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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
... 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: 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: November, 2013
A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been ...
Resource Type: Research
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
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
... 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
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
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: 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
... 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
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
... 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 ...
On this webinar, Newark funders discussed the childcare practice and policy during COVID-19 and heard front line observations on matters of mental health and domestic violence.
Speakers:
Ceil Zalkind, President and CEO, Advocates for Children of New Jersey
Beverly Lynn, CEO, Programs for Parents
Maria Ortiz, Executive Director, Student Life, Newark Board of Education
LaKeesha Eure, Director, Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center and Chair, Newark Anti-Violence Coalition
Webinar Video
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Topic: COVID-19
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... Jersey, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers established a Racial Equity Task Force made up of leaders at CNJG member organizations. The task force’s mandate is to ... work to support systemic change. Philanthropy must invest resources towards advocacy to affect policy, and take that ...
News Type: CNJG News
On March 9th, 2023, the City of Newark unveiled a Harriet Tubman monument in the newly re-named Harriet ... Tubman Square. The Newark Philanthropic Liaison played a key role on the monument project team for two years, ... available to make the vision of the Mayor and community a reality. We are proud to be a grantee of the Mellon ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), present a briefing that features a panel of speakers representing nonprofit organizations ... introduced in state legislatures nationwide. Immigrant advocacy groups – already facing a myriad of historically ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity