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Kessler Foundation, Inc
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USAspending records $30M in award obligations to Kessler Foundation, Inc (East Hanover, NJ) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $2.4M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 46% on FY2025 ($4.4M).
Kessler Foundation, Inc ranks 303 of 712 listed organisations located in NJ by five-year obligations, and 13,838 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services: 5 awards worth $13M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $8,992,600 | under $1.0M | $8,992,600 | — |
| FY2024 | $14,495,720 | under $1.0M | $14,495,720 | +61% |
| FY2025 | $4,364,469 | under $1.0M | $4,364,469 | -70% |
| FY2026 | $2,375,372 | under $1.0M | $2,375,372 | -46% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in NJ | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $30M | $79B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $2.4M | $22B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $30M | $79B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 13,838 of 30,000 | 1 of 712 in NJ | 1 |
Largest in state: Human Services, New Jersey Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Defense | 3 | $9.2M | 69% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $4.0M | 31% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Morris County, NJ $9.2M · Essex County, NJ $1.3M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $4.0M | 3 Mar 2023 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Community Living | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.433 Acl National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research | $2.8M | 1 Jul 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $2.7M | 16 Sep 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development | $2.5M | 12 Aug 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.173 Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders | $1.3M | 1 Mar 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $4.0M, Department of Defense, 3 Mar 2023: INVESTIGATING THE UTILIZATION EFFECTS OF POWERED WEARABLE ORTHOTICS IN IMPROVING UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTION AND ADL IN PERSONS WITH SCI.
- $2.8M, Department of Health and Human Services, 1 Jul 2024: RERC ON ADVANCING REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR AMBULATION
- $2.7M, Department of Defense, 16 Sep 2024: PERSONALIZED COGNITIVE INTEGRATED MOTOR TRAINING USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO IMPROVE GAIT AND BALANCE
- $2.5M, Department of Defense, 12 Aug 2024: TRANSCUTANEOUS SPINAL STIMULATION AND GAIT TRAINING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND MOTOR CONTROL IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
- $1.3M, Department of Health and Human Services, 1 Mar 2024: IMPROVING READING COMPETENCE IN APHASIA WITH COMBINED AEROBIC EXERCISE AND PHONO-MOTOR TREATMENT - CLOSE TO 2.5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE CURRENTLY LIVING WITH POST
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Kessler Foundation, Inc receive?
$30M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $9.0M; FY2024: $14M; FY2025: $4.4M; FY2026: $2.4M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Kessler Foundation, Inc?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($9.2M) and Department of Health and Human Services ($4.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Military Medical Research and Development (12.420), Acl National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (93.433) and Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (93.173).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NJ ($13M).
Is Kessler Foundation, Inc a large federal recipient?
It ranks 13,838 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 303 of 712 located in NJ. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.