The Greater Newark Conservancy works to improve the quality of life in Newark and surrounding Essex County towns by promoting environmental stewardship of and by the community. The Schumann Fund supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

New Jersey Work Environment Council is an alliance of 70 community, environmental, and worker organizations working together to improve the environment and ensure workplace and community safety Our grant supports NJ WEC’s Healthy Schools Now, an advocacy, training, and technical assistance program to address health and safety concerns in New Jersey schools.

Since 1995, The Trust for Public Land has completed construction of 12 parks and playgrounds in Newark, bringing school children, teachers, and community residents into each stage of development, and engaging them to be stewards of completed projects. The Schumann Fund supports TPL’s community engagement work.

The Camden City Garden Club responds to the needs of Camden children and families by providing environmental education, recreation, job training, and healthy food to Camden residents. Schumann provides support for the Camden Children’s Garden, a four-acre education and recreation oasis on the Camden waterfront.

Since 1987, the Greater Newark Conservancy has worked to improve the quality of life in Newark and surrounding Essex County towns by promoting environmental stewardship of and by the community. The Schumann grant supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

The New Jersey Work Environment Council is an alliance of community, environmental, and worker organizations whose goal is to improve the environment and ensure that workplaces are safe for the people who work in them and for families who live nearby. Our grant supports NJWEC’s Healthy Schools Now initiative, providing technical assistance and training to parents, teachers, and other school staff on a range of health and safety concerns at their schools.

The Greater Newark Conservancy works to improve the quality of life in Newark and surrounding Essex County towns by promoting environmental stewardship of and by the community. The Schumann grant supports the Conservancy’s hands-on education programs for students from Newark, Irvington and East Orange.

The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of 70 community, environmental and worker organizations working to improve the environment and to ensure that workplaces are safe for people who work in them and for families who live nearby. Our grant supports WEC’s Safe Recovery Project that provides education, training, and technical assistance to volunteer organizations working on recovery projects in communities impacted by Superstorm Sandy.

The Trust for Public Land’s goal is to conserve open space for recreational and educational use. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports TPL’s Parks for People Newark program that engages students, teachers, parents, and other community members in the design, development, and stewardship of Newark playgrounds and parks.

The Schumann grant to Camden Children’s Garden provides operating support to this four-acre park on the Camden riverfront.

The Schumann Fund renewed its support for the Conservancy’s education programming, which serves school children in Essex County.

The Trust for Public Land’s Parks for People program has a proven track record of working with community organizations, residents, and schools to create and maintain safe, accessible recreational space for communities in Newark. The Schumann grant supports their efforts.

The Camden Children’s Garden, operated by the Camden City Garden Club, is a four-acre oasis on the Camden Riverfront that provides educational and recreational opportunities to area families. The Schumann Fund supported educational programming at the Garden and in area schools.

The Greater Newark Conservancy works with Newark schools, community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to improve Newark’s environment and engage students in environmental education. The Schumann Fund supports GNC’s education programs.

Since 1999 the Branch Brook Park Alliance has worked to restore this Olmstead designed park and make it more accessible to Newark residents. Schumann support will help the organization establish an urban farm at the southern end of the park to grow fresh produce that will be marketed to area residents, restaurants and schools.

The Greater Newark Conservancy works with Newark schools,community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to improve Newark’s environment and engage students in environmental education. Our grant supports GNC’s education programs.

The Camden Children’s Garden, operated by the Camden City Garden Club is a four-acre oasis on the Camden Riverfront that provides educational and recreational opportunities to area families. The Schumann Fund supported educational programming at the Garden and in area schools.

The Greater Newark Conservancy works with Newark schools, community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to revitalize the city through its innovative programs. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports the Conservancy’s hands-on science education programs for children.

The historic Lincoln Park neighborhood of Newark is among the city’s poorest. Since 2004, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District has organized the neighborhood to win better services and provided renovated housing for residents. The Schumann Fund grant supported LPCCD’s Green Collar Apprenticeship Program, training Newark residents for green collar jobs in the construction industry.

The New Jersey Work Environment Council is an alliance of labor, community, and environmental organizations working together to improve the environment and to ensure that workplaces are safe for people who work in them and for families who live nearby. Schumann is supporting WEC’s Green Jobs Forum, a collaborative to develop consensus on the steps needed to create and sustain new green jobs in New Jersey.

The Rahway River Association brings together a diverse group of community and business organizations and local residents to preserve open space, protect natural resources, and improve water quality in the Rahway River Watershed. Our grant provides operating support.

The Schumann Fund grant supported “Leading Green,” a leadership training program for community activists and prospective environmental commissioners in urban areas in New Jersey

The Schumann Fund supported the continued expansion of the Farmer’s Market in Branch Brook Park.

The Camden City Garden Club provides hands-on environmental education in Camden’s public and parochial schools. In 1999, the Club opened the Camden Children’s Garden, to provide recreational opportunities and educational programming to Camden children and families. The Schumann Fund supported the environmental education programs in the Garden and in Camden schools.

