Grants

Category Environmental Protection

2015 $65,000

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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

Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

The Trust for Public Land, NJ Field Office

Contact Name
Anthony Cucchi
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Morristown, NJ

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.

2014 $70,000

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2014
Location
Camden, NJ

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.

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2014
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

New Jersey Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2014
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

2013 $65,000

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2013
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

New Jersey Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2013
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Trust for Public Land – New Jersey Field Office

Contact Name
Anthony Cucchi, New Jersey Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2013
Location
Morristown, NJ

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.

2012 $70,000

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2012
Location
Camden, NJ

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

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2012
Location
Newark, NJ

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

Trust for Public Land – New Jersey Field Office

Contact Name
Anthony Cucchi, New Jersey Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2012
Location
Morristown, NJ

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.

2011 $45,000

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2011
Location
Camden, NJ

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.

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

2010 $40,000

Branch Brook Park Alliance

Contact Name
James Lecky, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2010
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2010
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

2009 $97,500

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2009
Location
Camden, NJ

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.

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

Contact Name
Baye Adolfo-Wilson, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

New Jersey Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$12,500
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2009
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Rahway River Association

Contact Name
Dennis Miranda, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2009
Location
Rahway, NJ

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.

2008 $420,000

Association for New Jersey Environmental Commissions

Contact Name
Sandy Batty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Mendham, NJ

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

Branch Brook Park Alliance

Contact Name
Barbara Bell Coleman and Patricia E. Ryan, co-chairs
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

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

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Camden, NJ

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.

Clean Water Fund

Contact Name
Amy Goldsmith, State Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Belmar, NJ

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.

Eastern Environmental Law Center

Contact Name
Julia Le Mense, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Edison Wetlands Association

Contact Name
Robert Spiegel, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Edison, NJ

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.

Future City

Contact Name
Michelle Doran-McBean, CEO
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Elizabeth, NJ

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

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Hackensack Riverkeeper

Contact Name
Captain Bill Sheehan, Riverkeeper
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Teaneck, NJ

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.

Ironbound Community Corporation

Contact Name
Joseph DellaFave, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Isles

Contact Name
Martin Johnson, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

Contact Name
Baye Adolfo-Wilson, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

New Jersey Future

Contact Name
Peter Kasabach, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

New York/New Jersey Baykeeper

Contact Name
Deborah Mans, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Keyport, NY

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.

NJ Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Passaic River Coalition

Contact Name
Ella F. Filippone, Executive Administrator
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Basking Ridge, NJ

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.

Rahway River Association

Contact Name
Dennis Miranda, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
Rahway, NJ

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.

Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Contact Name
Kate Slevin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2008
Location
New York, NY

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

2007 $490,000

Association for New Jersey Environmental Commissions

Contact Name
Sandy Batty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Menham, NJ

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.

Branch Brook Park Alliance

Contact Name
Barbara Bell Coleman and Patricia E. Ryan, co-chairs
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Camden, NJ

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

Clean Water Fund

Contact Name
Amy Goldsmith, State Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Belmar, NJ

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.

Coalition for Affordable Housing & The Environment

Contact Name
Sally Dudley and Diane Sterner, Co-chairs
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Eastern Environmental Law Center

Contact Name
Julia Le Mense, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Edison Wetlands Association

Contact Name
Robert Spiegel, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Edison, NJ

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..

Future City

Contact Name
Michelle Doran-McBean, CEO
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Elizabeth, NJ

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

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Hackensack Riverkeeper

Contact Name
Captain Bill Sheehan, Riverkeeper
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Teaneck, NJ

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

Isles

Contact Name
Martin Johnson, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance

Contact Name
Dr. Nicky Sheats, Director, Center for the Urban Environment
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

New Jersey Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

New York/New Jersey Baykeeper

Contact Name
Andrew Willner, Baykeeper Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Keyport, NJ

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.

Passaic River Coalition

Contact Name
Ella F. Filippone, Executive Administrator
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Basking Ridge, NJ

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.

Rahway River Association

Contact Name
Dennis Miranda, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Rahway, NJ

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.

Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Contact Name
Kate Slevin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
New York, NY

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.

Trust for Public Land – New Jersey Field Office

Contact Name
Rose Harvey, Regional Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2007
Location
Morristown, NJ

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.

over two years

2006 $460,000

Association for New Jersey Environmental Commissions

Contact Name
Sandy Batty, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Mendham, NJ

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

Camden City Garden Club – Camden Children’s Garden

Contact Name
Michael Devlin, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Camden, NJ

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.

Coalition for Affordable Housing & The Environment

Contact Name
Sally Dudley and Diane Sterner, Co-Chairs
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

East Coast Greenway Alliance

Contact Name
Karen M. Votava, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Wakefield, RI

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.

Eastern Environmental Law Center

Contact Name
Julia Le Mense, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Edison Wetlands Association

Contact Name
Robert Spiegel, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Edison, NJ

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.

Future City

Contact Name
Michelle Doran-McBean, CEO
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Elizabeth, NJ

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.

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Hackensack Riverkeeper

Contact Name
Captain Bill Sheehan, Riverkeeper
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Teaneck, NJ

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.

Ironbound Community Corporation

Contact Name
Joseph DellaFave, Executive Director
Amount
$40,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ

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

Contact Name
Martin Johnson, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

New Jersey Audubon Society

Contact Name
Tom Gilmore, President
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Bernardsville, NJ

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.

NJ Work Environment Council

Contact Name
Rick Engler, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ

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.

Passaic River Coalition

Contact Name
Ella F. Filippone, Executive Administrator
Amount
$15,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Basking Ridge, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided general support.

The Clean Water Fund

Contact Name
Amy Goldsmith, State Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Belmar, NJ

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.

Trust for Public Land – New Jersey Field Office

Contact Name
Terrence Nolan, New Jersey State Director
Amount
$40,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Morristown, NJ

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.

over two years

Van Vleck House and Garden

Contact Name
David Daehnke, Executive Director
Amount
$5,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Montclair, NJ

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

Weequahic Park Association

Contact Name
Wilbur McNeil, President
Amount
$80,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

over two years

Total: $1,822,500