| 2009 Grant Awards |
| AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey |
$5,000.00 |
| This grant will help to provide services to those afflicted with HIV/AIDS and supply prevention education to those at risk of contracting the disease. |
|
| |
|
| Artistic Realization Technologies |
$10,000.00 |
| A.R.T. is dedicated to bringing uncompromised creative control to those who lack articulate means of self-expression. A.R.T. has developed remarkable new technologies that empower physically challenged people to create paintings, music, sculpture and photography. This grant will help to support the studio program at Princeton University. |
|
| |
|
| Arts Council of Princeton |
$10,000 |
| This grant will provide operating support to this important arts organization in Princeton. Arts council programs provide a common ground where people from diverse backgrounds can come together through creative endeavors. |
|
| |
|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County |
$10,000 |
| Operating support for this organization will help to provide long-term mentors to over 600 vulnerable youth in Mercer County. Over the past two years Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer has strategically grown its organizational capacity and thus its ability to serve additional constituents. |
|
| |
|
| Boys and Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County |
$20,000 |
| This grant will provide operating support to this important Trenton organization serving more than 2,000 inner-city youths. Daily, non-cultural after-school programs are provided to the youth and teens of Trenton. |
|
| |
|
| Camden Area Health Education Center |
$15,000 |
| With this grant Camden AHEC will build on the success of its Camden Community Farmer’s Market by furthering the market’s collaboration with area schools to develop a model school nutrition education program for children and parents. |
|
| |
|
| Center for Educational Advancement |
$15,000 |
| This operating grant will support job training and placement for adults with disabilities in the Hunterdon County area. |
|
|
| |
|
| Community Action Service Center, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| The Summer Academic Enrichment Program is designed to promote children’s future successes in life through summer academic support and social skills development. This program is a great source of summer enrichment for a largely underserved community in the eastern part of Mercer County. |
|
| |
|
| Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton |
$15,000 |
| This operating grant will provide direct aid to help families avoid foreclosure and preserve their property investment through the foreclosure prevention program. |
|
| |
|
| Family & Community Services of Somerset County |
$5,000.00 |
| This operating grant will provide support for additional mental health and family counseling services to lower income Hispanic/Latino children, adolescents, adults and families. |
|
| |
|
| Family Guidance Center/Family and Children’s Services |
$10,000 |
| The Children's Day Treatment Program provides comprehensive, therapeutic, after-school care for troubled children. The goals of the program are to prevent psychiatric hospitalization of children, to provide a transition for psychiatrically hospitalized youth back into the community, and to prevent extended out-of-home placement. The program strives to maximize each child's potential for learning, growth, and emotional stability within the family or natural support system. |
|
| |
|
| Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties |
$5,000.00 |
| The Culinary Training Program provides skills and the means to help those in need of permanent, better-paid jobs, achieve self-sufficiency. The program is taught by a certified executive chef and includes daily preparation of hot meals for 100 children at a local after school program. |
|
| |
|
| George Street Playhouse |
$5,000.00 |
| Support from Bunbury will allow George Street’s Arts Education Program to continue to provide New Jersey youth with affordable, quality arts experiences. |
|
| |
|
| HiTops, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| This grant will continue support for this organization providing outreach services to Latina Youth in the Princeton and Trenton communities. The current initiative focuses on decreasing the rates of teen pregnancy and STIs in this underserved population. |
|
| |
|
| HomeFront, Inc. |
$20,000.00 |
| This operating grant will enable HomeFront to continue to provide existing programs, services and supports to a growing number of our area's very low-income families who are either homeless or in imminent danger of becoming homeless. |
|
| |
|
| HomeSharing Program of Somerset County |
$5,000.00 |
| Funding for this organization will help to prevent homelessness in Somerset and Hunterdon counties and provide increased services to the elderly. |
|
| |
|
| Housing and Community Development Network of NJ |
$15,000 |
| Bunbury funds will provide this Trenton-based organization with continued support for their work with neighborhood coalitions and small community based groups across the State on issues pertaining to fair, affordable housing. |
