Grants

Category Education Programs

Grants Made in 2023 $24,250

Empowering Kids Organization (EKO)

Amount
$8,750
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

After-school classes for Special Education and ELL Summit High School students

Literacy NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

Adult ESL program

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park

Amount
$5,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

Free ESL classes in Summit

Grants Made in 2022 $57,552

Empowering Kids Organization

Amount
$7,050
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2022

James W. Northrop program providing after-school, academic support and enrichment to ELL and special needs students

Second Street Youth Center Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2022

Purchase Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. software licenses and related training for the gr. K-3 after-school literacy program

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$26,552
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2022

Classroom equipment for The Learning Circle YMCA (TLC) early childhood center

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison & Florham Park

Amount
$3,950
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2022

Free ESL classes in Summit

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2022

Operation Graduation to provide resources to students to complete degrees

Grants Made in 2021 $83,988

Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless

Amount
$7,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

Bernice’s Place after-school program for housing-insecure children ages 6-13

Friends of Summit Public Art

Amount
$11,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

Public art installations and outreach

Great Swamp Watershed Association

Amount
$6,518
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

Plant a rain garden at Summit elementary school and “Test the Tap” program

Literacy NJ

Amount
$7,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

Adult literacy ESL training in Summit

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

New furniture for The Learning Circle

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison, and Florham Park

Amount
$2,470
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

ESL classes in Summit

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$9,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2021

Operation Graduation to support scholarships and college-based programs

Grants Made in 2020 $38,725

Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2020

Virtual Learning Program

Literacy NJ

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2020

Adult ESL program conducted at Summit HS

Summit Board of Education

Amount
$725
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2020

Covid-19 crisis need for hotspot devices for families and students in need of internet access

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2020

Operation Graduation, an advisory program that provides students with emergency grants, leadership training, campus employment, and mentors

Grants Made in 2019 $9,670

Reach Out and Read

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2019

ESL reading development for children

Student Partner Alliance

Amount
$2,200
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2019

Video training for mentoring of low income students

The Adult School of the Chathams

Amount
$2,470
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2019

ESL classes

Grants Made in 2018 $54,060

Arts by the People

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2018

Creative writing workshops

Literacy NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2018

ESL program in Summit

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2018

Learning Circle outdoor classroom

The Adult School of the Chathams

Amount
$2,060
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2018

ESL classes at Summit library

Grants Made in 2017 $20,250

Literacy NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2017

Free English tutoring program, in conjunction with Summit High School, aimed at immigrant families.

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$10,250
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2017

A gardening and water-conservation education program aimed mainly at students in Washington and Franklin schools; to include development of a proposed school curriculum.

Total: $288,495