Newark Celebration 350 is a year-long celebration to mark the City of Newark’s 350th anniversary. The Schumann Fund grant supports the educational activities that will be part of the events.

For almost three decades, CASA for Children of Essex County has worked to promote the welfare of children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. They train and supervise volunteers to advocate for the best interest of children in court to ensure that each child receives needed services and assistance while speeding them to a safe and permanent home. Schumann supports CASA’s advocacy program for Essex County children aged 0-8.

The Schumann Fund supports Independence: A Family of Services’ programs at the East Orange Family Success Center that has become a centralized hub of information, referrals, counseling, education and family activities for an underserved community.

The Schumann grant supports Kids Corporation’s Educational Service that provides curricular and material resources to after school and summer programs in community-based organizations in Newark.

La Casa de Don Pedro is one of New Jersey’s oldest and largest Hispanic-serving organizations, offering preschool, afterschool enrichment, job training, leadership development and community building activities across the City of Newark. Our grant provides operating support.

Newark’s mayor Ras Baraka has embarked on a city-wide literacy campaign that envisions the city embracing literacy as a communal cause and culture for city residents of all ages. The Schumann grant supports a literacy training institute for providers of out-of-school time programs to engage youth and their families in literacy-based activities.

This organization’s mission is “to stabilize families and individuals in crisis especially the working poor, homeless, and those in financial need and provide them with financial support and life skills training to live on their own.” Last year, NESF served more than 4,000 individuals and families. The Schumann grant provides operating support.

The Schumann grant provides support to the Partnership’s Irvington Family Development Center, a Family Success Center that has become Irvington’s one-stop resource center for health, education, and social supports for children and families.

The Schumann Fund supports Pre-K Our Way’s community engagement campaign to expand New Jersey’s high quality preschool program to all children who are eligible.

The Newark Violence Reduction Initiative focuses on the small number of lawbreakers responsible for most of the City of Newark’s violent crimes. A groundbreaking collaborative of local, state, and federal law enforcement, county and federal prosecutors has joined forces with community leaders, social service providers, and city officials to address local drug markets and street violence in the city. Schumann provides support for social services for high-risk individuals who agree to participate in the initiative.

More than 180,000 New Jersey children are living in grandparent headed households. The Schumann Fund supports The Salvation Army’s “Grandfamilies Program,” that offers support and guidance to grandparents and other kinship caregivers providing primary care to children.

This multi-service organization is a hub of family, child, and neighborhood services in a diverse, largely working-class neighborhood in Newark’s West Ward. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.

The Youth Development Clinic’s diverse group of mental health practitioners offer high quality behavioral health services to families and children to neighborhoods where families live and children attend school. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.