About Arnold A Schwartz Foundation
Arnold a Schwartz Foundation’s recorded giving is defined by three large annual grants, each routed to the same Warren, NJ recipient listed as “See Attached” for “Various Charitable Deeds.” The pattern points to flexible discretionary funding rather than a long list of named project grants. Across the latest filings, the foundation gave $248,000 in 2025, $240,000 in 2024, and $231,500 in 2023, all within New Jersey.
The foundation’s public grant program language describes a broader local role in central New Jersey. It says the foundation makes annual competitive grants to nonprofit, non-sectarian organizations principally serving central New Jersey, with support for shelter and food provision, elder care, mental health, and health care. A second annual program focuses on organizations serving the central New Jersey region around Plainfield and Dunellen, with support for elder care, mental health, healthcare, homeless services, education, arts, conservation, rescue squad and emergency services, and domestic violence or physical abuse services.
Taken together, the foundation combines concentrated disbursement patterns with community-oriented grantmaking tied to central New Jersey.
What Arnold A Schwartz Foundation Funds
The foundation’s named program areas show a broad local service orientation rather than a single narrow cause. In basic needs work, its annual grant program supports shelter and food provision for organizations serving central New Jersey.
Health-related funding appears in both program descriptions. The foundation supports elder care, mental health, and health care through its annual grant program, and its annual general grants also cover elder care, mental health, and healthcare for organizations serving the Plainfield and Dunellen area.
It also funds community services beyond health. The annual general grants program includes homeless services, education, arts, conservation, rescue squad and emergency services, and domestic violence or physical abuse services. Those categories show a mix of human services, community support, and civic infrastructure.
How Arnold A Schwartz Foundation Gives
The foundation’s grant sizes cluster tightly around a quarter-million dollars, with a p25 of $235,750, a median of $240,000, and a p75 of $244,000. The recent record shows three annual disbursements rather than a broad set of smaller awards.
The foundation appears to use repeated annual distributions to the same recipient structure, with grants recorded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. It does not make grants to individuals and does not make program-related investments. The active program descriptions also indicate an application-based model: both annual grant programs accept unsolicited applications.