Literacy New Jersey Inc.

Literacy New Jersey Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Edison, New Jersey, is a federal grant recipient (94% prime recipient role) providing adult education and literacy services funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Department of Homeland Security. The organization delivers workforce development and civics instruction across New Jersey, operating entirely within the federal grant space rather than federal contracting — the vendor has no federal contract prime awards and does not hold seats on government-wide contract vehicles.

Literacy New Jersey's customer base concentrates heavily on two federal agencies. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management funds 12 of the vendor's 16 total awards, while the Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services funds 4 awards, representing 100% of recent grant volume. This concentration reflects Literacy New Jersey's core programmatic alignment: the organization deploys senior volunteers and AmeriCorps members to deliver tutoring, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, citizenship preparation, and job skills training to underserved adult learners across multiple New Jersey counties.

Recent representative grant work includes a $485,572 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service grant awarded October 1, 2026 (CFDA 94.014) funding the 2026-27 program through September 2029 with a 70 percent match requirement; a $146,041 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) award dated June 24, 2026 (CFDA 94.002) supporting senior volunteers through March 31, 2029 with a 10 percent match; a $209,908 Citizenship Education and Training grant from USCIS dated November 22, 2024 (CFDA 97.010) funding hybrid citizenship and ESL instruction through September 2026; and a $338,968 MLK Day of Service grant awarded October 1, 2025 (CFDA 94.014) for the 2025-26 program year. The vendor also received a $206,717 AmeriCorps State and National planning grant in 2023 (CFDA 94.006) and operates under a $168,092 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program grant (CFDA 94.017) that supported 150 volunteer tutors across 12 counties in 2022-24.

Activity has remained modest and variable — three awards in 2022 and 2024, one in 2023, and two each in 2025 and 2026 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Literacy New Jersey also holds one grant sub-award role, subcontracting to the New Jersey Department of State under an AmeriCorps grant effective July 29, 2025 to deploy 10 AmeriCorps members providing tutoring and job-skills instruction across seven counties. All prime grant work carries statutory match requirements ranging from 10 percent (RSVP) to 70 percent (MLK Day of Service programs), with the organization consistently budgeting match contributions at or above regulatory minimums. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $5.1 million.