The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded more than $1.3 million in Community Impact Grants to 40 nonprofits working to build communities, prevent hunger and homelessness, and provide mental health services, educational opportunities, and workforce training in our region.
The grants, totaling $1,309,614, are made possible through the support of individuals, families, companies and foundations, including Johnson & Johnson and the Burke Foundation.
“Our Community Impact Grants program allows us to support a wide range of nonprofits doing incredible work in our region,” said Mathieu Nelessen, president and chief executive officer of the Community Foundation.
“Providing books to toddlers in daycare, tutoring for students, nutritious meals and emergency rental assistance to families, job training for young people and case management support for seniors are just some of the ways these nonprofits are making a difference for our neighbors, and we are thrilled to help support these programs.”
Three of the grants were made to honor the memories of three longtime Community Foundation trustees: Dr. William P. Burks, Allen Porter and John D. “Jack” Wallace, who passed away earlier this year.
“Bill, Allen and Jack dedicated years of their lives to volunteer service with our organization, as well as other nonprofits in the community,” said Nelessen. “We are thankful that we are able to honor their memories with these grants, supporting causes that were important to each of them.”
These are the recipients:
Community and Capacity Building: BookSmiles, Pennsauken; Center for Modern Aging, Princeton; Hamilton Area YMCA, Hamilton; Hearts and Homes Ministries Inc., Cranbury; People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, Princeton.
Food Security: America’s Grow-a-Row, Pittstown; Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, Trenton; Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County, Princeton; Meals on Wheels of Mercer County, Ewing; Mount Carmel Guild, Trenton; Send Hunger Packing Princeton, Princeton; Share My Meals, Princeton; Snipes Farm and Education Center, Morrisville, Pa.; Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), Trenton.
Homelessness: Anchor House, Trenton; Arm In Arm, Hamilton; CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for Children of Mercer & Burlington, Ewing; HomeFront, Lawrenceville, Rescue Mission of Trenton, Trenton.
Mental Health: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County, Hamilton; PEI Kids, Lawrenceville.
Education / Workforce Development: Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County, based in Lawrence and Trenton; Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), Trenton; The Children’s Home Society of NJ, Trenton; Dress For Success Central New Jersey, Lawrenceville; Every Child Valued, Lawrence; The Father Center of New Jersey, Trenton; HISPA, Princeton; Isles, Trenton; James R Halsey Foundation of the Arts, Hamilton; Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF), Trenton; Millhill Child & Family Development, Trenton; Princeton Ballet Society, Princeton; Princeton-Blairstown Center, Princeton; Princeton YMCA (part of Greater Somerset County YMCA), Princeton; Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra, based in Princeton and Trenton; UrbanPromise Trenton, Trenton; We Make: Autism At Work, Pennington; The WorkWell Partnership, Trenton; YWCA of Princeton, Princeton.
