Early Childhood Development $350,000
Fiscal Agent
Civil Society Institute
Contact Name
Pam Solo, President; Gerrit Westervelt, Project Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Newton, MA
BUILD is a multi-state effort to improve early childhood education, parenting support and health services for children from birth to five. New Jersey is one of six states selected to participate. The Schumann Fund grant supported the work in New Jersey.
over two years
Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, Rutgers University
Contact Name
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Camden, NJ
Camden is the poorest city of its size in the United States. Thirty-two percent of Camdens population is children, and more than half of them are poor. The Schumann Fund grant supported the launch of a Parents Academy, part of a new Early Learning Research Center at Rutgers Camden.
over two years
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Contact Name
Marcy Whitebook, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Berkeley, CA
Pre-school teachers in both neighborhood and public school preschool programs in Abbott districts are now required to have a bachelors degree and course work in child development, and must be paid on par with other public school teachers. Children are showing marked academic gains as a result of these higher standards. The Center is surveying directors of Abbott preschools to identify implementation challenges and best practices. The Schumann Fund, in partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is funding the research.
Contact Name
Eileen Appelbaum, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
New Brunswick, NJ
The Center for Women and Work is conducting a study of work practices in early childhood programs. The study will lead to recommendations for improvements in management and work practices. The Schumann Fund grant supported a portion of the study.
DART Center at Kean University
Contact Name
Arlene Martin, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Union, NJ
About 25% of babies and toddlers in New Jersey are in child care while their parents work or go to school. The experiences that these children get in out-of-home care contribute to their emotional social and cognitive development. The Schumann Fund grant supported the piloting of an Infant/Toddler credential to prepare teachers for this important work.
over 20 months
Environmental Protection $460,000
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Essex County $480,000
Association for Advancement of Inner City Communities
Contact Name
Damon K. Ceaser, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Irvington, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided support to help this fledgling organization develop its capacity to work with Irvingtons underserved youth.
Contact Name
Felix Rouse, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the Clubs.
Contact Name
Dorothy Knauer, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the agencys programs for young children.
Contact Name
Mua Bosch, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund for New Jersey granted operating support for the programs for women and children that this neighborhood organization provides as part of its comprehensive social services to a primarily Latino community.
Contact Name
Katherine Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) trains adult volunteers to advocate for foster children who are moving toward adoption. The Schumann Fund support helped CASA expand its efforts to ensure that boarder babies are placed in safe and permanent homes.
Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Since 1977, the Schumann Fund provided operating support to this multi-service community-based organization. The Corporations first program, founded in 1969, was the organizations first program.
Contact Name
Michaela Nolan, Jr., Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund for New Jersey provided support for Kids Corporations Education Service, which provides resources and materials to after-school and summer programs in Newark.
Contact Name
Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Founded in 1972, La Casa de Don Pedro has grown from a storefront youth program to the largest Hispanic-serving community-based organization in New Jersey. It administers more than 20 social service and educational programs. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
Contact Name
Marnie McKoy, Principal
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Since 1969, the Link Community Schools small classes, devoted teachers, high expectations, partnerships with parents, and extensive afterschool and summer programs have given middle school students the educational and support they need to succeed. Ninety-percent of Links graduates complete high school, many of them in the regions most selective schools. The Schumann Fund provided operating funds.
Contact Name
Sheila Baynes, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Newark Emergency Services for Families provides comprehensive emergency services to families in crisis. Many of NESFs clients are working, but earning too little to weather the crises that come with poverty – evictions, high utility costs, loss of a job, sudden illness. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
Contact Name
Marcia Harmon, Project Coordinator
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Lawrenceville, NJ
The New Jersey AIDS Partnership is a collaborative effort of private funders, public health officials and service providers that works to address the needs of children orphaned by AIDS. The Schumann Fund grant helped support the Partnerships work in Essex County.
Contact Name
Ilise Zimmerman, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Paramus, NJ
Although Irvington has the second highest black infant mortality rate in the state, it lacks the organizational infrastructure to provide vital health and social services to children and families. To fill this gap, the Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortiums Irvington Family Development Center provides parenting classes, literacy training, professional development for child care workers, and health screening for children. The Schumann Fund helped meet matching requirements for state support.
Contact Name
Mary Bennett, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund grant supported counseling for pre-kindergarten to third grade children in two Project GRAD elementary schools, to help the children modify their disruptive behavior, and to help teachers develop a range of classroom management skills.
Contact Name
Stephen Adubato, Sr., Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Since 1970, the North Ward Center has been an anchor in a neighborhood undergoing dramatic demographic and social change. It provides employment training to senior citizens, adult day care, early childhood care and education, and a charter school. The Schumann Fund grant supported an evaluation of the North Ward Centers preschool program.
Contact Name
Charles Kelley, Area Coordinator
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
In New Jersey, 5.5% of all children under age 18 are living with relatives other than their parents – most of them grandparents. Since 1996, the Salvation Armys Grandfamilies Program has provided peer support, counseling and advocacy to and on behalf of these grandparents. Funding comes from community and private philanthropies, including the Schumann Fund for New Jersey.
Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Since 1972, UVSO has provided social services to the Vailsburg neighborhood, helped to develop new housing and supported community organizing to increase civic participation. The Schumann Fund provided support for UVSOs early childhood programs.
Contact Name
Patricia Connors, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Youth Development Clinic provides an array of services for a clientele that would otherwise not have access to mental health services: child study evaluations, individual and group counseling, peer counseling and an early intervention program in partnership with Project GRAD-Newark. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
Public Policy $634,000
Contact Name
Junius Williams, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Abbott Leadership Institute trains parents to analyze data about their children’s schools and to gain the knowledge and the confidence to advocate for school improvement. The Schumann Fund supported the Institute’s efforts to increase the number of Parent Child Learning Centers.
