The Resiliency Network: Moving Communities Beyond Recovery
According to national experts, it can take 5-10 years, or more, for hard-hit communities to fully recover from disasters and develop a new sense of…
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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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Calling All Citizen Mappers!
The best laid plans start with a good map. From a simple sketch on the back of an envelope to digital layers of complex geospatial…
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Philanthropy Grows in Newark as Economic Investment Expands
If you want a feel good experience, try walking the streets of New Jersey’s largest city, Newark. You won’t have to go very far before…
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"The Pier Lights Our Carnival Life Forever": Rebuilding the Arts After Sandy
I don’t know about you, but when I think of “Sandy” and “New Jersey” my mind wanders to the lyrics of a familiar anthem, “Oh,…
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Repainting Journalism
Last week, I attended a panel discussion about the Nieman Journalism Lab’s ambitious oral history, “Riptide,” at the Paley Center for Media in New York.…
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Are We There Yet?
Defining and Tracking Sustainability Goals for New Jersey By 2050, demographers predict as many as 10 billion human beings will walk the earth, 3 billion…
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Strong Boards = Strong Nonprofits
I can’t think of a single nonprofit organizational challenge that wouldn’t be improved by having a strong board of trustees who are fully aware of…
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Come to the 1st Annual Highlands Festival
Event Alert! The New Jersey Highlands Coalition is hosting the 1st annual Highlands Festival on September 21-22, 2013 at Waterloo Village in Byram, NJ. The…
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Understanding Context: Foundations in New Jersey
For most nonprofits, securing support from private foundations – whether family-based or independent – is essential. No news there right? Often, the standard funding formula…
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Falling Into New Jersey Arts
September is not only the perennial “Back to School” month but the time when the Fall Arts Calendar reveals itself, just like the changing leaves…
