Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,839,854

Total expenses

$1,704,452

Contributions and grants received

$1,754,036

Grants paid

$580,010

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$95,620

Other revenue

-$9,802

Total assets, end of year

$2,706,630

Total liabilities, end of year

$569,989

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,136,641

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,196,909

Management and general expenses

$379,140

Fundraising expenses

$128,403

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,196,909

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES REPRESENT THE ONGOING COSTS OF OPERATIONS TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION. PROGRAM SERVICES SUPPORT PROCESSING SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF FUNDING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ONE OF THE 13 ACCREDITED, INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT, FOUR-YEAR DEGREE GRANTING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. GRANTS GIVEN TO A MEMBER INSTITUTION ENCOURAGES THEMES COMMON TO ALL: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION AS IT RELATES TO STUDENT ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY AND CAREER READINESS; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT INTEGRATION IN ACADEMIA AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND CAMPUS PREPAREDNESS TO ADDRESS LEARNING, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY MATTERS; ENCOURAGE AWARENESS OF GLOBAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITIES; INSPIRE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE; AND SET A FOUNDATION FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING. FUNDING CONTRIBUTES TO THE GOAL OF EDUCATING AND PREPARING STUDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN NEW JERSEY WHERE OVER 60% OF THE WORKFORCE PIPELINE LIVE AND WORK. IN FY 24, THE INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERITIES OF NEW JERSEY, A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION AWARDED 137 SCHOLARSHIPS AND OFFERED 34 STUDENT RESEARCH TEAMS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THEIR INTERESTS AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AT AN ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM WHERE PRESENTATIONS WERE JUDGED BY NEW JERSEY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS IN SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES DESIGNED TO BUILD THE "POWER" SKILLS SOUGHT BY EMPLOYERS. SEVEN GRANTS WERE PROVIDED FOR PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE CAREER EXPLORATIONS, FOSTER ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE CAREERS AND INTRODUCE TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. THROUGH BOARD COMMITTEES FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING NEW BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BY PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIA, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE COLLABORATIONS; ENGAGING NEW INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES IN HIGHER EDUCATION; AND SUPPORTING THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF CAREER SERVICES TO PROMOTE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND CAREER READINESS. BOARD MEMBERS DONATED TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL SESSIONS ON INTERVIEWING AND RESUME WRITING. THE FOUNDATION FOR A LARGER PROGRAM THAT BRINGS INDUSTRY LEADERS IN TO DISCUSS CHANGES IN RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH OUTREACH TO CAREER SERVICES LEADERSHIP FOR 2024. ICUNJ ADOPTED A 'LEAD BY EXAMPLE' APPROACH TO UTILIZATION OF INTERNS. STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN PUBLIC POLICY WORKED OVER THE SUMMER ON RESEARCH ELEMENTS AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CASE FOR SUPPORT.STUDENTS FACED NEW CHALLENGES IN A POST-COVID ENVIRONMENT LEADING ICUNJ TO SPEARHEAD EFFORTS TO BRING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES TO THE FOREFRONT FOR ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. WORKING WITH CAMPUS STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS, THE EFFORTS WERE EXPANDED TO OFFER ALL 54 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE EFFORTS OF THEIR PEERS AND EXTERNAL EXPERTS IN MENTAL HEALTH ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE AND READY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, HEAR ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT COULD IMPACT CAMPUS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS; AND BUILD A RESOURCE LIST OF AUXILIARY PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS STAFFING AND SERVICE OPENINGS. A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN JANUARY FOR OVER 500 HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY. ICUNJ WORKED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OVERSEEING CRITICAL PROGRAM AREAS.ADVOCACY EFFORTS CONTINUED TO PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF TUITION AID GRANTS FOR STUDENTS EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING INTO THE SUMMER SESSIONS. THIS ALLOWED STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION YEAR-ROUND DECREASING THE OVERALL INVESTMENT OF TIME AND FUNDING WHILE EARNING A DEGREE.

  Expenses $1,196,909 · Grants $580,010

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

  $65,700

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY

  $63,075

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• CALDWELL UNIVERSITY

  $59,696

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY

  $52,075

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY

  $50,200

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

  $47,200

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• SAINT ELIZABETH'S UNIVERSITY

  $45,200

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

  $39,660

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

  $30,000

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DREW UNIVERSITY

  $29,949

  FURTHERING EDUCATION AS AN EXEMPT PURPOSE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531359349307323

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