Provident Bank Foundation awards UCC $20K grant to tackle hunger in Newark

Provident Bank Foundation awards UCC $20K grant to tackle hunger in Newark

NEWARK, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation is helping United Community Corp. in its mission to combat hunger across Newark by awarding the agency a $20,000 grant award dedicated to its food distribution program. UCC’s food distribution program is a year-round program that reaches more than 100,000 food-insecure community members per year, providing low-income, predominately […]

Area nonprofit organizations to receive grants from bank foundation

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation named its major grant recipients for its second cycle of 2021 in a Nov. 4 press release. The foundation awarded nearly $450,000 of total funding to 27 nonprofit organizations within the foundation’s three priority areas of community enrichment; education; and health, youth and families.  In Essex County, […]

Newark Beth Israel receives $15K grant for family food program

Newark Beth Israel receives $15K grant for family food program

NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has been awarded a grant of $15,000 from the Provident Bank Foundation to support Newark Beth Israel’s Farm-to-Family Food Box Program. This program provides new and expecting mothers who are receiving care at Newark Beth Israel’s Women’s Health Center with a farm-to-family food box, which includes a […]

Bank provides grant to aphasia center

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Adler Aphasia Center was recently granted a $5,000 gift from The Provident Bank Foundation in Morristown to support the center’s satellite program at the JCC MetroWest in West Orange for people with aphasia and their families. The grant will also support the Adler Aphasia Center’s Aphasia Communication Groups located in seven […]

Provident Bank supports Jewish Vocational Service’s mission with grant

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation, which supports organizations that are dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the communities served by Provident Bank, recently awarded Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest with a $7,500 major grant in support of the Job Readiness and Computer Training program. The Job Readiness and Computer Training […]

Provident awards $2,500 community grant to SORS

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation recently awarded the South Orange Rescue Squad with a $2,500 community grant to support the construction of the new training room in their headquarters. The state-of-the-art facility features an ambulance bay for three ambulances and a first-responder vehicle, training and meeting rooms, a kitchen and bunk rooms. […]