Princeton Area Community Foundation awards over $2 million in second phase of COVID-19 relief
The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF) awarded over $2 million to more than 50 local nonprofits in its second phase of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grant funding activities.
Thanks to the philanthropic spirit of the community, and donor contributions, PACF awarded grants to organizations focused on immediate needs such as food insecurity, healthcare, housing, mental health, and other social service needs, as well as helping children in the region continue educational activities and reduce learning loss, according to information provided by PACF.
In addition to the grants focusing on immediate needs, more than a dozen nonprofits received organizational capacity-building grants for work aligned with nonprofit recovery and rebuilding.
Construction nears for new Early Head Start center in Hamilton
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Construction is expected to begin later this month or early next month
on the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey’s new Early Head Start center in Hamilton, with hopes the facility will be completed by July and operational in time for the 2021/2022 school year.
CHSofNJ was awarded a federal grant to expand its Early Head Start center-based program and used the funds to purchase a building at 1435 Liberty St. that previously housed an adult day center. Extensive renovations will update the property on the border of Hamilton and Trenton to deliver care and education for 80 infants, toddlers and their families and provide office space for the program’s home visitors, who will serve an additional 147 infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.
The Fund for Women and Girls awards more than $250,000 to local nonprofits
The fund hosted its annual meeting virtually this month, its theme
Lifting Each Other Up: A Celebration of Women and Philanthropy. Fund members and guests celebrated the work accomplished by multi-year grantee partners, and announced their 2020 grant awards and learned from two distinguished community leaders about how to address the needs in the community.
“The Fund for Women and Girls believes we can lift each other up by listening to the voices of those living in poverty, educating ourselves about critical issues in our region, and collaborating with others to address these needs through advocacy and aggressive funding,” Karen Collias, fund co-chair, said in a prepared statement. “We want to celebrate our philanthropy and be a part of the important work going on in our community.”
Fund for Women and Girls awards more than $250G to Mercer County nonprofits in 2020
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls has awarded more than $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits this year.
The 2020 grant awards were reported at the fund’s annual meeting, themed “Lifting Each Other Up: A Celebration of Women and Philanthropy,” which was held virtually this month. The nonprofit receiving grants are:
CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties: The grant provides training for CASA volunteers, who are appointed by the Family Court, to advocate for children ages 5 and younger who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect.