Meet Our Spring 2023 Grantees
Featured Grantees
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
Princeton, (Action / $15,000)To support the development of a repository of the papers, artifacts, and ephemera of Bayard Rustin, chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and advocate in the civil rights, nonviolence, and gay rights movements. Read more
Mighty Writers
Camden, (Action / $15,000)To support a teen fellowship program that, using social and emotional learning lenses, teaches resiliency, emotion regulation, and empathy through literacy and digital media skills. Read more
Preserve Shady Rest
Scotch Plains, (Incubation / $15,000)To support the development of an inclusive master plan for the historic interpretation and public experience of Shady Rest Golf & Country Club (1921), a National Historic Landmark. Read more
Turkish Cultural Center NJ
Wayne, (Incubation / $15,000)To support an exhibition taking visitors on an enlightening journey through the profound contributions of Islamic civilizations. Read more
Haddonfield Public Library
Haddonfield, (Action / $3,000)To support the curation of 3-4 traveling trunks that feature hands-on exploration of historical topics relating to the Borough’s history. Read more
Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
New Brunswick, (Action / $10,173)To support a series of public community events, a film discussion and virtual book clubs, in conjunction with a symposium, “Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings." Read more
Grantee List
- Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, New Brunswick (Action / $10,173)
- American Littoral Society, Highlands (Incubation / $15,000)
- Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Asbury Park (Action / $10,000)
- Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, Princeton (Action / $15,000)
- CASA for Children of Essex County, Newark (Action / $15,000)
- CivicStory, Summit (Incubation / $12,210)
- Classis New Brunswick Community Development Corporation, Highland Park (Incubation / $15,000)
- County of Somerset, Somerville (Incubation / $5,000)
- Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury ($8,029 / Incubation)
- Gloucester County Library System, Swedesboro ($3,000 / Action)
- Haddonfield Public Library, Haddonfield (Action / $3,000)
- Historic Paulus Hook Association, Jersey City (Incubation / $15,000)
- Hudson County Community College, Jersey City (Incubation / $14,960)
- Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Flemington (Action / $15,000)
- Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark (Action / $15,000)
- Isles, Inc., Trenton (Action / $15,000)
- Jewish Community Center of Central New Jersey, Scotch Plains (Action / $3,600)
- Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Inc., Bridgewater (Action / $12,628)
- Mighty Writers, Camden (Action / $15,000)
- Montclair History Center, Montclair (Action / $6,450)
- Montclair State University, Montclair (Incubation / $14,981)
- Morris County Historical Society, Morristown (Action / $15,000)
- Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison (Incubation / $14,050)
- Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, Hackensack (Action / $8,000)
- Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn (Incubation / $15,000)
- People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, Lawrence Township (Action / $15,000)
- Preserve Shady Rest, Scotch Plains (Incubation / $15,000)
- Ramapo College, Mahwah (Incubation / $15,000)
- Returning Citizens Support Group Inc., Newark (Action / $15,000)
- Roebling Main Gate Museum, Roebling (Incubation / $15,000)
- Rowan University, Glassboro (Incubation / $15,000)
- Save Ancient Studies Inc., Teaneck (Action / $15,000)
- South Mountain TheaterWorks, Inc., Maplewood (Action / $15,000)
- Sussex County Community College, Newton (Incubation / $5,000)
- T. Thomas Fortune Foundation, Red Bank (Action / $15,000)
- Tabernacle Historical Society, Tabernacle (Incubation / $6,860)
- Torch Leadership Academy, Galloway (Action / $6,235)
- Truehart Productions, Lambertville (Incubation / $15,000)
- Turkish Cultural Center NJ, Wayne (Incubation / $15,000)
- Vietnamese Boat People, Montclair (Incubation / $15,000)
- Willingboro Community Development Corporation, Willingboro ($15,000 / Incubation)
