Grants

Year 2019

Early Childhood Development $150,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Support for ACNJ’s census 2020 Campaign work in counting young children

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$75,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Operating support

Newark School for the Arts

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

To identify, develop, and train Newark based early childhood providers, in Newark School for the Arts’ Music and Movement Program

Program for Parents

Amount
$30,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Continuing support for establishment of a Montclair Community Council for Young Children and support to sustain the Essex Council for Young Children

The Montclair Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Nature Connections Field Trips for Ann’s School and Montclair Child Development Center

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Support to leverage funding for infant/toddler,preschool and afterschool programs for children aged 0-8

Essex County $135,000

Greater Newark Fresh Air Fund

Amount
$10,000
Category
Essex County

To provide camp scholarships for Newark children

Imagine: A Center for Coping With Loss

Amount
$10,000
Category
Essex County

Support for a second “Night of Support” for Imagine Newark a trauma -imformed peer grief support program for children and families coping with loss in Newark and surrounding areas

Independence: A Family of Services

Amount
$25,000
Category
Essex County

Operating support

Ironbound Community Corporation

Amount
$20,000
Category
Essex County

Operating support

Legal Service of New Jersey

Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County

Suppport for a pilot “Parent Ally Program” augmenting – Family Representation Project

St. Bemedict’s Preparatory School

Amount
$30,000
Category
Essex County

Support for St. Benedic’s Prep Steven M. Grossman Counseling Center

Succeed2gether, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Essex County

Operating support for afterscool and summer enrichment for economicaly challenged, academially struggling students in the Greater Montclair area

Public Policy $180,000

Abbott Leadership Institute

Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy

Operating support for the Abbott Leadership Institute

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Amount
$15,000
Category
Public Policy

To support the position of Philanthropic Liaison for the city of Newark

Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition

Amount
$20,000
Category
Public Policy

Support for Undoing Racism training for the GNHCC’s improve prenatal csre

Montciair Fund for Educational Excellence

Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy

America to Me Community Watch Groups-Building a Common Understanding

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy

Support for NJISJ’s youth centered Juvenile justice advocacy

Newark Community Impact

Amount
$5,000
Category
Public Policy

Support for a pooled fund to support emerging strategic programs – through the Mayor’s Office of Newark

Newark Office of Comprehensive Community Ed.   (United Way of Essex & West Hudson – fiscal agent)

Amount
$25,000
Category
Public Policy

Support for the Newark Office of Comprehensive Community Educaton

Newark Trust for Education

Amount
$15,000
Category
Public Policy

To support system-wide, sustainable school improveent efforts in th Newark Public Schools

Newark Trust for Education (Pooled Fund)

Amount
$15,000
Category
Public Policy

Participate in the Newark Public Schools Funders Collaborative

YWCA Eastern Union County

Amount
$10,000
Category
Public Policy

Undoing Racism workshop for new members of the Union County Racial Justice Task Force

Total: $465,000