Grants Made in 2020 $764,906
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020
Summit Creative Writing Workshop
Boy Scouts of America Troop 67
Amount
$2,426
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Backpacking and tent camping equipment
Boy Scouts Patriots Path Council
Amount
$4,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Special Needs Scouting Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2020
Virtual Learning Program
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis replacement volunteer time and food donations for the homeless
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Support for suicide prevention and crisis hotline
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Fostering Futures program, which connects adult volunteers with youth ages 14 to 21 to help them transition to independence
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Therapeutic Temperature Control Initiative
Amount
$49,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
General operating support
Connection for Women & Families
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis-related help for ongoing expenses and to continue essential programming
Connection for Women & Families
Amount
$31,334
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Fitness/movement and specialty classes for special needs youth
Connection for Women & Families
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Community service programs, including those serving the adult and youth special needs populations in therapeutic programs
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Space renovations to meet social distancing requirements for PRIDE Program (serves adults with developmental disabilities)
Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
Amount
$6,041
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Bernice’s Place (after-school services for youth living in insecure locations)
Friends of Summit Public Art
Amount
$8,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020
General operating support
Amount
$16,250
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Nights of Support program
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Fresh food and toiletries
Amount
$2,875
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis response for food pantry items for Summit families facing food insecurity
IMAGINE, A Center for Coping with Loss
Amount
$16,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Imagine University: training for communities and school districts to support youth experiencing loss
Amount
$8,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2020
Adult ESL program conducted at Summit HS
Morristown Medical Center Foundation
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) training for families of autistic children
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Renovation of 4 residential facilities for developmentally disabled adults
Amount
$26,640
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Community health pilot (year 2 of 3 year commitment)
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Autism-friendly theatre performances
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Power wheelchair for students with disabilities
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Support for one month’s operations
Amount
$12,500
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Meals on Wheels program including Covid-19 crisis needs
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
Grants Made in 2020 (through June)
Meals on Wheels
St. Joseph Social Service Center
Amount
$6,500
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Prescription assistance program
Amount
$30,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Natural gas generator for The Learning Circle
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis-related help for ongoing expenses and to continue essential programming
Summit Board of Education
Amount
$725
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis need for hotspot devices for families and students in need of internet access
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020
Virtual music education and community singing opportunities
Summit Conservancy/Free Market
Amount
$11,215
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2020
Additional construction support for Summit Free Market, a student-run initiative that facilitates recycling
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis creation of Sustain Summit Fund to provide relief for small business owners and employees impacted by pandemic-related reductions and closures. Grant used for business-related recovery activities approved by the distribution committee
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Parent Infant Program
Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Laptops for electronic EMS call reports
Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad
Amount
$3,900
Category
, Emergency Grants in Response to COVID-19
Year
Grants Made in 2020
Covid-19 crisis decontamination UV light machine for its vehicles
Trinitas Health Foundation
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2020
Renovations to isolation rooms in pediatric psychiatric unit
Union County College Foundation
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2020
Operation Graduation, an advisory program that provides students with emergency grants, leadership training, campus employment, and mentors
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020
General operating support
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
Chromebooks to serve learning disabled students
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2020
PALS Program: Creative arts therapy program for child/adolescent witnesses/survivors of domestic abuse
Grants Made in 2019 $576,159
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Creative writing workshop
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Workforce development program
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Food, clothing, etc. to the needy in Summit
Amount
$23,288
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Body temperature regulation — palliative care
Amount
$20,262
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Food, kids’ family packs, and diapers
Connection for Women & Families
Amount
$40,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Adult rehabilitation and youth speical needs programs
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Seniors Sing
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Breast cancer services and screening for Latinas
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Production of “Ways to Be Happy”
Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
Amount
$6,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Children’s after school program
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Development of a volunteer management tool with software
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Girls’ running program
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Therapeutic support for bereaved children
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Amount
$7,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Environmental education and water quality programs in conjunction with local schools
Amount
$8,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Oral health program for underserved children
Morristown Medical Center Foundation
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Child life specialist
Amount
$2,850
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Traveling jazz history program
Amount
$7,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Handrails, upgrades, and appliances for house for individuals with disabilities
Amount
$26,640
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Community health navigator pilot program
Amount
$7,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Autism-friendly performances
Amount
$16,149
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Security improvements and evacuation equipment
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Women’s healthcare in unconventional venues
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2019
ESL reading development for children
Amount
$7,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Square foot gardening project
Amount
$55,000
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2019
Meals on Wheels
St. Joseph Social Service Center
Amount
$6,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Job skill classes
Amount
$2,200
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2019
Video training for mentoring of low income students
Summit Department of Community Programs
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Cultural diversity events
Summit Free Public Library
Amount
$6,300
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2019
Adult education – literature, history, art, etc.
