Isles
ActivePublic CharityHousing & ShelterFunds Individuals
About Isles
To foster self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities by designing and delivering services (training, housing/real estate, financial services, environmental health) and sharing learnings with others.
Focus Areas
Community developmentAffordable housing and real estate developmentWorkforce development and educationFinancial capability and lendingEnvironmental health and weatherizationUrban agriculture and food accessYouth services and violence prevention
Who They Fund
downtown small business owners / entrepreneurscreative artists and cultural organizationslocal residents benefiting from healthy housingtransportation service users / community outreach recipients
About Isles
Isles Inc backs place-based work in Trenton and nearby New Jersey communities through a mix of community development, housing, small business support, and resident services. A large 2025 award of $150,000 to 120 East State St for PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NRTC/DTTN 2024 points to its role in downtown revitalization and technical support, while a separate $131,988 transportation-services grant to Circuit Transit Inc shows that mobility is part of the portfolio as well. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches community-facing organizations such as New Jersey Shares Inc, which received $89,000 for an outreach program in 2023, and Trenton Health Team Inc, which received $31,322 for DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS the same year. Those awards fit the foundation’s stated aim of fostering self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities through training, housing and real estate, financial services, environmental health, and shared learning. Recent grants also include support for downtown business incubators, facade improvements, creative activities, and healthy housing, suggesting a practical emphasis on projects that change conditions in specific neighborhoods rather than broad unrestricted giving.
What Isles Funds
Community development appears across both neighborhood-facing organizations and business support. Trenton Realty Investments LLC received $16,708 in 2025 for a DOWNTOWN BUSINESS INCUBATOR, and Trenton Downtown Association received $7,945 for downtown business support tied to facade improvement reimbursement. In affordable housing and healthy housing, Community Loan Fund of New Jersey Inc was awarded $10,000 in 2023 for a healthy housing grant, aligning with the foundation’s housing and environmental health priorities. Workforce and resident engagement show up through the $20,000 DCA TRAINING grant to Borough of Farmingdale in 2025 and the $89,000 outreach program grant to New Jersey Shares Inc in 2023. Arts and culture are also part of the mix: Artworks Trenton received $8,000 for an AAN mural panel sponsorship, and Passage Theatre Company received $22,000 for OTN creative activities support.
How Isles Gives
Typical grants are relatively small to mid-sized: the 25th percentile is $7,450, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $21,811. The recent list shows both one-off awards and repeated support for the same themes in different years, especially downtown business support, creative activities, and small business grants. Isles Inc is a public charity and also funds individuals. The pattern includes project-specific support, reimbursement-style facade work, and capacity-building or training grants, which suggests a hands-on grantmaking model rather than broad unrestricted funding. Applications are not described in the provided data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$448K
Total Assets
$24.8M
Total Revenue
$12.9M
Total Expenses
$15.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $22K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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