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Late last year, the Texas legislature passed a series of bills targeting migration at the Texas-Mexico border. This included Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which criminalizes anyone suspected of crossing the border without authorization to enter or re-enter into Texas. Since then, a series of legal decisions have created confusion and uncertainty. Similarly, Florida has passed legislation targeting community IDs and driver's licenses for immigrants and criminalizing the transportation of undocumented immigrants into the state.
As battleground border states, Florida and Texas have had an immense influence across the country, as other states have stood up similar anti-immigrant bills. Most recently the governor of Iowa signed SF2340, a bill which made it a state crime for immigrants with prior deportation orders from the U.S. to reside in the state. The Louisiana governor recently introduced SB 388, which, as in Florida, criminalizes undocumented immigrants entering or reentering the state. Meanwhile, Georgia has introduced legislation to punish local governments for having sanctuary city policies.
In an election year when immigration is the top issue in the minds of many voters, these policies exacerbate xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and racist sentiments that further dehumanize and criminalize immigrant and refugee communities while also expanding state powers to detain, deport, and terrorize undocumented individuals. To respond to this moment, organizations are leveraging different strategies–from litigation to organizing–to prevent the implementation of these policies and create a more welcoming country for all.
Join us for a panel conversation with frontline leaders, which will be followed by a funder-only discussion.
Speakers
Jennefer Canales-Pelaez, Texas Policy Attorney & Strategist, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
Erica Johnson, Founding Executive Director, Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice (Iowa MMJ)
Dauday Sesay, Founder & Executive Director, Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants (LORI) & National Network Director, African Communities Together (ACT)
Moderator
Cairo Mendes, Senior Director of State and Local Programs, GCIR
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (HFNJ) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $3,230,217 to seventeen New Jersey non-profit organizations in the fourth quarter of 2022. The foundation experienced a record quarter for requests for funding. Many of the largest grant awards this cycle support projects that will enhance the health, well-being, and independent living prospects of seniors in Essex County, NJ, and several others address the health needs of children.
The largest grant of the cycle is a $1,001,767 award to Clara Maass Medical Center to purchase a 128-slice CT scanner, which will be used on an estimated 13,500 patients per year and which can provide sharper and clearer imaging than the hospital’s current equipment.
Jespy House received $281,040 to make senior-friendly accessibility enhancements to the organization’s Aging in Place home in South Orange. Jespy House advances independent living for developmentally disabled adults, who typically face greater health challenges than the rest of the population as they age. The Aging in Place home will allow Jespy clients to maintain their independence into their senior years.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center received $250,000 to support the launch of a Geriatric Center for Excellence at the hospital. The Center will employ a best-practice, one-stop shop model which provides seniors coordinated care, including coordination of transportation and pharmacy needs.
In addition to the projects primarily supporting the health needs of older adults, several of the grants approved this cycle help area organizations that attend to the physical and mental health needs of children.
The Valerie Fund received $115,000 to support a Nurse Navigator for pediatric cancer patients. The navigator will help families navigate the complexities of oncology treatment at Goryeb Children's Hospital at Morristown Medical Center.
Bridge, Inc. received $242,500 for a program at Irvington High School which is designed to reduce substance use among students while increasing school attendance and academic performance.
Addressing the needs of young children, a $100,000 grant to YCS Foundation will support YCS’s work training and assessing several Early Head Start and Head Start Programs in Newark. And, targeting healthcare at the very beginning of life, a $70,000 grant to the Perinatal Health Equity Initiative will support a rigorous needs assessment of maternal and infant health needs in the East Orange community.
“Caring for the most vulnerable among us – including seniors, children, and the developmentally disabled – remains at the core of the mission of The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey,” said Michael Schmidt, Executive Director and CEO of HFNJ. “Looking ahead to 2023, we are proud that many of these projects will be providing high quality care to those most in need throughout the coming year.”
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey operates on a quarterly grant-making cycle. With the inclusion of the fourth quarter grants, HFNJ has pledged a total of $8,554,063 throughout 2022 to support nonprofit organizations that improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in the greater Newark and the Jewish Greater MetroWest communities. 2022 has been marked by an increase in demand for funding and The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey has received a record number of requests.
Multi-year Grants
Affirmation: Multi-year funds provided both reliability and breathing room for nonprofits.
Making fundamental and long-lasting change comes with the promise of reliable investments. Longer grant terms create an environment where collaborative partnerships can flourish, and trust and transparency break down power dynamics. The result is that nonprofits have the “breathing room” and financial stability to focus activities where they are most needed.
Although many funders award grants to the same nonprofits year after year, they often require submission of annual applications that request information they already have and are complex and needlessly lengthy. These processes can heighten mutual distrust. From a practical standpoint, multi-year awards reduce paperwork for both funder and nonprofit and open communication channels promoting shared goals, mutual trust, and increased overall impact.
Activities
• For funders that historically award repeat annual grants to the same nonprofit partners, shift from an annual grant/proposal cycle to a long-term, multi-year commitment with an annual outcomes/progress report in lieu of a full application.
• Tailor grant terms to suit grantee timelines and needs (negotiated outcomes and milestones).
• If data collection is required solely to meet a funder’s compliance requirements, the funder should assume this responsibility or provide sufficient funding and/or capacity for the nonprofit to meet the requirement.
Short-term Outcomes
• The number of funders making multi-year grants increases by 50% over the previous years.
Long-term Outcomes
• More funders convert an annual application process for repeat grantee partners to a multi-year commitment with an annual outcomes report at the most, instead of full proposals each year.
• Funders assume responsibility for data collection or provide sufficient funding and/or capacity for the nonprofit to meet the requirement.
• Grant terms are suited to grantee timelines and needs (negotiated outcomes and milestones).
How to Begin Doing Good Better on Reliability
Learning opportunities
• What barriers keep funders from making long-term commitments to repeat grantee partners? Are any of these barriers legal?
• What are the minimum data requirements for funders to collect from repeat grantee partners?
Pre-Work
• Address the barriers to awarding multi-year grants through tested tools.
• Learn about how multi-year grants strengthen grantee partners and improve philanthropic, nonprofit, and community impact.
• Research mechanisms funders can use to meet legal compliance requirements while gaining trust in their grantee partners.