| 2009 Grant Awards |
| AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey |
$5,000.00 |
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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. |
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| Artistic Realization Technologies
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$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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Center for Educational Advancement |
$15,000 |
| This operating grant will support job training and placement for adults with disabilities in the Hunterdon County area. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Princeton Symphony Orchestra |
$5,000 |
| Operating support will help to sustain this important community arts organization during its 2008-2009 season. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2008 Grant Awards |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County |
$15,000 |
| This grant will support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer’s ongoing efforts to increase the quantity and quality of their Big/Little matches and continue to seek out and secure new corporate partnerships. |
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| Boys and Girls Club of Trenton Mercer County |
$20,000 |
| This grant will provide continued support to this organization as they expand their offerings into additional schools and congregations in the greater Trenton area. Boys and Girls Club of Trenton/Mercer is currently the largest provider of after school programs in the City of Trenton. |
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| Center for Educational Advancement |
$15,000 |
| This operating grant will provide continuing support to this organization which provides jobs, education, job readiness, and support for people with disabilities. |
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| Community Action Service Center, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| The summer academic enrichment program serves a growing latino community and offers comprehensive family support and counseling services year-round. This grant will fund staff salaries for this program which is designed to promote children’s future success in life through summer academic support and social skills development. |
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| Community Hope, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| This grant supports the opening of the new wing of a residential facility which has the capacity to serve 95 former servicemen and women and provide living quarters for another 25 veterans. |
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| Conservation Resources, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| This grant will provide operating funds to support the Raritan-Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership's efforts to implement the Grassland Conservation Plan in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties. |
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| Family and Children's Services of Central NJ, Inc. |
$15,000 |
| The Family Child Home Program, Embracing Families project is a 0-3 initiative aimed at increasing reading and language skills in non-English speaking households. This organization works with families in their homes on a weekly basis over a 12-month period. |
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| Family Guidance Center Corporation |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will help to fund the Children’s Day Treatment Program. This program has an enrollment of approximately 80 children and there is a waiting list for services. Family Guidance is seeking to maintain current service levels and provide transportation services for all children who attend the program. |
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| Food Bank of South Jersey |
$20,000 |
| The Kids Café Program will provide wholesome, nutritious food to 100 disadvantaged children in Camden City, New Jersey. |
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| George Street Playhouse |
$10,000 |
| This grant will support education and outreach programs at the theatre. These programs help to bring theatre arts into less-advantaged school districts as well as providing opportunities for the children to see works at the theatre. |
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| Historic Morven, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| This grant will support Morven’s Exhibition, “Princeton 1783. The Nation’s Capital”. This is a collaborative project involving cultural, academic and historic preservation organizations across the state. |
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| HiTops, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| This organization provides wellness care and health education for teens in the greater Princeton area. HiTops offers peer-based education, a sliding fee clinic, and outreach for the community's growing Latina population. A grant of $10,000 will help to educate young Latina girls on reproductive and preventive healthcare, focusing on HIV education, pregnancy prevention, and other health issues that affect young Latinas disproportionately and to create a peer support system. |
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| HomeFront, Inc. |
$20,000 |
| This operating grant will help HomeFront, Inc. to maintain its infrastructure while it establishes critical ancillary services to existing programs, or initiate new programs, while working to secure permanent funding for these areas. |
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| Housing Community Development Network of NJ |
$20,000 |
| This grant will support community-based education and advocacy networks in our region. Housing and Community Development Network provides ongoing advocacy support and education to smaller non-profit housing and community development organizations across the state. |
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| Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance |
$15,000 |
| This operating grant will support the alliance's land preservation and stewardship programs, particularly efforts to protect critical farmland and natural areas from development and create greenbelts of preserved land in high quality watersheds of the county. |
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| Isles |
$100,000 |
| A capital grant to Isles will help this organization to broaden its reach in central New Jersey, consolidate and increase the effectiveness of their existing operations, recharge a deteriorating community bordering Trenton, and create a demonstration project that integrates green design, substantial employment, and healthy spaces for living and working. |
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| LifeTies, Inc. |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will support the continued services of a grant writer and expand psychiatric services to adolescents. |
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| McCarter Theatre |
$20,000 |
| This operating grant will help to fund programs at this regional theatre company based in Mercer County. |
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| Medical Center at Princeton Foundation, Inc. |
$250,000 |
| This capital fund grant will help to support the relocation of the University Medical Center at Princeton. |
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| Mercer Street Friends |
$20,000 |
| Funds from this grant will be used to complete the second phase of an upgrade to the telephone system which will dramatically improve important communication between the employees and the people served by this organization. |
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| Midland School |
$11,000 |
| This grant will help to upgrade the computer lab at the school which serves individuals with disabilities from elementary age into adulthood. |
