Grants

Category
Year 2024

Always Neighbors Never Strangers

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2024

Mural project in Summit to promote community unity and uplift neighborhood in the vicinity of 324 Springfield Avenue

Boys & Girls Club of Union County

Amount
$12,500
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Expanded Family Support Program to include free dental clinic, eye care, and family wellness center

Contact We Care, Inc. (Caring Contact)

Amount
$8,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2024

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline aimed at reducing the incidence of suicide in Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union counties.

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, NJ Chapter

Amount
$3,530
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

Camp Oasis summer camp for children with IBD aimed at increasing their confidence, independence and peer relationships

Foundation for Morristown Medical Center

Amount
$11,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

New programming for ADHD, newly diagnosed autism, and high school and college students with autism

Good Grief

Amount
$4,600
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

Nights of Support – peer support group and interactive activities for grieving children and families

GRACE

Amount
$14,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2024

Fresh food and essentials provided weekly to support families facing food insecurity

HTTV Inc. (Hometowne Television)

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2024

Underwriting of programming to showcase the problem of food insecurity in Summit

Literacy New Jersey

Amount
$9,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2024

Free reading, writing, and math education for 70 ESL adult students at Summit High School

Matheny

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

Arts Access Program for individuals with disabilities

Our House Foundation

Amount
$7,850
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

Security systems (replace door locks with keyless entry) for three group homes for adults with developmental disabilities.

Overlook Foundation

Amount
$50,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Peer Support Specialist for the newly-created EmPATH mental health unit

Patriots Path Council, Boy Scouts of America

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2024

36 robots for STEM experience at Cub Scout Day Camp

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
2024

Accessibility – enable all people, including developmentally, cognitively and/or handicapped people, to safely and directly access all major gardens and external amphitheater

SAGE Eldercare

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Senior Care
Year
2024

Spend a Day adult medical day center

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$23,300
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2024

Educational equipment, furniture, and repairs for outdoor toddler area for The Learning Circle

The Connection for Women and Families

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

Support staffing for youth special needs programming, sensory-friendly, and adaptive equipment and specialized mental health training for summer camp counselors

Trinitas Foundation

Amount
$20,350
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
2024

Support for Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health program improvements (for children aged 3-17)

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$7,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
2024

Operation Graduation to provide financial support for final semester to reach graduation amd increase graduation rates

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2024

Community outreach programs with Summit area organizations and participants

YWCA of Eastern Union County

Amount
$12,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
2024

PALS (Peace a Learned Solution) creative arts therapy for children of domestic violence

Total $330,130