Grants

Category
Year 2023

Arts by The People

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Memoir Writing Residency for adult writers

Boy Scouts of America Patriots Path Council

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Summer camp program at Watchung Day Camp

Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Family support program for trauma

Bridges Outreach

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Project Connect-Summit for people experiencing homelessness

Center for Hope Hospice

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Palliative care for Union County seniors

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

Amount
$35,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Training for credentialed pediatrician to expand developmental behavioral program

Community FoodBank of NJ

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Fresh produce distribution to Summit network partners and schools

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

SeniorsSing! Music & Wellness Program

Crossroads4Hope

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Cancer education and outreach for vulnerable communities

Elevate to Even Plus (Eleven+)

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Paid summer internships at Summit nonprofits

Empowering Kids Organization (EKO)

Amount
$8,750
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

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

Family Promise

Amount
$13,600
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Union County Network Table® initiative

Foundation for Morristown Medical Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Social skills groups for children and teens with autism

Friends of Summit Public Art

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Art installation, educational programming and outreach initiatives

Girl Scout Troop 45827

Amount
$1,776
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Red Cross Babysitting and Pediatric First Aid/CPR certification for Summit troop

Good Grief

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Nights of support for grieving families

GRACE

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Support for weekly food distribution program for at-risk families

Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCYMCA)

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Summer learning and camp program for lower income children

Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Nights of Support for Spanish speaking children

Literacy NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

Adult ESL program

Matheny School and Hospital

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Arts Access Program enabling people with complex disabilites to participate in the arts

New Jersey Festival Orchestra

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Senior Care
Year
2023

Free tickets to performances for senior citizens at SAGE Eldercare, Sunrise Assisted Living, and Summit Senior Housing

NJ Intergenerational Orchestra

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Family Holiday Concert at LCJ Summit Middle School, free to public

NJ Jazz Society

Amount
$2,750
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Support for nine Sunday performances of JerseyJazzLIVE!

One World One Love

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Furnishing for apartments for refugees settling in Union County

Our House Foundation

Amount
$13,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Renovation of adult group home for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

P.G. Chambers School

Amount
$18,470
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Audio enhancement equipment for children with learning disabilities

Paper Mill Playhouse

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Theater for Everyone autism-friendly programs

Playhouse Association Inc. (Summit Playhouse)

Amount
$5,058
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Facility renovations and improvements

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Summer concert series

SAGE Eldercare

Amount
$45,000
Category
, Senior Care
Year
2023

Adult Medical Day program for seniors

Second Street Youth Center Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Developmentally appropriate therapeutic interventions for preschool students

Senior Center of the Chathams

Amount
$5,720
Category
, Senior Care
Year
2023

Connections support groups for seniors

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 

Amount
$5,200
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Furnishings and appliancces for newly renovated affordable housing unit for family in need

St. Joseph Social Service Center

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Health services for neighbors in need

Summit Chorale

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

9-11 Memorial Sing-In

Summit Department of Community Programs

Amount
$60,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Rebuilding of Mabie Playground to create the City of Summit’s first fully ADA accessible and sensory-friendly playground

Summit Interfaith Council

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Summit Warm Hearts care stabilization for housing insecure individuals

Summit Park Line Foundation Inc.

Amount
$37,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Support for sidewalk on Broad Street and fortifying bridges

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$14,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Audio and computer equipment for a new ambulance

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park

Amount
$5,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2023

Free ESL classes in Summit

The Connection for Women and Families

Amount
$40,800
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Special needs programming and new ADA-compliant youth play equipment

The Midland School

Amount
$3,100
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Health Office equipment for students with disabilities

The Winston School

Amount
$7,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Speaker series on parenting children with ADHD and executive function challenges

Trinitas Health Foundation

Amount
$8,800
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Nursing Assistant training program

United Way of Greater Union County

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2023

Digital Equity and Health Insurance enrollment program for Summit residents

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

Amount
$13,250
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Art programs in partnership with local nonprofits

Vivid Stage

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

NJ premiere production of Kodachrome

Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts

Amount
$4,500
Category
, Senior Care
Year
2023

CAFE Choir program for older adults

YMCA Camp Mason

Amount
$5,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2023

Summer camp leadership experiences for lower income Summit youth

YWCA of Eastern Union County

Amount
$13,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2023

Art therapy and counseling for children who have witnessed domestic violence

Total $659,774