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M&T Bank has donated $75,000 in seed money to help the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers University launch a new fund to help Black entrepreneurs recover from the effects of the pandemic.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingThe Community Foundation of South Jersey has awarded a fifth round of grants from its COVID-19 Response Fund.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingThe United Way of Greater Newark has awarded more than $800,000 in grant funding to 15 community-based organizations in Newark to create and launch neighborhood-based mobile vaccination clinics as well as neighborhood-based outreach and public information campaigns.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingWells Fargo Announced $4 million in relief aid to help New Jersey small businesses impacted by COVID-19.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingThe Provident Bank Foundation (PBF) on May 11 announced Major Grant recipients for its first cycle of 2021.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area EducationalHealth-General & RehabilitativeYouth DevelopmentThe the F. M. Kirby Foundation announces 87 grants totaling $7.7 million were made in the first four months of 2021 to nonprofit organizations working to foster self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as well as national nonprofits largely based in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Topic COVID-19 Funding Area Arts/Culture/HumanitiesEducationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to impact investing through a $200 million allocation for social investments.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area Health-General & RehabilitativeRacial EquityThe Healthcare Foundation of NJ announced a $5 million gift to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center for the expansion/construction of the hospital’s Emergency Department.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area HospitalsBD announced a $1 million commitment over five years to UNICEF USA in support of UNICEF's work to uphold the rights of all children and help every child survive and thrive.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area Health-General & RehabilitativeThe Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Board of Trustees met virtually this March and approved more than $2.8 million in grants toward an equitable and just New Jersey.
Topic Diversity, Equity, and InclusionGrantmaking Funding Area Racial EquityOn Monday, the bank announced it is giving a grant of $1 million to the Trenton Regional Business Assistance Corp. and a grant of $500,000 to the Camden-based Cooperative Business Assistance Corp.
Topic GrantmakingThe Trustees of The Fund for New Jersey awarded $823,000 in grants to eleven nonprofit organizations at their March 2021 quarterly Board meeting.
Topic GrantmakingPSEG Foundation announces $1M in grants to historically Black colleges and universities.
Topic Diversity, Equity, and InclusionGrantmaking Funding Area Racial EquityIn celebration of its one-year anniversary, the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund announced Thursday $16 million in new grant funding to 139 nonprofits throughout the state.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingThe New Jersey State Council on the Arts held a public meeting on March 16, where nearly $750,000 was awarded to 50 New Jersey nonprofit organizations through a recovery program that will help the arts sector prepare for a full-scale recovery.
Topic COVID-19Grantmaking Funding Area Arts/Culture/HumanitiesMayor Ras Baraka has announced a second round of funding through the city's Creative Catalyst Fund that will provide artists and art groups with flexible grant support during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
Topic COVID-19Grantmaking Funding Area Arts/Culture/HumanitiesA $1,000,000 donation from The Pascale Sykes Foundation was made to support Black-owned businesses with pandemic relief loans from $10,000 to 75,000 and recovery loan sizes in yet-undetermined amounts.
Topic GrantmakingBank of America has announced grants totaling more than $22 million in support of advancing racial equality and economic opportunities.
Topic Diversity, Equity, and InclusionGrantmaking Funding Area Racial EquityTD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, awarded 32 local organizations from Maine to Florida nearly $5 million through its 15th Annual Housing for Everyone grant competition.
Topic COVID-19Grantmaking Funding Area Housing/ShelterThe New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced that it anticipates awarding $14 million in grants to 27 organizations through its Sustain & Serve NJ program.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingValley Bank has donated approximately $1 million to nearly 100 New Jersey-based organizations supporting relief efforts for COVID-19.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingThe Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF) awarded over $2 million to more than 50 local nonprofits in its second phase of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grant funding activities.
Topic COVID-19GrantmakingCommunity Catalyst, Community Change, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities have announced a $9 million commitment from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in support of an initiative focused on grassroots efforts to improve healthcare access, affordability, and dignity in care.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area Health-General & RehabilitativeAtlantic City Community Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, awards $50,000 to local organizations.
Topic GrantmakingThe New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 202, where nearly $1 million was awarded to 129 New Jersey artists through two grant programs.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area Arts/Culture/HumanitiesImpact100 Essex awarded its fourth annual grant to Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey (PCA-NJ). PCA-NJ's mission with the $100,000 grant is to implement a research-based, trauma-informed Children's Wellness Initiative in five Essex County schools or childcare centers, with the goal of reaching 1,500 students and their families.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area ChildrenCitibank has announced a second round of investments through the Citi Impact Fund in Black-, women-, and veteran-led companies working to address pressing social problems.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area Racial EquityWomen and GirlsTD Bank has announced grants totaling $2.8 million in support of efforts to drive a faster, more equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities across the United States.
Topic COVID-19Diversity, Equity, and InclusionGrantmakingThe Burke Foundation awarded $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 to non-profit organizations in New Jersey working to improve prenatal and child health.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area ChildrenHealth-General & RehabilitativeThe FirstEnergy Foundation has donated more than $3.4 million to nearly 100 organizations across its service territory as part of "Investing with Purpose," a company initiative focused on supporting organizations that advance health and safety, workforce development, educational and social justice initiatives.
Topic Grantmaking Funding Area EducationalHealth-General & RehabilitativePublic Social Benefits