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... students access to STEM education and generating a pipeline of competitive and capable talent for the future ... science, sustainability and social justice. “HBCUs have a long history of offering an exceptional educational ... the lives of Black students and families and providing the resources that empower students to succeed in ...
News Type: News
Funding Area: Racial Equity
... communities. On Monday, the bank announced it is giving a grant of $1 million to the Trenton Regional Business ... programming for diverse business owners. “Wells Fargo’s Open for Business Fund is another avenue of support and ... much-needed access to capital with increased equity in resources and technical assistance for local businesses, ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... the arts and culture sector. The fund, founded in 2020 as a way to help the arts during the pandemic, is hosted by the ... of the Grunin Foundation, said the grants correspond to a name for the organization – which now views itself as a vehicle for renewal. “Recovery to renewal signifies a ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
... funding to $52.5 million. “Sustain & Serve NJ has become a national model for addressing food insecurity, supporting ... Governor Sheila Y. Oliver. “Combatting hunger remains a top priority and it is more critical than ever that nonprofits have the resources they need to feed the people within their ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Food/Agriculture/Nutrition
A year after kicking off an initiative to improve nutrition ... snack giant plans to invest $5 million in Full Futures, a sweeping effort to make sure students are well nourished ... to effect change by leveraging the expertise and resources of numerous partners to advance developments in ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Food/Agriculture/Nutrition
... Action Grants. “Incubation Grants serve the Council’s goal of increasing organizational capacity in the humanities sector by giving institutions the time and resources for program planning and development. We consider them a particular strength of our grants program since funders ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Eastside High School in Paterson sits in the middle of a struggling neighborhood, in a city where 25% of the residents are living below the poverty line, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. Paterson’s poverty rate is more than twice the ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... rippled far beyond the balance sheet. Please join us for a briefing on the report's findings & a discussion about implications for philanthropy and other ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Strong and Thriving CommunitiesYouth Development
... impact in the community in which they train, are making a donation of $120,000 to the Camden County Police ... several programs in the Camden County Police Department’s Village Initiative, including the open gym and resource ... has been focused on community engagement and facilitating a lifelong dialogue in order to become part of the fabric of ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Crime/Courts/Legal
A $1,000,000 donation from The Pascale Sykes Foundation to ... intended to help Black New Jersey business owners access resources and support to establish, sustain, augment or ... impacted by the pandemic. The nonprofit formed a relationship with the AACCNJ after a call to action last ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: January, 2014
... or grantmaking. This popular, fast-paced video offers a realistic — and often humorous — glimpse of how the public views philanthropy, using a series of "people in the street" interviews shot in the ...
Resource Type: Presentation
Topic: About Philanthropy
... D.C., the Newark Funders Education Committee presented a workshop called “How Not to Read the Prize” to a ... did so not to dispute the findings in Dale Russakoff’s book, “The Prize,” but rather to expound upon the ... is that “this bold effort largely failed.” With the benefit of time, we would write a different narrative: there ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Newark Funders
Publication Date: March, 2008
A sample document detailing the core values of the Betty and ...
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Audience: All FundersFamily Foundation
Publication Date: October, 2021
Strengthening nonprofit organizations is not just a nice-to-have but an essential part of our work as grantmakers to ensure that nonprofits have the resources they need to address today’s most pressing social concerns. Indeed, the vast majority of ...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Publication Date: August, 2020
... services that are deeply rooted in racial equity. For a number of reasons, funders—who can’t otherwise support ... prioritize partnering with intermediaries with a high capacity for scaling services and distributing resources and funds. Though equity values are important to ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Publication Date: June, 2018
Media Impact Funders partnered with Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy to ... the field of journalism continues to grapple with limited resources and dwindling revenues, it’s clear that financial ... And, in fact, funding for nonprofit news media has seen a notable uptick in philanthropic support, oftentimes in the ...
Resource Type: Case StudyResearch
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Communications
... of advancing racial equality and economic opportunities. A total of $18.35 million was awarded in support of higher education and workforce development, with a focus on efforts to strengthen hiring pipelines and empower ... American individuals," said Ebony Thomas, Bank of America's racial equality and economic opportunity executive. "By ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
... the highest priorities cited by nonprofits. According to a report by JerseyCAN, a nonprofit focused on education, a majority of New Jersey's third- through eighth-graders were not on grade level at ...
News Type: News
Topic: COVID-19Grantmaking
... address the growing climate crisis, protect the state’s natural resources, improve public transportation, expand voting ... These investments are critical in making New Jersey a better place to live, with access to opportunities for all ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities in a year of unprecedented challenges. Over half of these ... investments in effective programs. The Foundation’s 2021 grantmaking included increased contributions to ... and new nonprofit partners working to increase access to resources, address immediate needs, and advocate for change ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking