The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has committed $4 million toward the development of a new South Ward Wellness Center in Newark, a transformative community development project that will expand access to medical care, youth development, and economic opportunity in one of the city’s most historically
Visit: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Invests $4 Million in South Ward Wellness Center to Advance Community Health and Economic OpportunitysTogether, 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.
Visit: Critical Needs Grants Awarded to Trenton-Area NonprofitssThe Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced $1.6M in multi-year investments advancing economic stability, housing, and opportunity in the City of Paterson.
Visit: New Investments Announced to Support Economic Opportunity in Patersons
President's Message
Over the past few years, the Dodge Foundation has been an organization in transformation. We are an organization aspiring to become an antiracist institution. We are an organization working to increasingly center racial equity and justice in all aspects of our work. We are an organization that is listening and learning. What we’ve learned so far will guide us in our work to come.
Learning Out Loud
In November, the Dodge Foundation convened our inaugural Momentum Fund cohort. Launched in the fall of 2021, the Momentum Fund used a new community-engaged process to select and fund ten emerging organizations who are employing innovative strategies to address root causes of structural racism in New Jersey.
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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is excited to welcome Ticiana Maloney as Grants Manager and Susan Vega as Controller. Both Ticiana and Susan join our organization with decades of experience across the social sector, and with a deep commitment to advancing our vision of a more just and equitable New Jersey.
President's Message
In our most recent round of funding, the Dodge Foundation made more than $5 million in grants which served to acknowledge long-standing partners and collaborators, support new partners who are driving racial equity and justice, and respond to the real-time issues and crises facing people across the State of New Jersey. These grants represent our purposeful efforts to support and recognize the impact of years-long partners and institutions, while also strengthening and growing our support to new organizations focused and aligned to our new strategic direction of building a just and equitable New Jersey.
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The Dodge Foundation is excited to welcome Janna Oberdorf as our new Director of Communications. She comes to the organization with two decades of experience in communications and journalism, and 15 years of experience working in the social sector, with a focus on gender and racial equity.
President's Message
Today, as we continue to live into our commitment to build a just and equitable New Jersey, we are launching a new visual identity and website to help bring our vision of a new way for the Foundation and New Jersey more fully to life.
Community Spotlight
Amol Sinha, Esq., is executive director of the ACLU of New Jersey, which uses impact litigation, legislative advocacy, public education, organizing, and strategic communications to achieve its transformative policy goals.
Community Spotlight
Ryan Haygood, Esq., is the President and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, which advocates to create wealth, transform justice and harness democratic power for people of color in New Jersey.
Community Spotlight
Salvation and Social Justice advocates for policies that invest in Black people's health, humanity, and well-being.
Community Spotlight
Jennene Tierney is Vice President of People, Culture, and Equity at the Dodge Foundation.
