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Publication Date: March, 2014
Why is the food system important to philanthropy? Because hunger, food insecurity, nutrition-related chronic disease, the health of resource lands and waterways, wages, and equal opportunity in the food economy all converge in our regional food system.
Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Funding Area: Food/Agriculture/Nutrition
... Through the office of the Newark Philanthropic Liaison, CNJG recently had the opportunity to convene a group of funders with the Brick City Development ... increased by 32% for each additional supermarket in the census tract. Farmers’ markets have an even more dramatic ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
... and interventions in the City of Newark. We then took a deep dive into the issue of food insecurity and heard about ... Speakers : Kevin Callaghan , Newark Philanthropic Liaison, CNJG Catherine Wilson , President and CEO, United Way of ... Chair, Newark Homeless Commission and Chair of Believe in a Health Newark Webinar Video Newark Philanthropic ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Topic: COVID-19
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... Glover , President & CEO, Newark Alliance Cost : Free for CNJG Members/ $35 for Non Member Grantmakers Webinar Video ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Topic: COVID-19
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... joined this webinar for an engaging discussion with a great panel of small business leaders/entrepreneurs in ... Bonas Palmer , Owner, Akwaaba Gallery Cost : Free for CNJG Members and Non Member Grantmakers Webinar Video ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
Funding Area: Newark Funders
A Spotlight on Newark’s Cultural Anchors Join the Newark ... ensure that Newark will continue to stake its claim as “a city of the arts.” Panelists: Tim Lizura, SVP, Real ... Linda Harrison, CEO, Newark Museum of Art Cost : Free for CNJG Members; $50 for Non Member Grantmakers. This program is ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/HumanitiesNewark Funders
Publication Date: January, 2016
... with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, CNJG members have complimentary access to Family Philanthropy Online — a web-based knowledge center that provides practical advice and knowledge on a variety of relevant topics. NCFP’s Knowledge Center is ...
Resource Type: ResearchResource Guide
Audience: Family Foundation
Topic: Family Philanthropy
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced that it anticipates awarding $14 million in ... NJEDA launched applications for Sustain & Serve NJ in late 2020 to support restaurants that have been negatively ... good it will do in the community, makes Sustain & Serve NJ a home run.” Through Sustain & Serve NJ, the NJEDA ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19Grantmaking
Publication Date: June, 2018
... up to revive quality journalism and reconfigure the news media ecosystem. And, in fact, funding for nonprofit news media has seen a notable uptick in philanthropic support, oftentimes in the ... have a history of journalism funding, made a four-year investment to help launch the Solutions Journalism ...
Resource Type: Case StudyResearch
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Communications
Publication Date: December, 2007
CNJG Member survey ranking which issues are most important to ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Topic: About Philanthropy
Publication Date: January, 2018
CNJG members are eligible for a 20% discount off the only ... journal of philanthropy - The Foundation Review - a product of The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership ...
After careful consideration, the CNJG Leadership and Policy Committee recommended the ... private foundation excise tax on net investment income to a flat rate. The Committee believes a flat rate would remove uncertainty and simplify the ...
News Type: CNJG News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Governance
Publication Date: June, 2018
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served and the communities impacted. That data should be used to assess practices and drive decision making.
Resource Type: Best PracticeResearch
Audience: All Funders
... expectations were high. The former South Ward councilman, one-time principal of Central High School and son of the famed poet-activist Amiri Baraka championed a populist vision. During the campaign, he famously told ... opportunity to work intensively with the incoming mayor. CNJG had previously established a nonpartisan, City ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Publication Date: January, 2008
Sample board committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
New Jersey Education Funders Affinity Group: Strategies for Integration in New Jersey Public Schools
... will center on the lawsuit brought by 9 families with a coalition of civil rights, faith, and social justice ... McKoy of The Fund for New Jersey. New Jersey boasts one of the top education systems in the U.S. but our public ... McKoy, President, The Fund for New Jersey Cost : Free for CNJG Members, $50 for Non Member Grantmakers. New Jersey ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Educational
Citibank has announced a second round of investments through the Citi Impact Fund in ... working to address pressing social problems. Launched in 2020, the $200 million fund makes equity investments in ... "double bottom line" companies working to create impact in one of five areas: workforce development, financial ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Racial EquityWomen and Girls
... in the arts and culture sector. The fund, founded in 2020 as a way to help the arts during the pandemic, is hosted by the ... ecosystem in New Jersey.” The grants announced today total $592,501 and will be awarded to nonprofits that ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
... State Coronavirus Task Force, closing schools and issuing a shelter-in-place directive. While these orders are ... for an overview of how the administration is addressing a range of numerous and complex issues related to mitigation, ... the most critical needs facing the state. Cost : Free for CNJG Members and Nonmember Grantmakers This program is open ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
... this difficult time. We’ll round out the webinar with a presentation from Wayne Meyer, President of New Jersey ... equitable relief throughout New Jersey. Cost : Free for CNJG Member and NonMember Grantmakers. This program is only ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19