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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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Dodge 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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