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Impact 100 Garden State Announces 10 Finalists for $100,000 Grant
Nonprofit finalists serve residents from Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Union Counties
Impact 100 Garden State, an all-woman organization for collective giving, has announced 10 finalists who are in the running for the three $100,000 grants the organization will award on June 16, 2021:
ADULT DAY CENTER OF SOMERSET COUNTY
Project RESPECT: Reopening and Growth
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PATERSON AND PASSAIC
Health & Wellness Program
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CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE
Partnership to Nurture Passaic First Graders' Biliteracy Post-Covid-19
COMMUNITY OPTIONS ENTERPRISES
Workforce Development for People with Disabilities
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FAMILY PROMISE OF SUSSEX COUNTY
Housing Hope: Because Everyone Deserves a Home
FAMILY PROMISE UNION COUNTY
Road to Success: Empowering Families Through Transportation
LITERACY NEW JERSEY
Adult Digital Literacy Programs in Union and Sussex Counties
NORWESCAP
Expanding Economic Opportunity for Women & Families
PARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE
Empower: Sexual & Relational Violence on Campus & in the LGBTQ+ Community
WHARTON INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Paterson Music Project: New Neighborhood After-School Program at PS 16
Recipients of the $100,000 grants will be selected by a vote of the 355 women who are members of Impact 100 Garden State. Finalists who don’t receive a $100,000 grant will each receive a merit grant of $8,000.
Impact 100 Garden State pools member donations to fund grants that will have a significant impact. Since 2013, the group has donated more than $2 million to nonprofits in Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Union counties. For more information, write to info@impactgardenstate100.org.