|
| |
|
| Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance |
$6,000 |
| This important local land trust works to preserve and protect critical farmland and natural areas from development and create greenbelts of preserved land in high quality watersheds of Hunterdon County. |
|
| |
|
| LifeTies, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| Operating support for this Mercer County organization will help to provide psychiatric services to severely disadvantaged adolescents with a multitude of physical and mental disabilities. |
|
| |
|
| Literacy Volunteers of America in Mercer County |
$10,000 |
| This resource is a vital source of trainers who work at ancillary ESL programs across Mercer County. Funding will enable Literacy Volunteers to provide three additional tutor training courses to volunteer tutors during 2009. |
|
| |
|
| McCarter Theatre Company |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will help to support the 2009-2010 arts education program which provides the local community with a variety of educational experiences in the arts. |
|
| |
|
| Midland School |
$10,000 |
| The Midland School is a non-profit school for children with developmental disabilities, serving approximately 215 students from public school districts throughout northern and central New Jersey. Capital support for this organization will assist in the renovation of two adult community homes that provide transitional housing for students. |
|
| |
|
| Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton |
$5,000 |
| General Operating support for this organization will help to fund costs associated with the Emergency Assistance/Food Pantry and Home Health Nursing Programs including case management services and nursing salaries. |
|
| |
|
| NAMI-Mercer, New Jersey |
$10,000 |
| This Mercer County organization provides education and advocacy services to individuals and families battling mental illness. Support from Bunbury will help this organization to continue its outreach programs during the current year. |
|
| |
|
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
$15,000 |
| Operating support will help to provide this primary land conservation organization with the ability to continue their ongoing efforts in New Jersey. |
|
| |
|
| New Jersey Highlands Coalition |
$5,000 |
| This operating grant will allow the Coalition to ensure that the goals of the Highlands Act are carried out, and that Highlands resources are protected as the Regional Master Plan is completed and implemented. |
|
| |
|
| Passage Theatre Company |
$15,000 |
| Bunbury funds will support the State Street Project, a mentoring program for kids ages 8-18 in Trenton, New Jersey. This after-school program allows kids to creatively address the adverse challenges they face daily in an urban environment. |
|
| |
|
| People and Stories |
$25,000 |
| This organization has been working, through literature, to connect the latino and other immigrant communities to the vital stories of their culture. Funding from Bunbury will provide direct support to the "Crossing Borders With Literature" project as well as capacity building in the areas of project administration and grants management. |
|
| |
|
| Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| Operating support for this organization will help to support public education and advocacy in three major areas: the addition of excessive nutrients to aquifers and surface waters; the stifling of natural forest dynamics; and the uncontrolled exploitation of aquifers. This organization is the only organization dedicated to the conservation and advocacy of one of New Jersey’s most precious environmental assets. |
|
| |
|
| Princeton Outreach Projects - Trenton Afterschool Program |
$10,000.00 |
| General Operating support for this organization will help to fund after school programs for Trenton youth attending elementary and middle school. Programs utilize collaborative resources from other non-profits to provide nutritional education, dance classes and art education. |
|
| |
|
| Princeton Symphony Orchestra |
$5,000 |
| Operating support will help to sustain this important community arts organization during its 2008-2009 season. |
|
| |
|
| Roxey Ballet |
$5,000.00 |
| Headquartered in Lambertville, New Jersey, Roxey’s mission is to deliver artistic and cultural excellence to its performance audiences, local school students and underserved members of the community. Special programs are designed to provide dance classes to students and individuals with physical and other types of disabilities. |
|
| |
|
| Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association |
$15,000.00 |
| Operating support will help to foster work in conservation advocacy on water quality issues, environmental education to students and teachers, and data collection/monitoring and analysis through a 285-square mile watershed management program. |
|
| |
|
| Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation |
$5,000 |
| The Reach Out For Life Program provides breast health education and screening to uninsured women. Early detection is promoted through increased education and the availability of mammography to the uninsured. |
|
| |
|
| Thomas Edison State College |
