Arts by the People
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
Grants
Category
Year 2017
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.
Bridges Outreach
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.
Bridges Outreach
Amount
$8,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Backpack program to provide school supplies for lower-income children
CASA of Union County
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.
CivicStory
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.
Community FoodBank of NJ
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
Continuo Arts Foundation
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
Curemonos
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Health & Medical
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.
Discovery Orchestra
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
Year
2017
Support for a program of performances designed with older people in mind.
ECLC
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.
Family Promise
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
Good Grief
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.
Literacy NJ
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education 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.
Our House Foundation
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.
Overlook Foundation
Amount
$10,000
Category
, Health & Medical
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.
Paper Mill Playhouse
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.
Park Line Foundation
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Creation of a linear park utilizing abandoned railroad right-of-way near downtown Summit.
PG Chambers School
Amount
$20,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Early Intervention Program to provide comprehensive services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
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.
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.
SPARC
Amount
$6,150
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Replacing stage lighting used for elementary school theater programs
Summit Area YMCA
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
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
Summit Speech School
Amount
$35,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2017
Infant-Parent early-intervention program for hearing-impaired infants and toddlers.
Summit Symphony
Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017
Young artist competition concert
Visual Arts Center of NJ
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
Year
2017
Research and development project in an effort to develop sustainable programs to engage elderly residents in a range of music programs.
YMCA Camp Mason
Amount
$6,750
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2017
Supplies and fees to allow lower-income scouts to attend Camp Mason
Total $549,550