Summit Interfaith Council
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Anti-racism training
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Parent Infant program
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Young artist competition
Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2019
Handheld portable radio
The Adult School of the Chathams
Amount
$2,470
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2019
ESL classes
Amount
$2,500
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2019
A memory café for seniors with memory issues and their care partners
Trinitas Health Foundation
Amount
$40,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2019
Classroom renovation for children
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019
Visual arts enrichment programs for seniors, children, and ESL children
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2019
Arts therapy for children, victims of domestic violence
Grants Made in 2018 $594,760
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2018
Creative writing workshops
Beth Hatikvah & Fountain Baptist
Amount
$2,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018
Storytelling initiative
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Food and clothing to needy in Summit
Children’s Specialized Hospital
Amount
$48,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Special needs primary care
Amount
$45,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Food kids backpacks, and diapers
Amount
$9,000
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2018
Seniors Sing
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Renovation of instructional rooms
Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018
Interactive concerts
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Fitness equipment for disabled children
Amount
$19,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Transition disabled people to employment
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Girls running program
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Education and water quality program
Amount
$9,325
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Banners recognizing Summit veterans
Amount
$6,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018
Produce talent show
IMAGINE, A Center for Coping with Loss
Amount
$20,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Therapy, training, and program expansion
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
GRACE’s food pantry
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2018
ESL program in Summit
Matheny School and Hospital, Inc.
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Arts access for the disabled
NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble
Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018
Dance performances at Reeves-Reed arboretum
Amount
$30,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2018
Brain tumor center
Amount
$22,550
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Assistive technologies program
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey
Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2018
HIV and STI testing, counseling and referral
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Training program for homeless adults
Amount
$7,422
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2018
Meals on Wheels
Amount
$52,578
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2018
Meals on Wheels
Senior Services Center of the Chathams
Amount
$5,625
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2018
Senior bus program
St. Joseph Social Service Center
Amount
$6,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Job skill classes
Amount
$40,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2018
Learning Circle outdoor classroom
Summit Free Public Library
Amount
$6,200
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018
Mini-courses on art, literature for adults
Amount
$50,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Infant and toddler program
Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2018
Protective outerwear
The Adult School of the Chathams
Amount
$2,060
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2018
ESL classes at Summit library
Trinitas Health Foundation
Amount
$40,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Renovation of inpatient room
Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts
Amount
$3,000
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2018
Choral program for senior citizens
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2018
Science laboratory
Grants Made in 2017 $549,550
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Poetry, prose and short-story writing workshop, drawing inspiration from nature, and run in cooperation with Reeves-Reed Arboretum
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Positive Action Program for children aged 5-18 in Plainfield, Elizabeth, and Union.
Amount
$8,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Backpack program to provide school supplies for lower-income children
Amount
$16,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Programs for Summit’s most economically disadvantaged residents, including work boots, coats and gloves for day laborers, and a health fair.
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Peer Coordinator Initiative, designed to increase the number of trained volunteer children’s advocates, by using current advocates to coach and supports their own teams of newer advocates
Children’s Specialized Hospital
Amount
$30,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Expansion of the Special Needs Primary Care facility which serves more than 1700 children with special needs, along with their siblings.
Amount
$7,100
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Develop videos, suitable for use in schools, about civic engagement; host a news-and-democracy forum featuring broadcast news leaders.