$5,000 |
| Continued support for the Leadership Trenton Program will assist the College in bringing both new and seasoned leaders of Trenton non-profits and governmental agencies into a year-long training program to enhance leadership skills and to promote increased collaboration among organizations working in the city. |
|
| |
|
| Trenton Area Soup Kitchen |
$15,000 |
| The TASK Adult Education Program provides one-on-one tutoring in basic literacy, math, GED preparation, and computer skills. Students meet with the program coordinator to set their own goals and establish timelines to meet them. TASK provides all of the necessary materials such as books, notebooks, pens, and reading glasses. |
|
| |
|
| Trenton Children’s Chorus |
$10,000.00 |
| This operating grant will help to support after-school programming for elementary and middle school children in Trenton. The program includes homework assistance, choral training grouped by age and instruction in music composition and theory. |
|
| |
|
| Trenton Community Music School |
$5,000 |
| Operating support for this Trenton-based organization will help to maintain services for both children and adults who benefit from music lessons that are offered on a sliding scale basis. |
|
| |
|
| Trenton Education Dance Institute |
$10,000.00 |
| This grant will help to sustain TEDI's programs as it seeks to provide life lessons through the study and performance of dance to students of Trenton area schools. Each spring the work of this organization is presented to the public at the Trenton War Memorial. |
|
| |
|
| Trinity Counseling Service |
$10,000 |
| Support for this collaborative project of the Princeton Regional School District, Princeton Nursery School and Trinity Counseling Service will help these agencies to identify and provide strategic support for at-risk youth and their families. The goal of this collaborative is to help these children to reach their full potential in a safe and nurturing environment. |
|
| |
|
| UIH Family Partners |
$5,000 |
| This organization is dedicated to the building of stronger parents, children and communities, providing direct service to pregnant/parenting teens and their babies, as well as adolescent males and non-custodial fathers. Operating support for this organization will help to support and maintain infrastructure while building capacity in areas that enhance both service delivery and sustainability. |
|
| |
|
| Upper Raritan Watershed Association |
$10,000 |
| The Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team is a partnership project focused on integrated invasive species plant management. Support for this project addresses the growing nuisance of invasive species in the central New Jersey area. |
|
| |
|
| Womanspace |
$25,000 |
| Womanspace is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the main resource for victims of domestic violence and their families. In addition to counseling services they provide legal aid, emergency shelter, and a series of opportunities for transitional housing. |
|
| |
|
| Young Scholars Institute |
$25,000 |
| This grant will support the college preparatory program that provides SAT prep, college counseling and college tours which are given during four weekends each fall. |
|
| |
|
| YWCA Princeton |
$15,000 |
| An operating grant to the YWCA will help to support its mission-based programs such as breast cancer support, ESL to the area’s immigrant population and low-cost daycare for disadvantaged pre-school children. |
|
| |
|
| 2010 Grant Awards |
| Arts Council of Princeton | $5,000 |
| The Arts Council's mission is to build community through the arts. This operating grant will help the Arts Council of Princeton to fulfill its mission in the community by continuing to offer high-quality arts education. | |
| | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County | $10,000 |
| This operating grant will help to support the cost of making and maintaining mentoring relationships including volunteer recruitment, screening, training and case management support to volunteers, children and families. | |
| | |
| Cathedral Kitchen | $15,000 |
| The Culinary Arts Training Program provides training and job placement assistance to individuals seeking a career in the culinary arts. The current grant will help to fund the continuation of this very successful program through 2011. | |
| | |
| Conservation Resources, Inc. | $10,000 |
| This operating grant will maintain funding for this conservations project which provides for the implementation of the Raritan-Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership’s new conservation plans as well as the existing Grasslands Conservation Plan. | |
| | |
| Crawford House, Inc. | $15,000 |
| This grant will continue support for this organization providing substance abuse treatment services to women living in New Jersey. In addition to its transitional housing and treatment services this organization also offers counseling as well as job training and placement services. | |
| | |
| Elijah’s Promise | $20,000 |
| Operating support will enable this important organization to continue to provide innovative, cost effective food service programs to individuals and families living in the New Brunswick area of Middlesex County. | |
