Early Childhood Development $255,000
Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Association for Children of New Jersey’s advocacy and action have helped make New Jersey a national leader in early care and education. Since 1998 ACNJ has led the effort to bring high-quality, well-planned preschool to children in New Jersey’s poorest cities and rural areas. The Schumann Fund supported ACNJ’s Early Learning agenda.
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
Contact Name
Ronnie Bloom, Chair
Amount
$5,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
The Early Childhood Funder’s Collaborative (ECFC) is an affiliation of foundations and corporate giving programs with interest in early childhood care and education that provides opportunities for networking, information sharing and strategic grantmaking. Our grant provided operating support.
Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
Ironbound Community Corporation is a multi-service community based organization that works with neighborhood residents to develop programs and services to meet the needs of the community. The Schumann Fund supported the development of an Early Head Start program that will demonstrate the impact of high quality infant toddler care on later student well-being and academic performance.
Contact Name
W. Steven Barnett, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
New Brunswick, NJ
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective early childhood education for young children and offers research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, researchers and educators. Schumann supports a NIEER assessment of the quality of early care and education services provided to infants and toddlers in Essex County, NJ.
Contact Name
Adrianne Davis, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The North Ward Center is one of New Jersey’s largest preschool providers, offering early childhood educational services to more than 600 children each year. The Schumann Fund provided support for a Parenting Education Program for parents of North Ward Center preschool children.
Essex County $249,000
Contact Name
Kathleen DiChiara, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
Location
Hillside, NJ
The Schumann Fund’s grant to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey supports the Kids Division which provides food, clothing, school supplies and books to children from low-income families.
Contact Name
Karen Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
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
2011
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
Maria Pilar Paradiso, Head of School
Amount
$10,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
Our grant provides operating support to Link Community School, an independent high-performing middle school for 130 Newark seventh and eighth graders. Almost every Link student increases his or her standardized test scores by an average of two grade levels each year.
Contact Name
Damyn Kelly, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
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.
Contact Name
Ilise Zimmerman, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
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
Todd Clear, Dean
Amount
$24,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Rutgers School of Criminal Justice’s Newark Violent Reduction Initiative is a research-based project to reduce violent crime in targeted neighborhoods. The Schumann grant provides funding for social services and other supports.
Contact Name
Major Joachim Calvo, Newark Area Services Commander
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Salvation Army’s GrandFamilies program provides specialized educational, mental and emotional support group services as well as outreach and advocacy to custodial grandparents and other kinship guardians raising children other than their own. The program currently serves 480 GrandFamilies with approximately 1,000 children in Essex County. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
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
Dr. Patricia Connors, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Youth Development Clinic’s cadre of diverse behavioral health practitioners offer wide-ranging mental health supports to children, adolescents, and the professionals who work with them. Our grant provides operating support.
Public Policy $518,000
Contact Name
Junius Williams, Executive Director
Amount
$45,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Abbott Leadership Institute trains parents and community activists to be effective advocates for school change in New Jersey’s urban communities. Our grant provides operating support.
Contact Name
Carlos Moreno, Newark Coordinator
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Providence, RI
Big Picture Learning works in cities across the US to design, develop, and support the operation of innovative, successful schools. The Schumann Fund grant was designated to support the creation and expansion of three Big Picture schools in Newark.
Contact Name
Randi Mandelbaum, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Rutgers Child Advocacy Center, a clinical program of Rutgers Law School, offers legal representation, advice, and technical assistance to children, families, and professionals involved in New Jersey’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Our grant provides operating support.
Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Trenton, NJ
The Schumann Fund for New Jersey is supporting The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers’ Philanthropic Liaison for the City of Newark to coordinate national and local philanthropic efforts on behalf of the City.
Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$1,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Trenton, NJ
The Council of New Jersey grantmakers provides member foundations with information about effective grantmaking and facilitates collaboration on philanthropic initiatives. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Contact Name
David Sciarra, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported the Education Law Center’s Secondary School Reform Project, focusing on ensuring excellence and equity in secondary education and that adequate resources are in place for effective implementation of state requirements for high school graduation.
Contact Name
Karen Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocate administered a Schumann grant for Undoing Racism, a two-and-a-half day immersion training for 60 members of the Essex County Model Court community to address racial disparities and reduce the disproportionate representation of children of color in Essex County’s child welfare system.
Contact Name
Stephanie McGencey, Executive Director
Amount
$1,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Silver Spring, MD
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families is a network of private, corporate and family foundations that are committed to improving the lives of children and their families. The organization provides a forum for new ideas and strategies as well as opportunities for grantmakers to learn from one another. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.
Contact Name
Chris Tebben, Executive Director
Amount
$1,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Portland, OR
Grantmakers for Education is a network of private, corporate, and family foundations that share the Schumann Fund’s commitment to improving educational outcomes for all students. Our grant provides operating support.
Metro Industrial Areas Foundation – New Jersey Together
Contact Name
Joe Morris, Lead Organizer
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Hoboken, NJ
New Jersey Together is a grass-roots organization anchored in religious congregations in northern New Jersey to identify community problems and find solutions to them. The Schumann Fund supported their efforts to organize parents to support public school reform and improvements in Paterson, NJ.
Contact Name
Susan Cole, President
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Montclair, NJ
A grant from the Schumann Fund enabled curriculum developers from three local universities to disseminate and advocate for the adoption of a high school social studies curriculum promoting active citizenship.
Contact Name
Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director
Amount
$10,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann grant provided partial funding for a six-month planning effort to develop a comprehensive strategy on education advocacy.
Contact Name
Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director
Amount
$35,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Schumann Fund supported the Education Fund’s foreclosure prevention counseling programs and campaigns to expand utilization of the Earned Income Tax Credit in the Newark area.
New York University – Newark Global Village Zone
Contact Name
Lauren Wells, Newark Coordinator
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Newark Global Village Zone is a comprehensive school reform strategy launched by New York University’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and the Newark Public Schools. A Schumann grant supports the position of parent outreach coordinator for the effort.
Contact Name
Ross Danis, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Newark Trust for Education is a Local Education Fund working to create a shared vision of desired outcomes for children in Newark and implement key elements of that vision. Our grant supports that effort.
Contact Name
Ross Danis, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Newark Model School Investment Fund is a collaborative effort of several local and national foundations to support the launch of eleven new secondary schools in Newark. The Schumann grant supports that effort.
Contact Name
Irene Sterling, Executive Director
Amount
$45,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Paterson, NJ
The Paterson Education Fund has worked for more than 25 years to engage the community in efforts to improve Paterson Public Schools and ensure that all Paterson children achieve at high levels. The Schumann grant supports PEF’s Graduating Every Paterson Child campaign.
Contact Name
Clement Price, Director
Amount
$10,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ
The Institute for Ethnicity, Culture & the Modern Experience convened three public discussions related to education and school reform in Newark, NJ to help Newark residents developed a more informed view of education and its possibilities. Schumann supported the effort.
