Grants

Year 2015

Early Childhood Development $200,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is a non-partisan advocate for New Jersey’s children, especially the one out of every four children living in poverty. The Schumann Fund grant supports ACNJ’s Right From the Start early childhood agenda which calls for public policies to ensure that children “start off strong,” “thrive by five” and are “great at eight.”

National Institute for Early Education Research

Contact Name
Steven Barnett, Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The National Institute for Early Education Research conducts research on the impact of high quality, effective early childhood education on young children, offering advice and technical assistance to policy makers, journalists, researchers, and educators. The Schumann grant supports NIEER’s efforts to evaluate the impact of full-day kindergarten on children’s cognitive and social/emotional development.

Third Sector New England
BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Contact Name
Susan Hibbard, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
Boston, MA

The BUILD Initiative for Early Learning is a project of the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative. It is designed to enable New Jersey and nine other states create high quality early learning programs, policies and services to meet the needs of children aged Birth to 5. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.

Environmental Protection $65,000

Greater Newark Conservancy

Contact Name
Robin Dougherty
Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Greater Newark Conservancy works to improve the quality of life in Newark and surrounding Essex County towns by promoting environmental stewardship of and by the community. The Schumann Fund supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

New Jersey Work Environment Council

Amount
$20,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Trenton, NJ

New Jersey Work Environment Council is an alliance of 70 community, environmental, and worker organizations working together to improve the environment and ensure workplace and community safety Our grant supports NJ WEC’s Healthy Schools Now, an advocacy, training, and technical assistance program to address health and safety concerns in New Jersey schools.

The Trust for Public Land, NJ Field Office

Contact Name
Anthony Cucchi
Amount
$25,000
Category
Environmental Protection
Year
2015
Location
Morristown, NJ

Since 1995, The Trust for Public Land has completed construction of 12 parks and playgrounds in Newark, bringing school children, teachers, and community residents into each stage of development, and engaging them to be stewards of completed projects. The Schumann Fund supports TPL’s community engagement work.

Essex County $320,000

Community Foundation of New Jersey
Newark Celebration 350

Contact Name
Junius Williams, Chair (Newark Celebration)
Amount
$10,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children of Essex County

Contact Name
Karen Burns, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Independence: A Family of Services

Contact Name
Margaret Woods, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Kids Corporation

Contact Name
Michaela Nolan, Executive Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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

Contact Name
Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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 Community Economic Development Corporation
Read and Believe

Contact Name
Lauren Wells, Chief Education Advisor
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Newark Emergency Services for Families

Contact Name
Tonya Bryan
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey

Contact Name
Ilise Zimmerman, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Pre-K Our Way

Contact Name
Brian Maher, Chair
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Florham Park, NJ

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.

Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice
Newark Violence Reduction Initiative

Contact Name
Ronald Lyman, Director (NVRI)
Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

The Salvation Army

Contact Name
Brenda Beavers, State Director of Human Services
Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Youth Development Clinic

Contact Name
Dr. Patricia Connors, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

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.

Public Policy $423,350

Big Picture Learning

Contact Name
Carlos Moreno, National Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Providence, RI

Big Picture Learning works in cities across the United States to design, develop, and support the operation of successful, innovative schools. The Schumann Fund supports Big Picture’s work with the Newark School District to bring its practices to several schools in Newark.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$40,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supports the City of Newark’s philanthropic liaison, who works to promote collaboration between private and corporate foundations investing in Newark and city government to ensure that investments are targeted to priorities the city has identified.

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Contact Name
Nina Stack, Executive Director
Amount
$2,350
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann grant provides operating support to enable the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers to expand its program offerings and extend its capacity to strengthen philanthropy in New Jersey.

Eagle Academy Foundation

Contact Name
David C. Banks, President and CEO
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
New York, NY

Eagle Academy Foundation supports five schools in the New York metropolitan area dedicated to the education of young men of color in a boys-only environment designed to promote academic rigor, build character, and serve their specific academic and social/emotional needs. The Schumann grant supports a comprehensive college awareness/college preparation program at Eagle Newark’s middle school.

Education Law Center

Contact Name
David Sciarra, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund supports the Education Law Center’s advocacy for equitable school funding and preschool expansion in New Jersey.

Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families

Contact Name
William Buster, Chair
Amount
$500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Silver Spring, MD

This grant supports the network of grantmakers who share our interest in children, youth, and families.

Grantmakers for Education

Contact Name
Ana Tilton, Executive Director
Amount
$500
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Portland, OR

This grant supports the network of grantmakers who share our commitment to improving educational outcomes for all students.

New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund

Contact Name
Phyllis Salowe Kay, Executive, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supports financial empowerment and asset preservation programs to Essex County’s low and moderate-income families, including a campaign to encourage low-income families to use the Earned Income Tax Credit.

New Jersey Public Radio

Contact Name
Laura Walker, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
New York, NY

Our grant to New Jersey Public Radio supports their coverage of New Jersey issues by New Jersey Public Radio and NJPR News.

New Jersey Spotlight

Fiscal Agent
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Contact Name
John Mooney, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Morristown, NJ

New Jersey Spotlight provides on-line news coverage and analysis of critical issues in New Jersey, including education, the environment, the state budget, and health care. The Schumann Fund supports NJ Spotlight’s coverage of New Jersey education policy.

Newark Trust for Education

Contact Name
Richmond Rabinowitz, Interim Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Newark Trust was created by local foundations and community leaders to develop, coordinate, and sustain efforts to improve public education and student outcomes in Newark. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.

Paterson Education Fund

Contact Name
Rosie Grant, Executive Director
Amount
$45,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Paterson, NJ

The Paterson Education Fund works to boost student outcomes by engaging parents and community leaders in efforts to improve Paterson Public Schools. Schumann supports PEF’s Graduating Every Paterson Child initiative.

Paterson Education Organizing Committee

Contact Name
Linda Reid, President
Amount
$15,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Paterson, NJ

The Paterson Education Organizing Committee has successfully campaigned for improved discipline policies, return of music and art to Paterson public schools, and free school breakfasts. Our grant provides support for a part-time community organizer.

Rutgers University
Abbott Leadership Institute

Contact Name
Junius Williams, Executive Director
Amount
$40,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Abbott Leadership Institute trains parents and community activists to be effective advocates for school improvement in Newark. Our grant supports ALI’s parent training, youth organizing and community engagement efforts.

Rutgers University
Child Advocacy Center

Contact Name
Randi Mandelbaum, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant supports the Rutgers University Child Advocacy Center’s work with youth transitioning out of foster care.

Save Our Schools New Jersey Community Organizing

Contact Name
Julia Sass Rubin, Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy
Year
2015
Location
Princeton, NJ

Save Our Schools NJ collects information about school improvement efforts and educates parents and community members about education issues in New Jersey. Our grant supports their education and outreach efforts.

Total: $1,008,350