Community Asset Preservation Corporation

Public charity · Grantmaker New Brunswick, NJ EIN: 26-4008074

To stabilize neighborhoods and protect households susceptible to mortgage foreclosures, to return vacant foreclosed property to productive reuse, both efficiently and equitably, and to increase the availability of affordable housing.

Community Asset Preservation Corporation at a glance

Total assets
$52,580,825
-25.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$10,149,432
-19.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$7,476,590
+10.2% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$6,337,657
-65.7% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Community Asset Preservation Corporation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K1$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

New BrunswickDavieMontclairNewark

How Community Asset Preservation Corporation gives

  • Giving fell 90% from 2020 to 2023. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600KTotal only2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2022) to $578K (2019). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $40K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Essex Community Land Trust Inc Montclair, NJShared Equity Initiative Grant$30,000
Parramore Asset Stabilization Fund New Brunswick, NJGeneral Fund$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$52,580,825$10,149,432$6,337,657——$7,476,590
2024$70,380,749$12,532,772$18,452,484——$6,783,612
2023$80,382,256$4,257,789$5,880,229$40,0002$-1,195,641
2022$74,988,082$5,569,179$5,097,688$25,0001$2,273,718
2021$76,386,881$10,061,952$5,607,378$200,0002$1,236,992
2020$64,186,538$6,263,824$6,341,111$385,0002$1,686,878
2019$78,479,388$4,464,576$5,462,329$577,500Total only$751,470

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Community Asset Preservation Corporation

Based on IRS filings

Community Asset Preservation Corporation is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in New Brunswick, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $52.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $7.5M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Community Asset Preservation Corporation is led by Bernel Hall, President & Chief Executive Officer since 2024 (on filings since 2022); none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bernel Hall

    President & Chief Executive Officer

    President & CEO → President & Chief Executive Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gregg B. Gunselman

    Board Chair

    Board Treasurer → Board Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Johnson

    Managing Director & Real Estate

    On filings since 2022

    49 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher Giametta

    Director & Construction

    Director of Construction Svcs → Director of Construction Services, 2023

    Director of Construction Services → Director & Construction, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle E. Richardson

    Board Director

    Board Vice Chair → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Board Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle M. Rosen

    Director of Operations & Capc

    Director → Director of Operations & Capc, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evan Weiss

    Board Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lyneir Richardson

    Board Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sabrina N. Conyers

    Board Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aqualine Suliali

    Director Financial Asset Management

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jacquea Lee

    Director of Asset Management

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Gardy

    Board Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bryan Long

    Secretary

    Director → Board Director, 2021

    Board Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Kaczynski

    Controller

    On filings since 2021

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linwood L. Robbins

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melinda Colon-Cox

    General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

    General Counsel & Chief Comp Officer → General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    9 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Alexander

    Vice Chair

    Board Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John D. Allen IV

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2024

    9 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marianne Harris

    Associate Director & Property Management

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Raul Cabrera

    Broker of Record

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Murata

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (20)
  • Former: Pilar Hogan Closkey (2019–2024) — Board Director
  • Former: Maria Vizcarrondo (2020–2024) — Board Director
  • Former: Annette Gunn (2024) — Collections Manager
  • Former: Alle Ries (2019–2023) — Board Chair Trm
  • Former: Jacqueline Robinson (2019–2023) — Chief Financial Officer Trm
  • Former: Marie Mascherin (2019–2023) — Chief Operating Officer Trm
  • Former: Jeffrey Crum (2019–2022) — Chief Invest. Officer
  • Former: Mark Munley (2019–2022) — Director Spec Proj. & Gov. Rs
  • Former: Michael Deblasio (2019–2022) — Director of Property Acquisitions
  • Former: Peter Grof (2019–2022) — Deputy to the President
  • Former: Wayne Meyer (2019–2022) — Former President
  • Former: Lillian A. Plata (2021–2022) — Board Director
  • Former: Tanya Freeman (2021–2022) — Board Director
  • Former: Ladell Robbins (2022) — Board Director
  • Former: Ellen Brown (2019–2021) — Board Director
  • Former: Jorge Cruz (2019–2021) — Chief External Affairs Officer · Filing note: Until 4921
  • Former: Kenneth Zimmerman (2019–2021) — Board Director
  • Former: Patrick Morrissy (2019–2021) — Board Vice Chair
  • Former: Norman Melofsky (2019–2020) — Controller
  • Former: Hanaa Hamdi PhD (2019) — Director -

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Community Asset Preservation Corporation

How large is Community Asset Preservation Corporation?

Community Asset Preservation Corporation reported $52.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.1M.

What is Community Asset Preservation Corporation?

Community Asset Preservation Corporation is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in New Brunswick, NJ. It holds $52.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Community Asset Preservation Corporation operate?

Community Asset Preservation Corporation has awarded grants in Florida, New Jersey.

What is Community Asset Preservation Corporation's EIN?

Community Asset Preservation Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-4008074. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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