Food for Thought: Defining Food Deserts and Understanding What Access to Food Means
The recent discussion in popular media regarding the ties between obesity and food deserts, food swamps, and inequitable food access is helping both food system…
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New President and CEO, Samra Haider, to Lead the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Towards Vision of a Just and Equitable New Jersey
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is pleased to announce that Samra Haider has been appointed as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.
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Rising Tide Capital (RTC), a prominent New Jersey-based entrepreneurship training organization, has received a transformative three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to catalyze the nonprofit’s programmatic expansion in Trenton and throughout New Jersey.
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In this piece, we will examine issues related to housing justice and affordable housing initiatives, while also highlighting organizations who dedicate their work to advocating for these issues.
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Opportunity: Make GOOD Art Challenge
Attention! The folks at GOOD Maker want your best proposals to help your community come alive through the arts: “Creating opportunities for people to experience…
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How Much Pollution Should One Neighborhood Have to Endure?
Joni Sampson, president of the Eyes of Trenton Civic Association (pictured left) and Nicky Sheats, PhD., New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and Thomas Edison State…
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Watching the Backs of New Jersey Nonprofits
Last week, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers board received a briefing from Linda Czipo, executive director of the Center for Non-Profits. Linda shared some data…
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"For Ambitious Nonprofits, Capital to Grow"
In June, Nina Stack of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers wrote a blog post (“Supporting Innovation, Not Stagnation“) urging the philanthropic sector to understand…
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Rethinking and Restoring Our Rivers
Introduction by Margaret Waldock, Environment Program Director Viewing a map of New Jersey, it’s hard to miss the expansive highway and road system that has…
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Need Innovative Sustainability Planning Advice? Ask a Student.
The city of Absecon in Atlantic County New Jersey began to feel the political pressure for not being Sustainable Jersey certified. The residents wanted it, and…
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Leading With the Question Mark
It is a truism that when boards ask questions, they create work in organizations. So why not ask questions to create work that, when done,…
