Grantmaking
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts awarded nearly $2 million to 140 New Jersey artists through the Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship program.
The Community Foundation of New Jersey thanked its 1,160 fundholders for making 7,350 philanthropic gifts to worthy causes and communities in 2022 totaling approximately $153 million.
Kessler Foundation that in 2022 it approved approximately $1 million in grants to support initiatives that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
Johnson & Johnson announced a $1 million pledge among other efforts to aid relief efforts in Turkey and Syria.
Montclair State University is using a $1 million grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to transform Eastside High School in Paterson into a University-assisted community school, that will offer free meals, health care, mental health counseling to students and their families.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) will distribute $211,743 in funding to 18 organizations in its latest round of grant funding awards.
The FirstEnergy Foundation has granted two New Jersey nonprofits with $20,000 "Gifts of the Season," aiding in their mission to make lives brighter within the Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) service area.
The Trenton Arts Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded $29,550 in grants to seven local arts, culture and history nonprofits, in particular their programs that support Trenton’s young people.
The Princeton Area Community Foundation awarded about $2 million in Community Impact and COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants to local nonprofits.
In observance of MLK Day, NJCC makes $10K donations to Newark, Paterson, Camden, Trenton and New Brunswick to fund community impact initiatives and nonprofits.