The Clean Water Fund’s primary mission is to protect drinking water in the state, especially in the cities and older suburbs where the highest proportion of the state’s poor and vulnerable live and work. The Schumann Fund supported CWF’s advocacy for effective state water policies.

The Eastern Environmental Law Center was established to be the public interest law firm for New Jersey’s environmental and conservation community. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The Edison Wetlands Association works with municipalities and community organizations to transform brownfields to open space in New Jersey’s urban core. The Schumann Fund supported these efforts.

The Schumann Fund supported Future City’s environmental remediation work in Elizabeth.

Since 1987, the Greater Newark Conservancy has worked with Newark schools, community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to improve and advocate for Newark’s environment. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the Hackensack Riverkeeper, which is working to preserve a portion of the Meadowlands for recreational and educational purposes.

For 40 years, the Ironbound Community Corporation has provided a range of services responsive to the needs of the increasingly diverse Ironbound section of Newark. The Schumann Fund grant supported the organization’s efforts to strengthen its organizational capacity.

Since 1993, the Schumann Fund has supported Isles’ environmental education. This is now part of Isles’ Healthy Region Initiative, connecting economic development, education programs and direct services with advocacy to improve health, the urban environment, and housing.

Fifty-five percent of the families in the Lincoln Park neighborhood live below the poverty line. The Schumann Fund grant supported LPCCD’s Green Collar Apprenticeship Program, training Newark residents for green collar jobs in the construction industry.

The Schumann Fund grant supported New Jersey Future’s efforts to contribute to the achievement of the state’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by promoting smarter land use policies statewide and in local townships.

The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper was founded in 1989 to advocate for the clean up and protection of the bays, streams and shores of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. The organization combines advocacy, public education, land acquisition and environmental planning with programs that enhance the community’s enjoyment of and knowledge about the Bay. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The New Jersey Work Environment Council provides training and technical assistance to grassroots community organizations, labor unions and environmental organizations to achieve the complementary goals of a sustainable economy with good jobs and a healthy environment. The Schumann Fund grant provided operating support.

The Schumann Fund provided general support to the Coalition’s efforts to restore, preserve and protect the Passaic River, which provides drinking water and recreational opportunities to many residents of Northern New Jersey.

The Schumann Fund provided general support to the Association which is working with businesses, community organizations and local residents to preserve open space and protect natural resources in the Rahway River Watershed.

The Schumann Fund supported TSTC’s work with community organizations in Newark to improve traffic safety and expand access to public transportation.

The Schumann Fund’s grant supports ANJEC’s urban environmental coordinator, who provides training and technical assistance to environmental justice groups in Newark, Linden, Edison, Camden and other New Jersey cities.

Newark has fewer acres of parkland per resident than any of the 55 biggest cities in the U.S. Its residents also have limited access to a healthful range of fruits, grains and vegetables because there are very few supermarkets within the city limits. The Schumann Fund’s grant supported the expansion of a Farmers’ Market in Branch Brook Park, part of the state’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides eligible participants vouchers valid for use at the state’s farm stands.

The Schumann Fund’s grant supported the Children’s Garden’s environmental education programs in Camden’s public and independent schools.

The Schumann Fund supported the Clean Water Fund’s technical assistance to environmental justice groups in Camden, East Orange, Irvington and Newark, all of which are working to improve the quality of drinking water in their cities and to promote the adoption of “green cities” principles.

This coalition of 32 housing and environmental organizations advocates policies to provide affordable housing, property tax reform, and regional tax sharing. It identifies best practices that promote urban revitalization and stop sprawl and encourages communities to adopt them. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The EELC works to resolve environmental problems in the state by providing legal advice and representation to citizen groups. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The Edison Wetlands Association works with municipalities and grassroots environmental groups to transform toxic sites into green space for active and passive recreational use. The Schumann Fund supported this brownfields-to-greenfields work..

The Schumann Fund supported Future City’s efforts to train Elizabeth residents, including high school students, to advocate for and maintain open space.

The Schumann Fund supported for the Conservancy’s Education Program, which provided hands-on science instruction to children in Newark’s public and independent schools.

The Schumann Fund provided operating support for the Riverkeeper’s educational, outreach and advocacy activities.

The Schumann Fund grant supported Isles’ Healthy Region Initiative, which focused on eliminating indoor environmental hazards, including lead and mold, advocated for more effective enforcement of the housing code to reduce childhood exposure to lead, and promoted healthy behaviors in children and adults.

A new group of environmentalists have emerged to focus on New Jersey’s urban environmental challenges, and to work for the elimination of environmental hazards that have a disproportionate impact on people of color and poor people. The Schumann Fund made a grant to help support the salary of a coordinator.

