Creative Camden: Putting Ideas into Action
Consider the words of Wesly Taveras, a student at Camden’s Creative Arts High: “I’ve learned here that I don’t have to wait to be old…
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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces $11.1 Million in New Grants to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Across New Jersey
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has approved more than $11 million in new grant and investment commitments — $6.08 million in Housing Choice and $5.05 million in Economic Mobility — as part of our commitment to closing the racial wealth gap in New Jersey.
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Last month, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation brought together more than 100 people representing 44 organizations for its first-ever partner and grantee convening.
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N.J. faces a choice: 10 acres of parking or 1,500 new homes
In one of America’s most expensive housing markets, more than 10 acres of publicly owned land in Jersey City are currently devoted to surface parking lots. When housing costs are forcing working families out of the communities they helped build, is that really the best use of scarce public land?
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Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Lawyers Giving Back to Their Communities
Volunteers help make our communities stronger and nicer places to live. Their extraordinary efforts are the impetus for National Volunteer Week, celebrated this week,…
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Arts Ed Now: 2017 National Arts Advocacy Day
Just days before National Arts Advocacy Day, news hit of President Trump’s plan to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts in 2018. The announcement, though…
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Sustainable Jersey: 15 sustainable solutions to community challenges
As priorities change at the national level, it’s nice to live in a state with a strong municipal level of government — especially if…
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Board Leadership: Financial Projections Help to Flesh Out Scenario Plans
Allison Trimarco’s post “Living in (and Planning for) Interesting Times” does an excellent- — and practical — job of walking organization leaders through the process…
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Chris Satullo: How Local Media Can Regain Trust
Here’s a news flash: Journalism is in trouble. The business models that once supported big newsrooms capable of churning out high-impact work are near collapse.…
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Sustainable Jersey: Helping NJ schools turn STEM to STEAM with art
I-STEAM Task Force hopes to spur next generation of innovators, educators, leaders and learners While the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)…
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Board Leadership: When Looking at Financials, Don’t Do What Seems Most Obvious
In the nonprofit sector, we’ve gotten used to complexity when it comes to assessing the performance of our organizations. An organization’s “effectiveness” can be a…
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Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Keeping Your House in Order
As noted in Allison Trimarco’s February post, these are interesting times, replete with significant issues. To borrow some phrasing from Kipling, if you can stay…
