Trying To Make a Place Better Through the Arts? Put People First.
Since 2008, Arts Build Communities at Rutgers University has been exploring this question: “Why are some communities more successful than others in creative placemaking?” We’ve…
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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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This has been a year of listening, grounding, learning, and charting a clear path forward. And it has also been a year of real progress and movement toward the kind of New Jersey where every family has the chance to build stability, build opportunity, and build wealth across generations.
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New Investments Announced to Support Economic Opportunity in Paterson
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced $1.6M in multi-year investments advancing economic stability, housing, and opportunity in the City of Paterson.
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Bite-Sized Fundraising
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The Untold Story of How Music and Arts Education Became Core Subjects (Hint: It Is Not How You Think!)
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Hill Visits: Worth the Trip
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A Must See: Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance
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The Power of Art! Celebrating Youth Art Month
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A Bumper Crop of Events
By Alison Hastings Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Winter is usually down time for farmers. It’s the season where farmers rest their fields as well…
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Remembering the Morris and Essex Dog Show
The Morris & Essex Kennel Club dog show, 1937 Mary Ann McGann in the current edition of Inside Jersey takes a look back at the…
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Your Distinguished Identity
By Wendy Liscow Program Officer I can’t think of a single nonprofit organization that has not undergone some sort of institutional transformation since the economic…
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Jersey Moves!
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