Grantmaking
Community 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.
Atlantic City Community Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, awards $50,000 to local organizations.
The 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.
Impact100 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.
Citibank 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.
TD 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The F. M. Kirby Foundation Board of Directors announced 248 grants totaling $13.8 million were made in 2020 to nonprofit organizations working to foster self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities in a year of unprecedented challenges.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) recently awarded $202,840 in Incubation and Action Grant funding to fifteen organizations.