Environment
This funder briefing for all funders in New Jersey will cover how lead affects New Jersesyans, where it comes from, as well as local solutions, success stories, and partners to help communities equitably remove lead.
Join The Funders Network for part one of this two-part series to learn from funders and community-based leaders about practical steps for advancing specific strategies that support equitable implementation of federal spending.
Join the Environmental Grantmakers Affinity Group for a discussion on environmental justice and philanthropy.
These guides provide practical steps for philanthropic funders that are ready to align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the global agenda for people and planet adopted by all countries at the United Nations in 2015.
The the F. M. Kirby Foundation announces 87 grants totaling $7.7 million were made in the first four months of 2021 to nonprofit organizations working to foster self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as well as national nonprofits largely based in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Funded by a grant from New Jersey Health Initiatives, the Camden Conservation Blueprint, tracks parks and green spaces as a way to improve the quality of life for urban residents.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey, has announced grants totaling nearly $3.8 million to nonprofit organizations in the state working in the areas of the arts, education, the environment, and community improvement.
The Fund for New Jersey awarded $800,000 in grants to non-profit organizations in the areas of climate change and clean energy, water quality, criminal justice reform and social justice, and transportation.
Philadelphia’s William Penn Foundation says it is injecting an additional $42 million into protecting the Delaware River watershed, an area encompassing thousands of square miles that provides drinking water and recreation to people in four states.
The Fund for New Jersey awarded $167,000 in grants to non-profit organizations in the areas of public education, environmental sustainability, healthcare, workers’ rights, tax reform, and gun violence prevention.