$100,000 operating grant to modernize school funding, guarantee safe school facilities, and ensure students’ rights are protected in New Jersey.
Summary of Grants Awarded
Third Quarter
A $75,000 operating grant to support Lead-Free New Jersey’s coordinated coalition work to ensure New Jersey’s children are free from lead poisoning.
A $100,000 operating grant to advocate for Latino communities through grassroots organizing and policy efforts centering immigrant voices in New Jersey.
Lead-Free New Jersey Community Mobilization Hubs (East Trenton Collaborative, Paterson Alliance, and The HUUB, Inc.)
A $90,000 program grant to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in New Jersey via the Lead-Free New Jersey collaborative, centering the perspectives of those most impacted by lead hazards.
A $75,000 operating grant to support Lead-Free New Jersey’s coordinated coalition work to ensure New Jersey’s children are free from lead poisoning.
A $45,000 operating grant to cover important policy and government transparency issues impacting New Jersey.
A $100,000 operating grant to advance the rights, interests, and influence of New Jersey’s Black communities through youth outreach, grassroots organizing, and policy advocacy.
Second Quarter
A $100,000 operating grant to reduce incarceration and to defend democracy, housing equity, workers' rights, and other policy initiatives.
A $25,000 multi-year operating grant (year two of two) to mobilize environmental commissions to advance state and local policies that improve water quality and combat climate change.
A $125,000 operating grant to provide high-quality legal assistance for clean energy, climate change, and environmental justice. Additionally, the organization received a capacity building grant of $50,000.
A $75,000 operating grant to advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the Jersey Renews coalition.
A $100,000 operating grant to harness the power of grassroots activism to fight for a more inclusive and representative democracy.
A $100,000 operating grant to promote economic security, quality affordable health care, and expand work protections.
A $25,000 multi-year program grant (year two of two) to advance policies that mitigate climate change through natural resource conservation principles.
A $140,000 operating grant to the New Jersey Domestic Workers Coalition ($20,000 each to Adhikaar, Casa Freehold, Lazos America Unida, National Domestic Workers Alliance, New Labor, Unidad Latina en Acción, and Wind of the Spirit) to educate and inform New Jersey’s domestic workers of their rights and protections.
A $50,000 multi-year operating grant (year two of two) to protect and defend the Highlands Act and the Regional Master Plan, as well as advocate for forest stewardship.
A $125,000 operating grant, which includes a $100,000 base grant to advance racial and economic justice in New Jersey’s urban communities and to expand and protect democracy and a one-time $25,000 grant increase in support of its 25th anniversary.
A $75,000 operating grant to advance policies on climate and clean energy through leadership of the Jersey Renews coalition.
A $75,000 operating grant to safeguard the waters and coastal communities of the Hudson-Raritan Harbor Estuary.
A $50,000 operating grant to protect the Pinelands region and to promote responsible enjoyment of its natural resources.
First Quarter
A $100,000 operating grant to defend New Jersey residents’ right to equitable and affordable housing.
A $125,000 operating grant to advance policies that expand the affordability and accessibility of housing.
A $100,000 multi-year operating grant (year three of three) to advance pro-immigrant policies, workers’ rights, and youth justice through grassroots organizing and policy innovation.
A $75,000 operating grant to advance state and federal policies that support low-income children and families and improve the quality of life for children living in disadvantaged communities.
A $100,000 multi-year program grant (year three of three) to end immigrant detention and to advocate for immigrant-inclusive policies in New Jersey.
A $65,000 multi-year operating grant (year three of three) to advance racial, social, and immigrant justice while continuing to develop grassroots community leaders.
A $125,000 multi-year operating grant (year three of three) to support and grow a statewide coalition that advances campaigns to foster justice, inclusion, belonging, and the empowerment of immigrant communities.
A $75,000 program grant, which includes a $50,000 base grant to support a strong public media ecosystem and a one-time $25,000 grant increase in support of WNYC/NJPR’s centennial anniversary.
A $25,000 program grant to support a strong public media ecosystem in New Jersey.
A $50,000 program grant to support a strong public media ecosystem in New Jersey.
A $65,000 multi-year operating grant (year three of three) to educate, organize, and mobilize immigrant communities to advance fair and humane immigrant policies.
