Grants

Year 2008

Early Childhood Development $389,900

Association for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

Since 1998, ACNJ has led the effort to effectively implement the Abbott preschool mandate for high quality, well planned preschool and to advocate for expansion of preschool to all of New Jersey’s at-risk children. The Schumann Fund grant supported ACNJ’s Early Learning Agenda.

BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Fiscal Agent
Civil Society Institute
Contact Name
Gerrit Westervelt, Project Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Newton, MA

The Schumann Fund grant supported New Jersey’s efforts to build a coordinated system of programs, policies and services that meet the needs of families with children from birth to five.

over two years

Center for Children and Childhood Studies – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Angela Connor Morris
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Camden, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the Centers professional development programs for teachers and teacher aides in preschool and other early childhood settings.

over two years

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Contact Name
David Kass, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

The Schumann Fund supported Fight Crimes efforts to mobilize law enforcement personnel, business leaders and other unexpected messengers to advocate for increased investment in high quality early childhood education.

John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy – Thomas Edison State College

Contact Name
Ana Berdecia, Director, Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children
Amount
$24,900
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the piloting of a professional development and mentoring program to improve the ability of early childhood teachers to work with children and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Pre-K Now – Institute for Educational Leadership

Contact Name
Libby Doggett, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

The Schumann Fund supported the Pre-K Nows work with the Association for Children of New Jersey on efforts to expand public investment in and access to high quality early childhood education.

Teaching for Change

Contact Name
Deborah Menkart, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

New Jersey City University is developing a cohort of early childhood teachers with expertise in working with English Language Learners and their families. The Schumann Fund supported this effort.

Environmental Protection $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.

Essex County $360,000

Boys & Girls Club of Newark

Contact Name
Felix Rouse, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark have provided services to Newark children since 1938. The Schumann Fund supported the implementation of the Clubs’ strategic plan for growth and quality improvement.

Community Food Bank of New Jersey

Contact Name
Kathleen DiChiara, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Hillside, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the Food Bank’s Kids Division, which provides food, clothing and school supplies to children from low-income families.

Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)

Contact Name
Katherine Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported Essex County CASA’s advocacy program for Essex County foster children aged birth to five.

Independence: A Family of Services

Contact Name
Margaret Woods, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

A study of families in urban Essex County found that fathers want to be more involved in their children’s lives. The Schumann Fund made a grant to support the development and piloting of an evidence-based fatherhood program in East Orange, NJ

Ironbound Community Corporation

Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to this multi-service, community-based organization.

Kids Corporation

Contact Name
Michaela Murray-Nolan, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

Kids Corporation’s Educational Service works with partner agencies with supplies, teacher training and curriculum to enrich learning opportunities for Newark children. It also takes children on field trips and to camp during the summer. The Schumann Fund grant supported the Educational Service.

La Casa de Don Pedro

Contact Name
Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to one of New Jersey’s largest and oldest organizations serving Latino families.

Link Community School

Contact Name
Marnie McKoy, Principal
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to this independent middle school.

Newark Emergency Services for Families

Contact Name
Genia Philip, Esq., Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

NESF provides comprehensive emergency services to Essex County families in need. A growing number of these families are working, but earning too little to meet their basic needs for food, clothing and shelter. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

Newark Family Resource Network

Contact Name
Mildred Crews, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the agency’s Community Network, providing in-home and on-site child abuse prevention services for families in Newark who are not involved with DYFS.

Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium

Contact Name
Ilise Zimmerman, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Paramus, NJ

The Northern NJ Maternal/Child Health Consortium works to improve the health and well-being of women, children and families. The Schumann Fund provided support for the Consortium’s Family Development Center in Irvington.

The Salvation Army – Essex County Area Services

Contact Name
Major Charles Kelly, Area Coordinator
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

Grandparents are raising one of every 10 children in Newark. The Schumann Fund supported the Salvation Army’s “Grandfamilies Program,” which offers assistance and respite to grandparents who are primary caregivers.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
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 UVSO’s early childhood programs.

Youth Development Clinic

Contact Name
Patricia Connors, MD, Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided operating support for the clinic, which provides mental health screening and services to families in urban Essex County.

Public Policy $503,250

Abbott Leadership Institute – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Junius Williams, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Abbott Leadership Institute trains parents to analyze data about their children’s schools and to become effective advocates for school improvement. The Schumann Fund supported the Institute’s parent training efforts.

Center for Effective School Practices Charter School Resource Center – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Heather Ngoma, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The Charter School Resource Center helps parents, community-based organizations and educators to create and launch high quality charter schools, and provides technical assistance to existing charter schools seeking to improve. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

Child Advocacy Center – Rutgers University School of Law

Contact Name
Randi Mandelbaum, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

As a result of the state’s settlement of a lawsuit brought by Children’s Rights, youth who have been in the foster care system are eligible for housing, health insurance, clothing, and other needed services until they reach age 21. The Schumann Fund grant supported the Center’s efforts to ensure that youth and their caseworkers are aware of these rights.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$1,500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the Council’s efforts to expand its program offerings and extend its capacity to strengthen philanthropy in New Jersey.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

Cory Booker was inaugurated as Mayor of Newark in July, 2006, with high expectations that his leadership would transform Newark. His vision resonated with foundation leaders and wealthy individuals. The Schumann Fund helped to support the salary of a philanthropic liaison in the Mayor’s office, to help coordinate philanthropic investment in the city.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supported continued funding for the position of Philanthropic Liaison for the City of Newark.

Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families

Contact Name
Stephanie McGencey, Executive Director
Amount
$2,500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
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.

Grantmakers for Education

Contact Name
Chris Tebben, Executive Director
Amount
$1,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Portland, Oregon

Participation in this affinity group of education funders enables the Schumann Fund to learn about successful philanthropic initiatives in education, and to collaborate with other funders on New Jersey initiatives.

Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey

Contact Name
Daniel Santo Pietro, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supported HDANJ’s advocacy for improved public education and access to high quality preschool, especially for Latino children.

IMANI College Advocacy Center

Contact Name
JoAnn McCullough, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Montclair, NJ

The IMANI College Advocacy Center was founded in 1999 by parents and community leaders, in partnership with the Superintendent of the Montclair Public Schools, to address the persistent achievement gap between African-American and Caucasian students. The Schumann Fund provided a two-year grant for operating support.

Institute on Education Law and Policy – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Paul Tractenberg, Founding Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

The Newark Public Schools have been under state control since 1998. The state is now using its Quality Single Accountability Continuum to evaluate the operations of local school districts and to determine whether those districts currently under state control are ready to be returned to local control. Newark anticipates a gradual return to local control. With support from the Schumann Fund and other grantmakers, the Institute will develop a set of policy recommendations for the return to local control.

Paterson Education Fund

Contact Name
Irene Sterling, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Paterson, NJ

The Schumann Fund for New Jersey renewed its support for the Paterson Education Fund’s “Graduating Every Paterson Child” campaign, which includes outreach to middle school students and their parents, technical assistance to creators and leaders of small high schools and learning academies, and support for a student-produced publication about the college admission process.

St. Peter’s College

Contact Name
Professors Jennifer Ayala and David Surrey, co-coordinators
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Jersey City, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supported a youth research initiative with students in Newark, Paterson and Jersey City focused on redesign of their high schools.

Statewide Education Organizing Committee

Contact Name
Dennis Brunn, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supported parent organizing to improve public schools in Asbury Park and Neptune.

The Big Picture Company

Contact Name
Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor, co-directors
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Providence, RI

The Schumann Fund grant was designated to support the opening of four Big Picture schools in Newark.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

In 1988, over the protests of parents, educators and community activists, the Newark Public Schools consolidated Vailsburg High School with West Side High School and closed the Vailsburg site. The Schumann Fund grant supported the development of an application for a charter high school in the Vailsburg section of Newark.

Total: $1,673,150