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On April 24, 2008 a $19 million landmark award was announced that will ... Mayor Cory Booker said. The $19 million is part of a larger $25 million campaign to help expand and strengthen ... School Fund . Grantmakers Convene Around Prisoner Reentry A group of 30 grantmakers and Newark officials gathered on ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Funding Area: EducationalNewark Funders
... trust the organization and provide flexible funding within a specific program. Activities • Over the short term, ... is for most, if not all, grants to be 100% GOS, unless a funder is legally precluded from doing otherwise. • For ... or negotiate GOS? • Ask funders: If you participated in CNJG’s 2022 funder survey and indicated that you planned to ...
Publication Date: March, 2024
Adopted by CNJG”s Board of Trustees in October 2023, these eight Principles offer philanthropy a source of direction for their own equity journey. Each principle begins with a common understanding followed by developmental steps, and ...
Resource Type: Best PracticeCNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: All Funders
Nina Stack, CNJG's President, is interviewed on "One on One with Steve ...
News Type: CNJG News
Topic: About Philanthropy
... of organizations in funder portfolios who are undergoing a leadership transition grows, many common practices of funders, including a “Wait and see” approach, are failing organizations just ... Lisa Kane , President of Firefly Advisors COST : Free for CNJG Members and Non Member Grantmakers This program is ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
Joint Statement from CNJG and the Center for Non-Profits This statement also ... on NJ Spotlight . Linda-Czipo-and-Maria-Vizcarrondo.jpg A conversation between two customers in line at a New Jersey supermarket turned ugly when one man denigrated ...
News Type: CNJG News
Publication Date: November, 2013
A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: February, 2018
A CNJG member queried the Health & Aging listserves asking for sample letters of inquiry. This document includes a few responses from fellow members. If you would like to add ...
Resource Type: CNJG Documents/ReportsResearch
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: March, 2025
... Through stories and related text, the book showed how a small family foundation could take six guiding themes and ... that benefitted individuals, families, and communities. A recent scholarly paper built on that work, helping to make ... to researchers, academics, and philanthropists. “A Framework for Creating Systems Change,” by Drs. William ...
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Community Improvement/Development
... shifting community needs. Fellow funders and Listen4Good , a subject matter expert, will share about their successes, ... and framework for practicing equity-centered listening on a personal and organizational basis. Resources that can support funders to center community in ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
Lessons from the Measure of America: A Portrait of Newark Report Please join us for a combined meeting of the Newark Funder Affinity Group and ... Director, My Brother’s Keeper – Newark Cost : Free for CNJG Members; $50 for Non Member Grantmakers. Newark Voices ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Newark Funders
Publication Date: December, 2022
... Power to Shift Systems: Insights and Tools for Funders is a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) ... Advisors’ Shifting Systems Initiative hosted a series of eight workshops focused on power and equity in ... important themes and insights on how to balance power in a way that drives rather than inhibits change. RPA’s new ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: April, 2025
... and provided an opportunity for grantmakers to hear from a wide range of nonprofit experts. This series started on March 13, 2025, less than a month after the first executive order was issued and ...
Resource Type: Issue BriefingPresentation
Publication Date: November, 2014
... adopting an anchor mission that seeks to fully deploy all resources to build community wealth. Moving into territory ... and Violeta Duncan, Community Development Associate. A New Anchor Mission for a New Century ...
Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Audience: Community Foundation
Topic: Hurricane Sandy
... communities, but also weakening our ability to function as a society with a shared set of information about the world. In this ...
Event Type: Partner
As we know, COVID-19 had a significant impact on student academic achievement. School ... country are working to accelerate student learning with a particular focus on literacy. Join us for our next Newark ... and CEO, United Way of Greater Newark Cost : Free for CNJG Members; $50 for Non Member Grantmakers. Newark ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: EducationalNewark Funders
Publication Date: March, 2020
A CNJG member received an application from a school district, and wanted to know if others granted funds to a school district, and what other funders learned from ...
Resource Type: CNJG Documents/Reports
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: June, 2014
... from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations offers a framework for thinking about how to measure progress and ... change initiatives. Evaluating Community Change: A Framework for Grantmakers ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: Community Foundation
Topic: Grants Management
... the Northeast, housing-related financial strain remains a significant barrier to household stability and long-term ... return or dividends to renters, this session will take a deeper dive into renter wealth-building models in action. ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Housing/Shelter
... Candelario , Professor of Professional Practice, Latino/a/x Initiatives for Service, Training, and Assessment, ... & CEO, United Way of Greater Newark Doing Good Better , a partnership of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers and the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits , is a community of funders and nonprofits taking action against ...