About New Jersey Audubon Society
Inspire and empower people to care for nature throughout New Jersey and beyond.
Focus Areas
ConservationEnvironmental educationResearch and monitoringStewardship and habitat restorationAdvocacyCitizen scienceBirding and wildlife monitoringPublic programs and community engagement
Who They Fund
statewide membersNew Jersey residents
Funding Style
membership-supportedprivately supported
About New Jersey Audubon Society
A single organization accounted for nearly all of the foundation’s 2025 giving: Monmouth Conservation Foundation received $1,526,867 for open space, with a second $50,000 grant to the same recipient in the same year. That pattern fits New Jersey Audubon Society’s local footprint and its statewide mission to inspire and empower people to care for nature throughout New Jersey and beyond. The foundation’s work centers on conservation, environmental education, research and monitoring, stewardship and habitat restoration, advocacy, citizen science, birding and wildlife monitoring, and public programs and community engagement. Its grant activity is concentrated in New Jersey, and the recent record shows support directed to a New Jersey land-conservation partner rather than a broad multi-state roster. The organization also operates a named Watershed Restoration and Community Empowerment Program, which points to a practical emphasis on restoration and resilience alongside community engagement. In the current grant record, the most visible pattern is sustained support for open space through a local conservation organization, consistent with a funder that combines habitat-related work with public-facing nature engagement.
What New Jersey Audubon Society Funds
The foundation’s program map is broad, but the grant record shows how that mission translates into practice. For open space protection, New Jersey Audubon Society awarded $1,526,867 to Monmouth Conservation Foundation in Lincroft, New Jersey. That grant anchors the land-conservation side of its work. A second open space grant of $50,000 to the same organization shows continued support for the same priority in the same year. Beyond land conservation, the organization’s stated focus areas include conservation, environmental education, research and monitoring, stewardship and habitat restoration, advocacy, citizen science, birding and wildlife monitoring, and public programs and community engagement. The active Watershed Restoration and Community Empowerment Program adds another layer: it is funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and invites proposals from partner organizations for community-based restoration and resilience projects in New Jersey.
How New Jersey Audubon Society Gives
The typical grant size is substantial: the 25th percentile is $419,217, the median is $788,434, and the 75th percentile is $1,157,650. The recent record shows repeated support to the same recipient in the same year, indicating that some grantmaking is multi-award rather than strictly one-and-done. New Jersey Audubon Society is a not-for-profit, privately supported organization that does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its active watershed program accepts unsolicited proposals from partner organizations, which is a direct application pathway within that initiative. The grant record provided here is entirely local and entirely in New Jersey.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.6M
Total Assets
$38.1M
Total Revenue
$8.5M
Total Expenses
$7.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $419K and $1.2M, with a median of $788K.
25th Percentile
$419K
Median
$788K
75th Percentile
$1.2M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Alex Ireland
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