| | |
| Family & Community Services of Somerset County | $5,000 |
| The Individual and Family Mental Health Program offers counseling services to underserved individuals in the Somerset County area. Funding will support bilingual services to a large base of Hispanic/latino clients living in this area. | |
| | |
| Family Guidance Center/Family & Children’s Services | $10,000 |
| An operating grant to this Mercer County organization will help to support the Children’s Day Treatment Program which provides supportive educational and treatment services to disadvantaged youth and their families. | |
| | |
| George Street Playhouse | $7,000 |
| The educational outreach programs of the George Street Playhouse bring important topical issues to students in their schools. The creative process is used to address and work through issues such as cyber-bullying, racism, violence and intolerance. | |
| | |
| HomeFront | $25,000 |
| Operating support will enable this important organization to continue to provide existing programs, services and support to a growing number of the area’s very low income families who are either homeless or in danger of becoming homeless. | |
| | |
| HomeSharing Program of Somerset County | $10,000 |
| This unique organization links available space in residential homes with those in need of affordable housing. Operating support for this organization will help to provide individuals with critical housing needs in this underserved area of Somerset County. | |
| | |
| Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton | $5,000 |
| An operating grant will provide assistance with the Home Health Nursing Program and the Emergency Assistance/Food Pantry to aid in the care of the elderly and poor of the City of Trenton. | |
| | |
| New Jersey Future | $15,000 |
| This project related grant will be used to encourage municipalities to better utilize “development transfer” and “cluster” tools to focus development away from environmental areas in need of protection to places more suitable for growth. | |
| | |
| Perkins Center for the Arts | $10,000 |
| Perkins Center for the Arts is dedicated to excellence in the arts and to providing a wide range of creative opportunities for people of all ages and of every level of artistic development. Operating support for this organization will help to support a community collaborations program which provides arts experiences to underserved school-aged children. | |
| | |
| Pinelands Preservation Alliance | $10,000 |
| An operating grant to this important environmental organization will help the PPA to continue to expand initiatives aimed at protecting the New Jersey Pine Barrens globally important botanical heritage. | |
| | |
| Planned Parenthood | $15,000 |
| The Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer County continues to build upon its vast array of programming and services offered to diverse ethnic communities in the greater Trenton and Hamilton regions of Mercer County. A program grant to this organization will support the salary of the Bilingual Community Outreach Coordinator. | |
| | |
| Princeton Outreach Projects -Trenton After School Program | $10,000 |
| General operating support will help this organization to provide afterschool enrichment to youth in the city of Trenton. These programs provide a safe and nurturing environment where students can receive help with homework and socialize with peers in an atmosphere that promotes learning and positive experiences. | |
| | |
| Princeton Symphony Orchestra | $5,000 |
| An operating grant will help to support the 2009-2010 season of the Princeton Symphony. | |
| | |
| Roxey Ballet | $5,000 |
| Roxey Ballet is a performing contemporary ballet company headquartered in Lambertville, New Jersey. Its mission is to deliver artistic and cultural excellence to its performance audiences, local school students and underserved members of the community. This operating grant will help to support programs offered to disadvantaged youth and individuals with physical disabilities. | |
| | |
| Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association | $15,000 |
| An operating grant to this important environmental organization located in Mercer County will help to support programs in conservation, advocacy, science and environmental education. | |
| | |
| Trent House Association | $10,000 |
| The kitchen furnishing plan allows for the continued renovation of Trent House which is a treasured historic site located in the City of Trenton. A program grant here will help to support the completion of this project. | |
| | |
| Trenton Children’s Chorus | $10,000 |
| Operating support will help to provide the preparatory choir with additional curriculum in African drumming as well as an assistant conductor who will work with the choir on a regular basis. | |
| | |
| Upper Raritan Watershed Association | $10,000 |
| Project support will help this environmental organization based in Somerset County to achieve its goal of creating partnerships in the public and private sectors to prevent the spread of newly emerging invasive species through early detection and rapid response. | |
| | |
