Environmental Leadership Program – Support for the Eastern Regional Network and Community Scholarship Fund

Recent News & Learnings

• New President and CEO, Samra Haider, to Lead the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Towards Vision of a Just and Equitable New Jersey

  May 30, 2025

  The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is pleased to announce that Samra Haider has been appointed as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Haider will bring decades of success in nonprofit leadership, program innovation, and organizational strategy to drive progress toward the Foundation’s vision to close the racial wealth gap in New Jersey. 

• New Partnership with Community Investment Strategies to Preserve New Jersey Affordable Housing

  Mar 5, 2025

  Community Investment Strategies, CIS INC., is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation  to preserve critical affordable housing in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

• Launch of the Public Phase of One Square Mile Initiative in Paterson

  Nov 21, 2024

  We are proud to support One Square Mile (OSM), the hyperlocal, place-based initiative designed to revitalize a designated area of Paterson.