Amount
$45,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
In cooperation with nine public and private agencies serving the poor and hungry in Summit, provide food, school supplies, and diapers for people and families in need.
Connection for Women & Families
Amount
$40,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Support for Community Service programs, including those serving the special needs population, English as a Second Language students and senior citizens including recovering cardiac and pulmonary patients, individuals with Parkinson’s disease and osteoporosis
Amount
$8,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Support Seniors Sing! a free program for seniors, as well as fifteen scholarship to the Children’s Choir of New Jersey for underserved students whose families are unable to afford musical opportunities for their children
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2017
Breast cancer education & support for Latin American women in the community who do not have the language skills or financial wherewithal to obtain health care.
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Three concerts, four recitals, two classes, and several lectures, all aimed at enhancing people’s understanding of music.
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre
Amount
$2,500
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2017
Support for a program of performances designed with older people in mind.
Amount
$4,400
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Vocational training equipment that allows adults with disabilities to learn skills and earn money.
Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Children’s After-School and Summer programs provide educational enrichment, group support, and recreation for children 6-12 who live in shelters, hotels, and low-income environments.
Amount
$30,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Provide prevention services for families at risk of losing their housing and assistance for families who are homeless so they can move into housing quickly
Amount
$15,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Support groups for grieving families, aimed at reducing isolation, teach resilience, and develop a sense of hopefulness for the future.
Great Swamp Watershed Association
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Environmental education and water quality programs in conjunction with local schools
IMAGINE, A Center for Coping with Loss
Amount
$17,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Support groups for grieving children and their families, including a new program for Spanish-speaking families.
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Educational Programs
Year
2017
Free English tutoring program, in conjunction with Summit High School, aimed at immigrant families.
Matheny School and Hospital, Inc.
Amount
$8,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Support for the Arts Access Program, which allows people with complex disabilities to participate in the fine arts.
Morristown Medical Center Foundation
Amount
$13,750
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Teaching social skills to children with autism.
NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble
Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Three site-specific dance performances to be held in conjunction with Reeves-Reed Arboretum.
Amount
$18,250
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Renovation of bathroom and new flooring at the agency’s two group homes in Summit.
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Health & Medical Needs
Year
2017
Mobility Program to get hospital patients back on their feet as soon as possible, reducing the risk of mobility, cognitive, and activity problems later in their recovery.
Amount
$5,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Programs to inspire creativity, nurture confidence, and make the theater arts experiences available to all children, regardless of economic or physical limitations.
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Creation of a linear park utilizing abandoned railroad right-of-way near downtown Summit.
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Early Intervention Program to provide comprehensive services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Amount
$10,250
Category
, Educational 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.
SHIP Summit Helping Its People
Amount
$5,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Purchase of freezer for storage of food; SHIP Summit Helping Its People is a major provider of food for the hungry in Summit.
Amount
$6,150
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Replacing stage lighting used for elementary school theater programs
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Scholarship aid to permit children from lower-income families to gain the benefits of the Learning Circle’s programs.
Summit Free Public Library
Amount
$5,500
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2017
Supporting a program in which the library engages professors and scholars to provide four- to twelve-week courses on literature, history, art or music for elderly residents of Summit and surrounding communities
Summit Interfaith Council
Amount
$18,900
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Aiding Dialogue Circles on Race, which are small-group discussions exploring the roots of individual and systemic racism; also, providing professional anti-racism training for 30 Summit-area youth and 30 Summit civic and religious leaders
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Infant-Parent early-intervention program for hearing-impaired infants and toddlers.
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Young artist competition concert
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Visual arts enrichment programs, regardless of participants’ income level, ability to pay, age, or other limitations, in cooperation with other local agencies
Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts
Amount
$3,000
Category
, Senior Care & Enrichment
Year
2017
Research and development project in an effort to develop sustainable programs to engage elderly residents in a range of music programs.
Amount
$6,750
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Supplies and fees to allow lower-income scouts to attend Camp Mason