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The Fund for Women and Girls recently celebrated 25 years of impact in the community by awarding $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits that help improve the lives of women and children.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have 25 years of support from our fund members,” Carolyn Sanderson, fund chair, said. “We want to congratulate our grantee partners and thank them for the tremendous impact they make in our communities every day.”
The Princeton-based fund is comprised of members who make individual donations. Then, applying the concept of collective philanthropy, they meet annually to recommend grants to local nonprofits.
Eleven nonprofits have been awarded a total of $905,000 in grants by the trustees of The Fund for New Jersey, the organization announced Thursday.
The Fund for New Jersey is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of decision-making related to public policy about the state's most pressing issues. For over 50 years, The Fund has supported organizations and initiatives advancing systemic and sustainable solutions to public problems through policy, advocacy, analysis, and organizing.
Citibank has announced a second round of investments through the Citi Impact Fund in Black-, women-, and veteran-led companies 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 capability, physical and social infrastructure, sustainability, and access to capital and economic opportunity.
"The Citi Impact Fund is broadening access to capital for founders like me," said MedHaul founder and CEO Erica Plybeah. "MedHaul is the first company receiving earlier-stage seed investment from the fund, and we're extremely excited to partner with Citi as we scale our company to support more people in need of quality, dependable medical transportation."
The Trustees of The Fund for New Jersey awarded $823,000 in grants to eleven nonprofit organizations at their March 2021 quarterly Board meeting. Grants were awarded to organizations in the areas of environmental justice, immigration, housing, and public media.
Kiki Jamieson, President of The Fund for New Jersey, stated, “The Fund for New Jersey is pleased to support organizations working to increase affordable housing, advance worker rights, defend immigrant rights, and support high-quality journalism in New Jersey.”
“The Fund is particularly proud to support a cohort of immigrant organizations working to make New Jersey a place that welcomes immigrants and supports their opportunities for economic mobility and social inclusion. Too often, undocumented immigrants are marginalized or forgotten. Undocumented immigrants have largely been excluded from receipt of government relief assistance throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, yet they continue to be essential frontline workers, working in farms, food factories, grocery stores, and more. The immigrant rights organizations that The Fund supports advocate every day to correct these injustices.”
This report offers a comprehensive look into the characteristics and perspectives of individuals and families who utilize DAFs for their charitable giving in the United States. The study surveyed over 2,100 DAF donors, focusing on their demographics, financial characteristics, giving patterns, decision-making processes, motivations for using DAFs, and the role of DAFs in their overall philanthropic strategy.
There is considerable variation between DAF sponsors. To gain deeper insight into DAF sponsors’ perceptions, policies, and practices, the DAFRC gathered data from 128 DAF sponsor managers nationwide. This report highlights information about DAF sponsors’ strategies, operational capacity, philanthropic advising, internal policy execution, and marketing.
