JWF-NJ is pleased to announce that it has awarded 5 large grants in its 2026-2027:
$25,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Newark for “Girls Swim Strong” – a project that will teach girls basic swim skills to ensure water safety; $25,000 to City Green for “Strengthening Food Security for Women in Essex and Passaic Counties, NJ”, which will double incentives for WIC recipients to purchase fresh produce at mobile farmstands; $25,000 to Essex County Family Justice Center for “Sustaining Access to Comprehensive Domestic Violence Services by Marginalized Victims” for continuation funding to provide case management for domestic violence clients, with a focus on strangulation survivors & special populations; $25,000 to Ironbound Community Corporation for “Women Rising Workforce Initiative” a project that trains women to enter careers in male-dominated skilled trades, such as commercial truck driving and solar panel installation; $25,000 to Oasis – A Haven for Women and Children for “Empowering Low-Income Immigrant Women through the Oasis English as a Second Language (ESL) and Citizenship Program” to teach English as a Second Language classes and citizenship courses for immigrant women in Paterson
$117,000 in Grants Awarded for 2023-2024
JWF-NJ is pleased to announce that it has awarded five large grants in its 2023-24 Spring Grants Cycle:
$25K to the Barat Foundation for Creation Nation Girls in Tech – a Newark-based project to teach girls engineering and utilization of 3D printers, arts and entrepreneurship skills; $17K to Girls Helping Girls. Period. for Period Equity and Sustainability – a project to introduce the use of menstrual cups to women and girls and provide necessary hygiene products; $25K to KinderSmile for Perinatal Health and Wellness Program at KinderSmile Community Oral Health Center Bloomfield – a project to provide free dental care to perinatal and postpartum women and educate them in the importance of oral health; $25K to Montclair State Foundation’s Global Center on Human Trafficking for The Possibilities Program—Building Human Trafficking Survivor Leadership – a project that gathers teen victims of trafficking for workshops on self-sufficiency, college and career-readiness; and $25K to Sharsheret for Customized Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Quality of Life Kits – a project that provides free, customizable support kits to women facing cancer.
Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend. (October 2, 2022)
JWF members participated in a private tour of the special exhibit at the Yogi Berra Museum.
