New Jersey Organizing Project is a left-of-center advocacy group based in the state of New Jersey. It advocates for taxpayer-funded health care and environmentalist climate change initiatives and endorses Democratic political candidates. ^{1 2}

While the group claims to be powered by grassroots organizers, it receives funding from major Washington, D.C.-based interest groups, including the Tides Foundation and the Arabella Advisors-managed Sixteen Thirty Fund. ³

Activities

New Jersey Organizing Project runs several advocacy campaigns in the areas of environmentalism, healthcare, and voter mobilization. ⁴

In October 2020, New Jersey Organizing Project endorsed incumbent U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) in his successful campaign to represent New Jersey’s 3^rd district. Kim has used New Jersey Organizing Project’s advocacy on the drug overdose crisis to inform his congressional legislation. He has also aligned with the group’s advocacy for the Affordable Care Act and against Medicaid cuts. ⁵

Financials

In 2022, New Jersey Organizing Project reported revenue of $254,097, expenses of $219,581, and assets of $57,610. That year, it spent $70,000 on grants to affiliates, $12,578 on communication, $5,057 on printing, $1,789 on dues and subscriptions, and $40,922 on salaries and wages. ⁶

Funding

In 2018, New Jersey Organizing Project received $25,000 from New Jersey Citizen Action, a left-of-center voter mobilization group. ⁷

In 2018, the Washington, D.C.-based Tides Foundation gave New Jersey Organizing Project $8,000. ⁸ In 2019, Sixteen Thirty Fund, an advocacy group managed by Arabella Advisors, gave the group $25,000. ⁹

In 2022, New Jersey Organizing Project received $172,000 from Working Families Organization, an affiliate of the union-funded and union-aligned left-wing Working Families Party. ¹⁰ It received $107,000 from that group in 2021, and $100,000 in 2020. ^{11 12}

In 2022, New Jersey Organizing Project received $20,000 from Illinois-based political group People’s Action. ¹³

1. “All Campaigns.” New Jersey Organizing Project. Accessed March 17, 2024. https://newjerseyop.org/all-campaigns/.
2. “We Endorse Congressman Kim for CD3!” New Jersey Organizing Project. Accessed March 16, 2024. https://newjerseyop.org/we-endorse-congressman-kim-for-cd3/.
3. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Sixteen Thirty Fund. 2018. Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
4. “All Campaigns.” New Jersey Organizing Project. Accessed March 17, 2024. https://newjerseyop.org/all-campaigns/.
5. “We Endorse Congressman Kim for CD3!” New Jersey Organizing Project. Accessed March 16, 2024. https://newjerseyop.org/we-endorse-congressman-kim-for-cd3/.
6.  Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). New Jersey Organizing Project. 2022. Part I, lines 12, 18, 22.
7. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). New Jersey Citizen Action. 2018. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
8. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Tides Foundation. 2018. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
9. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Sixteen Thirty Fund. 2018. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
10. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Working Families Organization. 2022. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
11. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Working Families Organization. 2021. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
12. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Working Families Organization. 2020. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.
13. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). People’s Action. 2022. Schedule I Part II, Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments.