ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a community grant for 2020-2021 in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. The grants will be awarded to qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations whose programs further JLOSH’s “Fill the Need Initiative.” The initiative focuses on addressing the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University has been granted $250,000 by the state of New Jersey to fund its Great Minds Dare to Care campaign, according to a Jan. 6 press release. Provided through the N.J. Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the grant will support the university’s ongoing efforts to change attitudes […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Nikhil Badlani Foundation awarded West Orange High School with a $2,000 grant on Dec. 15 in recognition of the school’s fundraising efforts on behalf of the organization. Each year West Orange High School helps to raise funds for the Nikhil Badlani Foundation, whose focus on traffic safety has helped to […]
FLORHAM PARK, NJ — The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has received a $75,000 grant from the Hearst Foundations to support the theater’s education programs, most of which were put on hold this year by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will aid the theater’s plan to both re-engage as many of its full complement of […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange School District has received a $10,000 “Hometown Grant” from the New York Giants in partnership with American Dairy Association North East’s school wellness program, Fuel Up to Play 60. The New York Giants and American Dairy Association North East teamed up to award the grant during a virtual […]
TRENTON, NJ — To help ensure safety on the state’s roadways, the Division of Highway Traffic Safety has announced the kickoff of a statewide traffic safety campaign targeting drunken and impaired drivers. Law enforcement agencies across the state are now patrolling New Jersey roads looking for drunken and impaired drivers as part of the annual […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has awarded CARES Act arts organization relief grants to 79 arts organizations, including six N.J. organizations. Receiving $10,000 each are Vanguard Theater Company in Montclair, Luna Stage in West Orange, Gallery Aferro in Newark and Sharron Miller’s Academy for Performing Arts in Montclair. Receiving $5,000 each are […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County is allocating $2 million for a grant program to help residential property owners from Essex County who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus and are behind on their mortgage payments. Applications for the Essex County Coronavirus Mortgage Assistance Program are now available at https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/essexcountynj/Participant. Grants will be awarded […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs announced Nov. 10 the award of $1.6 million in Main Street New Jersey COVID-19 relief grants to 11 business district management organizations to assist them in their continued recovery and revitalization from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The grant funding will be used […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Memorial Library will receive $8.3 million in funding from the state to expand the Baker Street building, as Gov. Phil Murphy delivered a list of proposed projects to the New Jersey State Legislature on Nov. 5. The legislature must approve the appropriations for the bond awards, which come from the […]