President's Message
Imagine a New Future
As our worlds keep changing, as we grieve what once was, and as uncomfortable truths are revealed and continue to be experienced, there is hope because our shared humanity is being activated.
The Foundation adopts a total-asset approach — spanning public and private capital markets, direct local investments, and grants — rooted in the conviction that 100% of the Foundation’s resources can be invested for maximum social impact
Visit: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners with Bivium Westfuller to Put Its Full Endowment to Work Closing the Racial Wealth GapsIn 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?
Visit: N.J. faces a choice: 10 acres of parking or 1,500 new homessLast month, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation brought together more than 100 people representing 44 organizations for its first-ever partner and grantee convening.
Visit: Dodge Foundation Hosts First Partner and Grantee Convenings
News
At their second board meeting of the year, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Trustees approved more than $3.5 million in grants to support New Jersey’s nonprofit sector and communities, including more than $500,000 in new COVID-19 relief and response grants.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Horne to the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation’s Board of Trustees to a four-year term. “I am delighted to join the Dodge…
Dodge’s board and staff recently celebrated Elizabeth Duffy’s 16 years as a Foundation trustee at its virtual June meeting. The meeting marked the transition for…
The Dodge Q&A series is designed to share what Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation staff are learning and thinking about as they engage with social sector leaders…
There is broad acknowledgement that we are living through an unprecedented time. It is a time of crisis. For many of us and our organizations,…
In these unprecedented times, nonprofit organizations are experiencing many challenges, including sudden changes in service delivery, shifting workforce configurations, and potential losses across multiple revenue…
By Brit Harley, WBGO and Mike Rispoli, Free Press To say that things are different right now in New Jersey is an understatement. The way…
At their first meeting of the year, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Trustees approved $4 million in grants to support New Jersey’s nonprofit sector, including $1…