When Does Reporting Become Rubbernecking?
Last Saturday, I drove up to Danbury, Ct. to pick up my husband, who’d been covering the story in Newtown. The Danbury LaQuinta is eight…
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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.
Visit: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces $11.1 Million in New Grants to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Across New JerseysDodge Foundation Hosts First Partner and Grantee Convening
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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Shine Bright: Removing Municipal Barriers to Solar Projects in New Jersey
New Jersey municipalities are stepping up to help meet the state goals for renewable energy (solar, wind) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence…
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How Can We Use Creativity to Design Innovative Approaches to Rebuilding a Safer, Sustainable Jersey?
Seven weeks ago today, Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey with a savage fierceness causing monumental destruction across our beloved Garden State. As a current resident…
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Grant Opportunity from Crayola for NJ Schools
Crayola has partnered with Dodge and the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association to offer six “Champion Creatively Alive Children” leadership grants exclusively for New…
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Responding to Sandy and the Case for Flexible Capital
It’s time to turn in my monthly blog to the Dodge Foundation and I’m horribly torn about what to talk about. I want to share…
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Four Ways to Help New Jersey Artists and Arts Groups Without Busting Your Holiday Budget
As we near the end of the calendar year, nonprofit arts groups around the state join all types of nonprofits that are bumping up annual…
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DanceNJ Strong: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Relief on 12.12.12
It isn’t about the performances on the stage. I could even argue that it isn’t about the amount of money being donated to the New…
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Balancing a Nonprofit's Two Masters: Mission and Money
Boards exist to protect and steward the promises of the mission. As the protectors of public trust, it is up to boards to make sure…
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Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Food Waste
This past Sunday, I cleaned out my refrigerator of Thanksgiving leftovers. The cranberry and orange relish had fermented. The cheesecake had absorbed all of the…
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Update on the New Jersey Recovery Fund and an Announcement
In the days immediately following Hurricane Sandy, the Dodge Foundation partnered with the Community Foundation of New Jersey and several of our philanthropic colleagues to establish…