The Schumann Fund provided general support to this alliance of 70 labor, community and environmental organizations working together to improve the environment and to ensure that workplaces are safe both for people who work in them and for families who live nearby.

The Baykeeper’s mission is to protect, preserve and restore the ecological integrity, productivity and recreational utility of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, an area that includes Newark Bay; Upper and Lower New York, Bay, Raritan Bay; the Hudson, Passaic, Hackensack, Rahway, Raritan, Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers, and the Arthur Kill. The Schumann Fund provided general support.

Since 1969, The Passaic River Coalition has worked to restore, preserve and protect the river that provides drinking water and recreational opportunities in northern New Jersey. The Schumann Fund provided general support.

The Rahway River Association was founded in 1997 to bring together business and community organizations, with local residents, to preserve open space, protect natural resources, and improve water quality in the Rahway River Watershed. The Schumann Fund provided general support.

The Schumann Fund supported Tri-State- Transportation Campaign’s work with community organizations in Newark focused on improving pedestrian safety and expanding access to public transportation.

The Schumann Fund joined other grantmakers to support a community process to design, develop and build a playground and learning garden at the Mt. Vernon School, the site of the tragic shooting of four college students.

The Schumann Fund’s grant was designated to enable ANJEC to organize and strengthen environmental commissions in urban areas.

Since 1985, the Camden City Garden Club has provided hands-on environmental education to children in Camden’s public and parochial school. The Children’s Garden, opened in 1999, provides an oasis for Camden residents, as well as job training opportunities for young people from Camden. The Schumann Fund supported the educational programming in the Garden and in Camden elementary schools.

This coalition of 32 housing and environmental organizations advocates growth-sharing policies to provide affordable housing, property tax reform, and regional tax sharing. It identifies best practices that promote urban revitalization and stop sprawl and encourages communities to adopt them. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The Alliance is working to create a city-to-city greenway corridor on the East Coast for use by walkers, hikers and cyclists. The Schumann Fund’s grant enabled the Alliance to hire a part-time coordinator for the New Jersey Committee. The Committee’s goal is to complete the New Jersey portion of the Greenway including a route through Jersey City and Newark.

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the Center to enable it to continue its role as the not-for-profit legal resource for New Jersey’s environmental and conservation community.

The Edison Wetlands has been working, since 1989, to promote cleanup and restoration of toxic waste sites along the lower Raritan. The Schumann Fund support will help the Association complete the transformation of brownfields to greenfields in New Jersey’s urban core.

Elizabeth is a major import/export and transportation hub, and a gateway to New Jersey for immigrants. Because of this, its residents have a high rate of exposure to toxic chemicals and air pollutants. Future City promotes conservation, advocates for effective land use and protects wetlands. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports Future City’s efforts to purchase and rehabilitate small, readily accessible and sustainable open spaces with the city of Elizabeth.

Since 1987, the Greater Newark Conservancy has worked with Newark schools, community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to improve and advocate for Newark’s environment. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

Despite their image as a dumpsite, New Jersey’s Meadowlands are home to more than 250 species of birds and numerous species of fish and wildlife. The Hackensack Riverkeeper provides information to the public and policy makers about the environmental challenges to the watershed, conducts educational programs, and helps coordinate citizen action to restore and preserve the river and the 7,000 acres of wetlands surrounding it. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

The Ironbound Community Corporation provides direct services to residents of the Ironbound section of Newark, and organizes the community to advocate for its needs. The Schumann Fund grant supported the Passaic Waterfront Park Initiative.

Isles involves community members in the design and implementation of programs to improve the physical, economic, health and social conditions in Trenton. The Schumann Fund grant supported Isles’ Healthy City Initiative which provides environmental education to Trenton school children, works to preserve open space and redevelop brownfields, and organizes community efforts to identify and address environmental threats to public health.

The Audubon Society is the coordinator of the Outdoor Recreation Alliance, which seeks to secure a stable source of funding for parks, recreational and open space in New Jersey, especially in urban areas. The Schumann Fund grant helped to fund the coordinator’s role.

The New Jersey Work Environment Council provides training and technical assistance to grassroots community organizations, labor unions and environmental organizations to achieve the complementary goals of a sustainable economy with good jobs and a healthy environment. The Schumann Fund grant provided operating support.

The Schumann Fund provided general support.

The Clean Water Fund brings mainstream conservation organizations together with local environmental groups and helps them work to clean up and protect New Jersey’s fragile drinking water supply. The Schumann Fund provided general support.

The Trust for Public Land’s Newark Playground Program works with community residents and the public schools to create safe and accessible recreational space in Newark neighborhoods and schools. The Schumann Fund’s grant supported the community design portion of this work.

The Schumann Fund grant funded part of the salary of an environmental educator for this public garden.

The Schumann Fund’s grant helped fund salary of the Project Director who is supervising the restoration of Weequahic Lake, the centerpiece of Weequahic Park, which was designed in 1901 by the Olmsted Firm.