Dodge Foundation Week in Review

Recent News & Learnings

• Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Accelerate Rising Tide Capital’s Expansion in New Jersey

  Jul 11, 2025

  Rising Tide Capital (RTC), a prominent New Jersey-based entrepreneurship training organization, has received a transformative three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to catalyze the nonprofit’s programmatic expansion in Trenton and throughout New Jersey.

• 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.