New Jersey Highlands Coalition
To protect, preserve and enhance the water, forests wildlife, farmland and other natural, historic and cultural resources of the New Jersey highlands and to enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities and the quality of life for current and future generations.
New Jersey Highlands Coalition at a glance
In short: New Jersey Highlands Coalition reported $41K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $41,130 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +105.7% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $608,507
- +12.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $754,616
- +29.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $19,910
- -19.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $677,138
- +4.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Highlands Open Space Partnership Funding Program Grant
New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
New Jersey Highlands Coalition: Small Grants - Emergency Funding
New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Amount
Up to US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who New Jersey Highlands Coalition funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
7 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 7 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How New Jersey Highlands Coalition gives
- Giving grew 33% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2021) to $41K (2025). In 2025 it reported $41K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Puddingstone Community Club Randolph, NJ | To opose an application for multiple variance that would result in the destruction of a steep, densely wooded hillside, extend the limits of disturbance on this densely wooded hillside by an additional 3 acres. | $5,000 |
| Citizens for Sustainable Development (CFSD) Great Meadows, NJ | Opposing the jaindl land company 6.0msf warehouse on 600 acres of prime ag soils in the highland protection area of white township. For professional fees. | $5,000 |
| Phillipsburg Environmental Watch Phillipsburg, NJ | To fund the lawsuit that is opposing a sizable warehouse from being built in downtown phillipsburg along the Delaware river. Actively involved in one lawsuit, with one lawsuit that is currently being held in abeyance. Both lawsuits are against ordinances that rezone from riverside residential to heavy industrial. | $5,000 |
| Wallkill Headwaters Association Franklin, NJ | Opposing the milly's court apartment project in franklin borough, habitat of endangered animals, within the highlands' forest resources area, and primarily on carbonate rock. Small grant would fund eelc, princeton hydro. | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $608,507 | $754,616 | $677,138 | $41,130 | Total only | $19,910 |
| 2024 | $538,828 | $584,707 | $646,335 | $20,000 | 4 | $24,748 |
| 2023 | $636,146 | $574,931 | $573,215 | $15,000 | Total only | $1,270 |
| 2022 | $592,577 | $573,537 | $538,841 | $30,000 | Total only | $109 |
| 2021 | $524,659 | $661,637 | $528,878 | $15,000 | 3 | $230 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Based on IRS filings
New Jersey Highlands Coalition is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Boonton, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $609K in total assets. In 2025, it reported $41K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $20K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
New Jersey Highlands Coalition is led by David Budd, President since 2023 (on filings since 2021); none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
David Budd
President
Treasurer → President, 2023
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dwight Hiscano
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George Cassa
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James G. Gilbert
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Rich
Board Member
1st Vice President → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Donahue
2nd Vice President & Board Member
Board Member → 2nd Vice President, 2022
2nd Vice President → 2nd Vice President & Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Lohbauer
1st Vice President
President → Board Member, 2024
Board Member → 1st Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Keady
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandy Batty
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sara Webb
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vincent Mann
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashwani Vasishth
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Oltman
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Henderson
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Soriano
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wynnie-Fred V. Hinds
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adele Starrs
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Gomes
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eugenie Birch
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Lyons
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ned Kirby
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (15)
- Former: Edward Kirby (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jan Barry (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Lee Wallace (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jessica Murphy (2022–2024) — 1st Vice President
- Former: Sergio Moncada (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: William Cogger (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: James R. Lyons (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Cinny Macgonagle (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: John Thonet (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Stephen K. Galpin Jr. (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Theresa B. Chapman (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Bill Cogger (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Ben Spinelli (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Benjamin Burton (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Marion Harris (2021) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "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 New Jersey Highlands Coalition
How much does New Jersey Highlands Coalition give each year?
New Jersey Highlands Coalition reported $41K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $20K across 4 grants.
How large is New Jersey Highlands Coalition?
New Jersey Highlands Coalition reported $609K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $755K.
What is New Jersey Highlands Coalition?
New Jersey Highlands Coalition is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Boonton, NJ. It holds $609K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does New Jersey Highlands Coalition operate?
New Jersey Highlands Coalition has awarded grants in New Jersey.
What is New Jersey Highlands Coalition's EIN?
New Jersey Highlands Coalition's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 68-0636424. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 2, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 13, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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