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... Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) is a coalition of organizations dedicated to developing and sustaining community resiliency in the face of disasters. In his ... and comprehensive efforts that will be essential for improving outcomes for New Jerseyans, especially for our ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
... The grant provides the La Casa de Don Pedro facility with a brand new “El Patio de La Casa” — a revitalized area to serve as a vibrant community hub modeled after a Caribbean Plaza with safe spaces for children to play, attend concerts, have a neighborhood ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Neighborhood Implementation Grants program supports comprehensive community development plans that target specific ... neighborhood revitalization efforts with stable funding for at least five years. Three of the grants represent new ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Community Improvement/Development
As New Jersey enters its 9th week of sheltering in place and the ... widespread unemployment, difficulty accessing services, a lack of resources for immigrant and undocumented populations, financial ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
... the arts and culture sector. The fund, founded in 2020 as a way to help the arts during the pandemic, is hosted by the Princeton Area Community Foundation. Jeremy Grunin, co-chair of the NJACRF ... Grunin Foundation, said the grants correspond to a name for the organization – which now views itself as a vehicle ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
On a recent Saturday, the Jeremy Johnson, the Newark ... Liaison and over 150 arts lovers, historians, and community leaders gathered to reflect on the past, ... history will play an important role in its rebirth, but for this effort to be truly achievable, sustainable and ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
... to organizations that have been partners of the Foundation for over 25 years, representing the Foundation’s ... relationships with grantees. Grantmaking in 2023 included a combined $9.1 million to organizations working in New Jersey and North Carolina, the Foundation’s primary ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... Foundation on Monday announced the Major Grant recipients for its first cycle of 2023. The foundation awarded $291,000 ... within the foundation’s three priority areas of Community Enrichment, Education and Health, and Youth and ... again in 2024 as the Provident Bank Foundation embarks on a full-scale operational refresh in the new year. “The ...
News Type: News
... piece is from Nina Stack, President of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. Asbury Park Press Op Ed: Philanthropy's ...
News Type: CNJG News
Topic: Hurricane Sandy
Funding Area: Disaster Response/Relief
... in 2022. The awardees were located in 13 counties in New Jersey as well as three in Pennsylvania and one in New ... foundation’s awards went to its three priority areas: community enrichment, education and health, and youth and ... impact these organizations have on their communities. “A number of organizations focused on creating meaningful and ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
In 2001, the Schumann Fund for New Jersey and 10 private and corporate foundations ... the Association for Children of New Jersey and New Jersey Community Capital, had program and policy goals: to help ... life of the project. The money was used first to support a needs assessment for each center, and then to help the ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... and the U.S. government recently opened new pathways for refugees to enter the country through community sponsorship and private sponsorship. Join GCIR in a dialogue with leaders who operate in both the traditional ...
Event Type: Partner
Audience: All Funders
... long-standing partners and collaborators, support new partners who are driving racial equity and justice, and ... and aligned to our new strategic direction of building a just and equitable New Jersey. The Dodge Foundation ... strategy of providing the space, time, and opportunity for each organization to strengthen and build their capacity ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Following a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, the F. M. Kirby ... and create strong, healthy communities throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as ... million during the first four months of 2021 in support for current and new grantee partners led by people of color ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
... explore, and so on. But I realize the building blocks for our 2015 plans are embedded in 2014, and even 2013, and ... of public policy that engages all of us — citizens, the community, nonprofits, for-profits, and philanthropy is: ... that impact the economy, people and our society. Such a basic, thoughtful, and powerful definition that speaks to ...
News Type: CNJG News
Please join us as we kick-off our 2024 meetings with a discussion on the Vote 16 campaign. Last August, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice released Let Us Vote: Why ... year olds. With a year until implementation, the funding community has an opportunity to discuss how it can support ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: EducationalNewark Funders
The effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt all around New Jersey. In order to dig deeper into the impact of the ... virtual affinity and interest group meetings were designed for colleagues to update each other on coronavirus response ...
... throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including 12 in New Jersey, the company announced Wednesday. CEO Mitch Livingston ... said NJM’s support of communities is rooted in a culture of purpose-driven service. “Households across the ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: January, 2016
... and innovative approaches to guide the philanthropic community in responding to future disasters. Designed as a multimedia, interactive online magazine, the Playbook ... organizations and is an “evergreen” resource designed for continued updates and knowledge-building. Community ...
Resource Type: Best PracticeCase StudyResource GuideWebsite
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Hurricane Sandy
Funding Area: Disaster Response/Relief
... Youth Foundation, which serves as the charitable arm for the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center, recently awarded a $100,000 grant to United Community Corp. to support the agency’s community ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Food/Agriculture/Nutrition