funding

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Research grant funding
• Nonprofit health grants
• Community health funding
• Endowment management services
• Health innovation grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Endowment Management: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, New Jersey Health Foundation receives donations and manages more than 300 endowments that provide annual distributions to support donor-directed health research, education programs, and scholarships. The foundation supports research/community health and social service programs through its Annual Grant Program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

New Jersey Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides research grants of up to $50,000 for early-stage health research projects and community health, behavioral health, social science, social service and education grants of up to $35,000 to eligible clinicians, faculty, and personnel at affiliated New Jersey organizations. The foundation also manages more than 300 endowments that provide annual distributions to support donor-directed health research, education programs, and scholarships, and operates as part of a family of companies alongside Foundation for Health Advancement and Foundation Venture Capital Group.

Product overview

New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) operates as a nonprofit grant-making organization that provides financial support for health-related research and innovation in New Jersey. The organization offers two primary grant programs: Research Grants of up to $50,000 for early-stage research projects, and Community Health, Behavioral Health and Social Science, Social Service and Education Grants of up to $35,000 for health-related community and social projects. NJHF also manages an endowment portfolio of over 300 funds that provide annual distributions for donor-directed research and scholarships. As part of a family of companies including Foundation for Health Advancement and Foundation Venture Capital Group, NJHF provides a pathway from early research funding through to commercialization support. Related services include Innovation Grants through the Foundation for Health Advancement for follow-on funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Grants

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Foundation for Health AdvancementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the same family of companies committed to supporting development of health-related research and start-up companies in New Jersey. Provides innovation grants as often follow-on funding to research grants from NJHF. Offers the Innovation Grants Program advancing health-related research and innovation.
• Foundation Venture Capital GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the same family of companies committed to supporting development of health-related research and start-up companies in New Jersey. Provides impact investing in New Jersey's growing health-related technology industry. Offers venture funding for researchers looking to start companies following initial NJHF grants.
• Cooper University Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Cooper University Health Care are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Hackensack Meridian HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Hackensack Meridian Health are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Kessler FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Kessler Foundation are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• New Jersey Institute of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of NJIT are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Princeton UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Princeton University are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Rowan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Rowan University are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Rutgers UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Rutgers University are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• University HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of University Hospital are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.
• Virtua HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization through Affiliation Agreement. Employees of Virtua Health are eligible to apply for research grants, community health grants, and innovation grants from NJHF and its related organizations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Healthcare Georgia Foundation: Statewide Georgia foundation dedicated to advancing health and health equity through grants to nonprofits. Comparable regional health grantmaking model, with similar concentration on a single state's ecosystem of academic and community health partners.
• California Health Care Foundation: Large California-focused health philanthropy funding research, community health, and innovation in California's health ecosystem. Directly comparable in structure and mission but serves a different geographic market than NJHF's NJ footprint.
• Missouri Foundation for Health: Large state-focused health philanthropy serving Missouri residents through research grants, community health programs, and policy work. Closely comparable regional model to NJHF's NJ-restricted grantmaking but at significantly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey: Millburn, NJ-based private foundation funding health and health-related programs for vulnerable populations in New Jersey. Closest direct peer given matching NJ geographic focus and health grantmaking mission.
• Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation: National foundation dedicated to improving health professions education and serving as a convener in health professions. Highly comparable as a health-focused grantmaking foundation funding research, education, and scholarships with a similar endowment-driven model.
• Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation: Connecticut-based private foundation funding innovative medical and health-related research with a strong focus on early-stage investigators. Closely comparable as an early-stage health research bridge funder serving a defined regional academic network.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: One of the largest U.S. health-focused grantmaking foundations, also based in Princeton, NJ. Directly comparable as a health research and community health grantmaker operating in the same geography, but operates at vastly greater scale across all 50 states.
• The Commonwealth Fund: National foundation supporting independent research on health policy and practice. Comparable as a health research grantmaker, but operates at national scale and focuses on policy rather than direct biomedical research seed funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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