News & Learning

Critical Needs Grants Awarded to Trenton-Area Nonprofits

Together, in partnership with The Princeton Area Community Foundation and the Bonner Foundation, $155,000 in Critical Needs Grants were awarded to Trenton-area nonprofits facing funding cuts and increased demand for services.

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A Year of Clarity, Momentum, and Partnership 

This has been a year of listening, grounding, learning, and charting a clear path forward. And it has also been a year of real progress and movement toward the kind of New Jersey where every family has the chance to build stability, build opportunity, and build wealth across generations. 

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New Investments Announced to Support Economic Opportunity in Paterson

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced $1.6M in multi-year investments advancing economic stability, housing, and opportunity in the City of Paterson.

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  • Call for New Jersey Artists

    Elaine Rastocky, Program Associate The third floor of 14 Maple Avenue has dedicated gallery space for artists who live or work in New Jersey. Currently,…

  • Setting the Table for Local Foods

    Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director Last week, the Dodge Foundation sponsored a two-day workshop entitled, Bringing People and Land Back into the Economy. This diverse…

  • Cranford: My Great Green Town

    Lisa Bregman, Program Associate Known at the turn of the century as the Venice of New Jersey, the Union County Township of Cranford grew up…

  • Spotlight On: Marcellus Shale Webinar

    Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate Roughly 15 million people in New York and Pennsylvania get their daily supply of drinking water from the clear streams…

  • Thinking About Philanthropy: Part 3

    David Grant, President and CEO Let me make an abstract idea from the last entry more concrete through some examples. In the previous parts of…

  • Secrets For Success During Turbulent Times

    Wendy Liscow, Program Officer Non-profit organizations are resourceful, resilient, and let’s face it, a bit scrappy.  With their missions acting as both powerful rudder and…

  • Closing the Creativity Gap

    Ross Danis, Program Director, Education You may hear the mention of a number of “gaps” when people are talking about education: the achievement gap between…

  • Spotlight On: Newton Meyers Mural at Dodge

    Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate You can find this spectacular mural, Life as a Delicate Fabric Stretched Between Two Eternities,  in our office, thanks to…

  • In Urban Land We Trust

    Michelle Knapik, Program Director, Environment Camden waterfront I had the privilege of joining the New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) board and staff for part of…