Announcements
2010 Spring Greater Mercer Grants Announced
2010 SPRING GREATER MERCER GRANTS
These grants are made in collaboration with the Piper Sutton Foundation, NRG Energy, BlackRock, and many charitable funds that support this competitive program including the: Charles L. and Ann Lee Brown Fund, James E. & Diane W. Burke Fund, Judith and Williams Burks Fund, Jane M. Campbell Fund, Esther Y. Eure Fund, Archer & Thomas Harvey Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Fund, LVC Fund, Leroy E. "Brick" Purvis Charitable Fund, Barbara B. Smoyer Memorial Fund, Marjorie R. Smoyer Fund, Stanley C. Smoyer Fund, Speir Fund, Frank E. Taplin Jr. Fund, Weymar Fund, Whitehead Fund and the Willy N. Fund, among many.
Nonprofits are selected which show evidence they can make the greatest positive impact on the people living in greater Mercer County.
Community Building Grants
Opening a Dialogue: Addressing Residents'
Resistance to Redevelopment $30,000
CityArts Collaborative Administrator $25,450
Engaged Retirement and Encore Careers Program $15,000
Operating Support
Crawford House $25,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen $25,000
Trenton Community Music School $10,000
Program Support
Youth Mentoring Programs $25,000
Mental Health Services at Trenton Central High School $25,000
After School Program for Lawrence children $25,000
"Bike Works and Choices" - Gang-Resistance Programs $10,000
Sexual Health Risk Reduction Strategies for
Incarcerated and Other Youth $19,131
Career Connections Mentorship Program $15,000
Medical Home Link $25,000
Food Pantry $15,000
Princeton Deliverance Center
Parents Supporting Parents Program $17,500
Minding Our Business Summer Program
Entrepreneurship training for middle school Trenton students $15,000
Summer H.E.L.P. (Hightstown-East Windsor Learning Partners) $15,000
Kids Count Math Enrichment Program $17,750
Choral music training and academic support $20,000
"Get SET" Reading and Writing Program $15,000
Outreach Project to offer medical equipment to
low-income residents $15,796
Child Care Center at the Valley Road School $25,000
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2010
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2009
- December (1)
- November (3)
- October (4)
- September (1)
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