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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Elects Karen Sunderam to Board of Trustees

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation today announced the election of Karen Sunderam to its Board of Trustees. A seasoned investment strategist and leader in impact investing, Sunderam brings nearly two decades of experience aligning capital with social and economic outcomes.

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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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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Invests $4 Million in South Ward Wellness Center to Advance Community Health and Economic Opportunity

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

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  • President's Message

    Looking Back to Look Forward: Putting Action to our Words 

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    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

    Momentum Fund Convenes to Connect and Strengthen Our Collective Work 

    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.

  • President's Message

    Building and Strengthening Partnerships Across New Jersey: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5 Million in Grants

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    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.  

  • Community Spotlight

    Amol Sinha, Esq., of ACLU of New Jersey

    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.