Contact Name
Junius Williams, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund’s grant helped to support a project director for the Committee of Advocates for Newark’s Children, a group of leaders from the philanthropic, corporate, non-profit and higher education sectors in Newark who are committed to the continued improvement of the Newark Public Schools.
Contact Name
Cecelia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling requiring that all three- and four-year-olds in the state’s poorest school districts have access to high quality, well-planned early childhood education. The Association for Children of New Jersey has built a statewide coalition to advocate for implementation of the order, and to support expansion of preschool to additional districts with a high proportion of poor children. The Schumann Fund grant enabled ACNJ to continue leading these efforts.
Contact Name
Sara McLanahan, Director; Michelle DeKlyen, Project Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Princeton, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported the Center’s efforts to disseminate information about at-risk parents in Newark and their children to community leaders, agency personnel and policy makers.
Contact Name
Harry S. Pozycki, Chairman
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Metuchen, NJ
As part of an effort to transform Newark’s political culture, the Schumann Fund grant supported a leadership-training program for Newark residents, to enable them to seek appointments on public boards and commissions.
Contact Name
Claudia Burzichelli, Executive Director; Heather Ngoma, Director, Charter School Resource Center
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
New Brunswick, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided support for the Center’s technical assistance to charter schools and to school leaders planning small schools.
Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$1,500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ
The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers provides member foundations with information about effective grantmaking, facilitates collaboration on philanthropic initiatives and provides technical assistance to individuals and organizations interested in forming new family, private, public or corporate foundations. The Schumann Fund for New Jersey provided general support.
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative – Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
Contact Name
Barbara Reisman, Chair
Amount
$5,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Silver Spring, MD
To provide technical assistance and information to philanthropies interested in funding early childhood education initiatives, and to carry out a state-based effort to improve early care and education.
Contact Name
David Sciarra, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
Although significant gains have been made in student performance in elementary school since 1999, when the state finally began to implement the Abbott mandates, achievement in middle and high schools remains dismal. In 2004, the State Board of Education adopted regulations designed to increase student achievement and improve graduation rates. One of the key components of these regulations is that small learning communities be created within existing schools, or that autonomous small schools be developed, offering a rigorous curriculum and the social supports adolescents need to develop into competent, caring adults. The Schumann Fund’s grant enabled the Education Law Center to hire an experienced teacher to lead the effort to advocate for implementation of these recommendations.
Contact Name
Stephanie McGencey, Executive Director
Amount
$2,500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Washington, DC
GCYF provides a forum for new ideas and strategies, the opportunity for grantmakers to learn from each other, and a venue for encouraging new foundation investment in children and families. The Schumann Fund for New Jersey provided operating support.
Contact Name
William Porter, Executive Director
Amount
$1,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Portland, OR
Grantmakers for Education is a network of private, corporate and family foundations that make grants to improve student achievement. The Schumann Fund grant provided operating support.
Fiscal Agent
Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence
Contact Name
JoAnn McCullough, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Montclair, NJ
The IMANI College Advocacy Center was created by parents and community leaders in Montclair, as part of the town’s efforts to address the persistent achievement gap between African-American and Caucasian students in the Montclair Public Schools. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
over two years
Contact Name
Partha Banerjee, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
New Jersey has the fifth largest total of immigrants in the U.S., and the second highest per capita total. The vast majority (80%) has entered the U.S. with legal documents. Children who have immigrated to the U.S. are one of the fastest growing segments of the public school population. The Schumann Fund grant enabled the Network to hire a coordinator to focus on education policy and enable the Network to participate in New Jersey’s school improvement efforts.
Contact Name
Lois Whipple, Executive Director
Amount
$24,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Montclair, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided support for an intensive after-school and summer academic enrichment program for elementary school students, designed to engage teachers and parents in a focused effort to help close the achievement gap between low income children of color and their more advantaged peers.
Contact Name
George Hawkins, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ
New Jersey Future’s mission is to promote the implementation of New Jersey’s State Plan. The Schumann Fund provided general support.
Contact Name
Linda Epps, President and CEO
Amount
$30,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
In collaboration with the New Jersey Historical Society, Rutgers-Newark and the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the Newark Public Schools opened History High School, a small high school with high academic standards, in September 2006. The Schumann Fund grant helped to fund the Historical Society’s staff investment in this effort.
Contact Name
Paul Scully, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Cherry Hill, NJ
NJRC works with congregations throughout the state to encourage them to get involved in efforts to promote affordable housing, equitable land use, and property tax reform. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
Newark Public Schools Foundation
Contact Name
Claudia Edwards, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund provided support for the start-up of a public education fund in Newark.
Contact Name
Irene Sterling, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Paterson, NJ
The Schumann Fund for New Jersey renewed its support for the Paterson Education Fund’s campaign to expand the number of small high schools in Paterson as a means of improving student achievement and raising the graduation rate.
Contact Name
Herb Green, Director
Amount
$10,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
New Brunswick, NJ
Since 1985, the Public Education Institute has contributed to a more informed and thoughtful debate about the opportunities for education reform in New Jersey. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.
Contact Name
Thomas G. Dallessio, New Jersey Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
New York, NY
The Schumann Fund’s grant, made in collaboration with a number of other foundations investing in Newark, enable RPA to develop and advocate a master plan for Newark, with extensive community participation.
Statewide Education Organizing Committee
Contact Name
Dennis Brunn, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2006
Location
Trenton, NJ
The Schumann Fund’s grant enable the Committee to hire an organizer to work with parents in six Abbott Districts to advocate for effective implementation of the Abbott requirements.
