Grants

Year Grants Made in 2025

Arts & Culture $41,500

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

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New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Free family-oriented holiday concert with interactive learning in Summit

Playhouse Association, Inc.

Amount
$9,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Digital Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone system to enhance voice projection for Summit Playhouse performances

The Theater Project

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Thanksgiving performances in Summit of It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

Amount
$12,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Teaching artist-led programs with community partners that serve older adults, people with disabilities, and youth

Vivid Stage

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Long-form improvisational performances in Summit

Civic & Community $67,000

Elevate to Even Plus

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Paid summer internships for underserved students with Summit-based nonprofits

GRACE

Amount
$17,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Fresh food and essentials to support families facing food insecurity

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$12,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Educational signage and information kiosk for the new accessible pathway

Scouts BSA Troop 67

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Six-day national leadership training for scouts

Summit Park Line Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Renovation of former rail bridges to enable access for pedestrians, cyclists, and emergency vehicles along rails-to-trails park

YMCA Camp Mason

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Summer camp experience for youth in the Summit PEP program

Children & Adults with Disabilities $128,125

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

Amount
$30,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Special Needs Primary Care: family-centered healthcare for children with complex medical needs and their siblings

Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless

Amount
$7,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Bernice’s Place: After-school program for homeless and at-risk children with special needs

Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCYMCA)

Amount
$13,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Plainfield after-school program for children with disabilities

Morris-Union Jointure Commission

Amount
$3,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

SensaSoft Vibroacoustic Bench for the calming sensory room

Our House Foundation

Amount
$8,250
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Security system and furniture for group home for adults with disabilities

P.G. Chambers School

Amount
$14,190
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Adaptive seating and equipment for children with disabilities

Pillar Care Continuum

Amount
$11,185
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Extracurricular activities for students with disabilities with therapist-guided instruction

The Connection for Women and Families

Amount
$30,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Specialized staff training, adaptive aquatics equipment, and adaptive swim training for youth with special needs

TheraYouth Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Outpatient occupational, speech, and physical therapy for children from low-income families

Education Programs $43,321

Literacy New Jersey

Amount
$8,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

English as a second language (ESL) classes for adults in Summit

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$21,821
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Technology and equipment for The Learning Circle early childhood daycare and education program

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Free ESL Classes in Summit in the fall of 2025 and the spring of 2026

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Operation Graduation: last-dollar support for students on the verge of graduating

Health & Medical $65,000

SAGE Eldercare

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Spend-A-Day adult medical day center

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2025

New ambulance

Senior Care $25,000

City of Summit

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Senior Care

Lobby furniture for the Vito A. Gallo building which provides affordable housing to seniors

$369,946

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation

Amount
$30,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Special Needs Primary Care: family-centered healthcare for children with complex medical needs and their siblings

City of Summit

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Senior Care

Lobby furniture for the Vito A. Gallo building which provides affordable housing to seniors

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

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Elevate to Even Plus

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Paid summer internships for underserved students with Summit-based nonprofits

Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless

Amount
$7,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Bernice’s Place: After-school program for homeless and at-risk children with special needs

GRACE

Amount
$17,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Fresh food and essentials to support families facing food insecurity

Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCYMCA)

Amount
$13,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Plainfield after-school program for children with disabilities

Literacy New Jersey

Amount
$8,500
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

English as a second language (ESL) classes for adults in Summit

Morris-Union Jointure Commission

Amount
$3,500
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

SensaSoft Vibroacoustic Bench for the calming sensory room

New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Free family-oriented holiday concert with interactive learning in Summit

Our House Foundation

Amount
$8,250
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Security system and furniture for group home for adults with disabilities

P.G. Chambers School

Amount
$14,190
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Adaptive seating and equipment for children with disabilities

Pillar Care Continuum

Amount
$11,185
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Extracurricular activities for students with disabilities with therapist-guided instruction

Playhouse Association, Inc.

Amount
$9,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Digital Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone system to enhance voice projection for Summit Playhouse performances

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$12,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Educational signage and information kiosk for the new accessible pathway

SAGE Eldercare

Amount
$40,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Spend-A-Day adult medical day center

Scouts BSA Troop 67

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Six-day national leadership training for scouts

Summit Area YMCA

Amount
$21,821
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Technology and equipment for The Learning Circle early childhood daycare and education program

Summit Park Line Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Renovation of former rail bridges to enable access for pedestrians, cyclists, and emergency vehicles along rails-to-trails park

Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad

Amount
$25,000
Category
, Health & Medical
Year
Grants Made in 2025

New ambulance

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Free ESL Classes in Summit in the fall of 2025 and the spring of 2026

The Connection for Women and Families

Amount
$30,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Specialized staff training, adaptive aquatics equipment, and adaptive swim training for youth with special needs

The Theater Project

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Thanksgiving performances in Summit of It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play

TheraYouth Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Children & Adults with Disabilities
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Outpatient occupational, speech, and physical therapy for children from low-income families

Union County College Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Education Programs
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Operation Graduation: last-dollar support for students on the verge of graduating

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

Amount
$12,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Teaching artist-led programs with community partners that serve older adults, people with disabilities, and youth

Vivid Stage

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Long-form improvisational performances in Summit

YMCA Camp Mason

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Civic & Community
Year
Grants Made in 2025

Summer camp experience for youth in the Summit PEP program

Total: $739,892