New Jersey Recovery Fund

Grant Details:
Amount: $5,000,000
Application Due Date: TBA

Description: 

Overview:

The Fund facilitates collaboration among the philanthropic and corporate community and will strategically target grants, leveraging the partners’ deep relationships throughout the state and their knowledge of effective local organizations and leaders. The Fund will support the nonprofit sector and local communities as they pursue a thoughtful plan to help rebuild New Jersey, and to ensure that the long-term needs of the state are being met as effectively as possible.

Eligibility:

• Communities and nonprofit organizations
• Partnerships which may include individuals, nonprofits, businesses and municipalities
• Based in New Jersey or partner with a New Jersey nonprofit organization or municipality

Funding Areas:

• Public information and community engagement
• Reframing the conversation: policy reform to support resiliency and sustainability
• Innovative community/regional planning demonstration projects
• Environmental protection and restoration
• Community-driven/participatory arts projects

All applicants must first submit an online letter of inquiry. To begin the online letter of inquiry process, please click here.

Organization Information:
Organization: Community Foundation of New Jersey
Website: http://www.cfnj.org/

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Hans Dekker
Contact Email: njrecoveryfund@grdodge.org
Contact Phone: (973) 267-5533 ext 222

More Information:
http://www.cfnj.org/new-jersey-recovery/