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... guests were welcomed by Mayor Ras J. Baraka in Newark, New Jersey. Attendees saw firsthand the strides made by Mayor ... community partners, the city team members are advancing new safety strategies alongside longstanding ones. This ... supported the development and implementation of a new public health centered strategy from its infancy by ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
"The most populous city in New Jersey has launched a pilot program to give guaranteed ... millions of Americans face. Experts say success in Newark, New Jersey, a neighbor of New York City, could set a precedent for other communities ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Audience: All Funders
... Jennifer Coffey on the ways that suburban and rural New Jersey municipalities and grassroots environmental groups ... justice, implement clean-energy solutions and preserve the New Jersey’s open space, wildlife and natural resources for ... Coffey is the Executive Director of ANJEC (Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions), a non-profit ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All FundersNon Profit Staff
As New Jersey enters its 9th week of sheltering in place and the ... Recovery Advisory Council , Brandon McKoy, President of New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) will present an ... vulnerable communities, and the state budget. A new NJPP report cautions, “Without proper funding, state ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey, has announced grants totaling more than $2.4 ... COVID-related grants include the Community Foundation of New Jersey, which was awarded $200,000 for its New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund; Clinton Hill Community ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
... Some 102 grants totaling over $5.5 million were awarded to New Jersey-based nonprofit organizations working to make a ... totaling $8.3 million supported organizations in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, regions connected ... national nonprofits largely based in Washington D.C. and New York City. “In a sense, the vast majority of our ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... and create strong, healthy communities throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as well as ... national nonprofits largely based in Washington D.C. and New York City. Early 2021 grantmaking includes grants in ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
... a discussion on the Vote 16 campaign. Last August, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice released Let Us Vote: ... Local Elections and Beyond , a policy brief arguing that New Jersey municipalities should lower the voting age to 16 ... the Newark City Council made Newark the first city in New Jersey to extend the vote to 16 and 17 year olds. With a ...
Event Type: Affinity Group Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: EducationalNewark Funders
... are experiencing today. United Way organizations in New Jersey have a long history of strengthening local ... serve, six United Ways have partnered to establish the New Jersey Sustainability and Resiliency Fund. Learn about ... this introduction, we’ll hear from our colleagues at the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits about how the upheaval of ...
Event Type: Meeting
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: March, 2024
Alexis Bivens, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Managing Director of the Supporting Organizing Work Funders Collaborative, Connecticut Council on Philanthropy, presents the process and progress of how an affinity group transformed into a funders collaborative, how it was resourced, and challenges along the way.
Resource Type: Presentation
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Hear Executive Director Keith Adams speak on how New Jersey VOAD members are responding to the current crisis during our first COVID-19 Funder Briefing. New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) ... efforts that will be essential for improving outcomes for New Jerseyans, especially for our most vulnerable ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
... and Economic Development at Rutgers University launch a new fund to help Black entrepreneurs recover from the effects ... of their communities. Tom Comiskey, M&T Bank president for New Jersey, said the bank was excited to contribute to such a ... businesses,” he said. “Essential to the foundation of New Jersey’s economy, M&T Bank is proud to support these ...
News Type: News
Topic: COVID-19Grantmaking
The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund has awarded nearly ... pandemic were going to need longer-term support. “The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund will create an ... much stronger arts, cultural, and historical ecosystem in New Jersey.” The grants announced today total $592,501 and ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
The FirstEnergy Foundation has granted two New Jersey nonprofits with $20,000 "Gifts of the Season," ... Cornerstone Family Programs, based in JCP&L's northern New Jersey region, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County, based in the central New Jersey region, both offer afterschool programs that focus ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... grant and will provide funding for organizations across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania communities served by Provident ... embarks on a full-scale operational refresh in the new year. “The recipients of the 2023 Major Grants ...
News Type: News
... donation from The Pascale Sykes Foundation to the New Jersey Community Capital and the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey was made to support Black-owned businesses with ... Initiative, announced Feb. 5, is intended to help Black New Jersey business owners access resources and support to ...
News Type: News
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
New Jersey grantmakers devote significant resources – both ... development. On June 10, join Commissioner Suárez of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for a candid ... priority areas within NJDCA and possible opportunities for New Jersey’s philanthropic community to partner with state ...
Event Type: Conversations with the Cabinet
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Community Improvement/DevelopmentPublic Social Benefits
... a combined $6.8 million to organizations working in New Jersey and North Carolina, the Foundation’s primary ... over $3.8 million, supported organizations in Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania, regions dear to Kirby family ... national nonprofits largely based in Washington D.C., and New York City. FM Kirby Foundation Awards Nearly $10.7 ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... Wednesday that it gifted $590,385 in 2024 to charities in New Jersey and New York. The donations were made through the KearnyBank ... the largest single donation was to Junior Achievement of New Jersey, which received $65,000. In addition, the 55 Kip ...
News Type: News
... a combined $4.2 million to organizations working in New Jersey and North Carolina, the Foundation’s primary ... over $4.7 million, supported organizations in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and other regions dear to Kirby family ... national nonprofits largely based in Washington, D.C., and New York City. F. M. Kirby Foundation Announces $8.9 Million ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking