Contact Name
Felix Rouse, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported implementation of the organization’s Five-Year Strategic Plan.
Contact Name
Kathleen DiChiara, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Hillside, NJ
The Community Food Bank of New Jersey’s mission is to fight hunger and poverty in New Jersey by assisting those in need and seeking long term solutions to hunger and poverty. The Food Bank’s Kids Division provides hot meals, new clothing, and school supplies to children in Newark and across New Jersey. The Schumann Fund supports that effort.
Contact Name
Karen Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocate helps Family Court judges in Essex County protect the welfare of the County’s foster children. The Schumann Fund supported Essex County CASA’s advocacy program for Essex County foster children aged birth to five.
Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
Ironbound Community Corporation is a grassroots community-based organization addressing the myriad needs of nearly 1000 residents on a daily basis and advocating for equitable social, educational and environmental policies. Our grant provides operating support.
Contact Name
Michaela Murray-Nolan, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported Kids Corporation’s Educational Service, which provides resources to after-school and summer programs in community-based organizations in Newark.
Contact Name
Marnie McKoy, Principal
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
Link Community School’s small classes, committed teachers, high expectations and extensive summer and afterschool programs give urban seventh and eighth-graders the transformational educational experiences they need to succeed. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Contact Name
Genia Philip, Esq., Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
For more than three decades, NESF has provided comprehensive emergency services to families and individuals in crisis. Many of NESF’s clients are working, but earning too little to weather crises – eviction, high utility costs, loss of a job, sudden illness. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Newark Family Resource Network
Contact Name
Mildred Crews, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported the Newark Family Resource Network’s Community Networ, which provides in-home and on-site prevention services for at-risk families not currently involved with New Jersey’s child welfare system.
Contact Name
Ilise Zimmerman, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Paramus, NJ
In 1998 the Northern NJ Maternal Child Health Consortium created the Irvington Family Development Center, a family resource center. The center provides an array of programs: literacy, quality childcare, early childhood mental health, prenatal and health services and parenting classes. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
Unified Vailsburg Services Organization is a dynamic, responsive multi-service organization that addresses the needs of senior citizens, young families, and youth. It is a voice for residents for neighborhood concerns, information, and action. The Schumann grant provides operating support.
Contact Name
Patricia Connors, MD, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ
For more than 50 years, the Youth Development Clinic has provided behavioral health services to families in Newark and surrounding areas who would not otherwise have access to those services. Schumann provides operating support.