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| NAMI-Mercer, New Jersey |
$10,000 |
| Operating support for the Helpline will allow this organization to expand its marketing activities so that more people will be aware of services available to families affected by mental illness. A resource guide of mental health services in Mercer County will be produced and made available to NAMI members and the general public. |
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| New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
$20,000 |
| This grant supports a statewide easement stewardship and defense initiative which will help with the monitoring of conservation easements across the state. |
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| New Jersey Future |
$15,000 |
| This grant is given to support continued efforts to reduce sprawl and encourage smart growth on the ground in New Jersey by developing more practical means to implement the vision of the State Plan. |
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| New Jersey Highlands Coalition |
$10,000 |
| An operating grant to this organization will help to support a preservation initiative in this environmentally sensitive and threatened region of the state. |
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| New Jersey SEEDS |
$10,000 |
| An operating grant is recommended for this Newark-based organization for its work helping disadvantaged high school students gain the benefit of private school education through it’s Scholars Program. |
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| Passage Theatre Company |
$15,000 |
| Funds from this grant will support the State Street Project, a key after school program in the city of Trenton. The program offers writing, acting and production skills to youth as an artistic outlet for dealing with the issues they face in urban life including gang violence, single parent homes and drug abuse. |
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| People and Stories – Gente y Cuentos |
$25,000 |
| This grant is given to support capacity building in the areas of project management, grant writing, and office administration. People and Stories is a unique organization that uses literature to enhance the lives of people from all walks of life as they share their collective experiences. |
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| Pinelands Preservation Alliance |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will help to support two vitally important regional conservation issues: stewardship of conserved areas and protection of Pine Barrens water quality. |
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| Princeton Public Library |
$5,000 |
| Project support for the Latino Initiatives project will help to provide increasing literacy programming for Princeton’s growing Latino community. |
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| Princeton Symphony Orchestra |
$5,000 |
| Operating support is continued for this Princeton performing arts organization which, in addition to its regular concert series, provides free concerts for students attending area elementary schools. |
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| Princeton Young Achievers |
$20,000 |
| This operating grant is given to support educational after-school programs for children from low income families living in the Princeton area. |
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| Rescue Mission of Trenton |
$10,000 |
| The E-initiative Program provides work training and experience to many of the program's homeless men and women. This program is a part of the mission's store which rehabs and resells donated items to support its programs. |
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| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton |
$15,000 |
| This hospital-based program will concentrate on reaching the Trenton community with preventative care and education regarding childhood obesity. Middle-school girls are the focus of this current effort. |
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| Symphony in C |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will support the Music Matters educational program with an emphasis on increasing and strengthening programs in the city of Camden. |
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| Thomas Edison State College |
$10,000 |
| Operating support for Leadership Trenton will provide support while allowing the program to build on its success and expand through increased outreach to the community. |
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| Trent House Association |
$15,000 |
| Project support for the William Trent house will help to provide reproduction period furniture for this important historical landmark. |
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| Trenton Community Music School |
$5,000 |
| A general operating grant to the school will help to provide financial aid to underserved residents of the greater Trenton area who will benefit from their programs. |
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| Trenton Education Dance Institute |
$20,000 |
| This grant will help to sustain TEDI's core program, Creative Classrooms, at its two newest schools, Caroll Robbins and Woodrow Wilson and its expanded programming for parent involvement launched during 2007. |
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| Trinity Counseling Service |
$30,000 |
| The Childhood Intervention Initiative is a collaborative effort of Trinity Counseling Service, Princeton Nursery school and Princeton Regional Schools to identify at-risk children as they transition through the public school system. The purpose of the program is to help children to reach their fullest potential in a safe and nurturing environment. |
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| Two River Theatre Company |
$10,000 |
| This operating grant will support the 732 project, an oral history project focusing on individuals from all walks of life who live and work in the 732 area code. The resulting artistic collaboration will be viewed by an audience consisting of the participants and the greater community in an attempt to stimulate dialogue and bring embedded social issues to the surface of conversation. |
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| Upper Raritan Watershed Association |
$20,000 |
| This grant supports a partnership project focusing on integrated invasive plant species management. The project represents the State’s first comprehensive effort toward invasive species management using a methodology of early detection/rapid response, coupled with strategic management planning and public outreach in the Hopewell Valley and Upper Raritan Watershed regions. |
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| Visiting Nurse Association of Mercer County |
$25,000 |
| The Electronic Data Warehouse is a quality improvement tool which will allow for more comprehensive clinical data analysis. |
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| Women Helping Women |
$20,000 |
| General operating support will allow this organization to continue to provide services to women and girls in the community with an emphasis on taking control of their lives and living up to their potential. |
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| Young Scholars’ Institute |
$25,000 |
| General operating support will help to provide Trenton youth with tutoring and educational programs as well as small-group guidance in college preparation, including visiting tours to colleges outside of New Jersey. |
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| YWCA of Trenton |
$10,000 |
| The YWCA of Trenton's Ready, Set, Grow program is a leadership program for underserved youth in Trenton. |
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