About Victoria Foundation
Victoria Foundation Inc appears to operate primarily as a grantmaking vehicle focused on supporting a donor-advised fund housed at a local community foundation. The single reported grant is a large, unrestricted transfer to the Community Foundation of New Jersey to endow or seed the Victoria Foundation donor-advised fund, suggesting its charitable activity is executed through that intermediary rather than direct program grants. The foundation’s giving is locally oriented to New Jersey and structured to enable future flexible, donor-directed grants through the community foundation.
Focus Areas
Establishing and funding a donor-advised fund at a New Jersey community foundationLocal/Newark–area community philanthropy via intermediary grantmakingGeneral-purpose charitable endowment to support future donor-directed grants
Who They Fund
Newark residents and neighborhood communities (including South Ward)youth and young adults (including summer employment participants)boys and young men of colorBIPOC-led artists and small-to-mid-sized arts nonprofits
About Victoria Foundation
Victoria Foundation Inc’s grantmaking is anchored in Newark community power, with large awards repeatedly directed to organizations working on housing advocacy, neighborhood stabilization, and local self-determination. A defining feature is its use of a donor-advised fund housed at the Community Foundation of New Jersey: the largest reported grant, $1.7 million in 2023, went to that intermediary to support the Victoria Foundation donor advised fund. From there, the foundation has backed local groups through substantial operating support and initiative funding. Recent awards include $600,000 to Newark Community Street Team for phase two of Newark Stays, a citywide organizing and advocacy effort focused on housing issues, and $500,000 each to Ironbound Community Corporation and New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc as Victoria Foundation Centennial Impact Awards for general operations. The pattern suggests a funder that channels significant resources to Newark institutions while also using a community-foundation structure to house flexible philanthropic capital. Its giving is closely tied to Newark-based priorities, especially organizations positioned to address intergenerational poverty, inequality, and neighborhood change.
What Victoria Foundation Funds
Housing organizing appears prominently in the foundation’s recent grants. In 2024, Newark Community Street Team received $600,000 to expand Newark Stays into a citywide organizing and advocacy effort focused on housing issues. Neighborhood-led place-based work also shows up through the Thriving Neighborhoods Initiative, including a $350,000 grant to the Community Foundation of New Jersey to support that fund and a $250,000 grant to Local Initiatives Support Corporation for the initiative at LISC Newark. The foundation also supports community development groups through operating aid. New Community Corporation received $400,000 in 2023, $400,000 in 2024, and $400,000 in 2025 for general operations, while Unified Vailsburg Services received $300,000 in 2024 to address short-term cashflow gaps and immediate operating needs. Arts and culture are present as well: New Jersey Performing Arts Center received $300,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general operations.
How Victoria Foundation Gives
Victoria Foundation Inc’s typical grant size centers on mid-six-figure awards, with the grant-size distribution at p25 $30,000, median $45,000, and p75 $75,000. The recent-grants record also includes repeated support for the same organizations across multiple years, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. New Community Corporation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Ironbound Community Corporation and Unified Vailsburg Services also recur across years. The foundation is classified as a mixed community foundation, and the reported structure includes a donor-advised fund. It funds individuals and appears to operate through local, priority-driven grantmaking rather than an open unsolicited application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.8M
Total Assets
$334.7M
Total Revenue
$19.6M
Total Expenses
$17.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $75K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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