2 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES: Love Your Block Mini-Grant & Land Trust Network

Hi Assembly,

Are you a Newark resident interested in beautifying and improving your street?  Do you have a specific vision in mind for your neighborhood?  Are there one or two simple things that can be acquired to help your block to function more abundantly?  If you answered yes, to either of those questions, then this mini-grant is for you.   Sign-up for a workshop and set-up a calendar reminder by clicking on the date hyperlink.

Thank you for your interest.  HAPPY APPLYING!

Andrea Mason- Newark People’s Assembly

We would like to encourage people to submit their applications in full online and to please reach out to Nathaly Agosto-Filion; agostofilionn@ci.newark.nj.us or Jon Gordon; gordonj@ci.newark.nj.us for any questions. 

They can also find additional helpful resources of what a successful grant application may look like by viewing our previously awarded grantees and the ordinance they followed on our website: www.newarknj.gov/loveyourblock

Here is the link to the newsletter.

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NJ Conservation Foundation’s 2021 Franklin Parker Community Conservation Grant Program:

The purpose of the 2021 Franklin Parker Community Conservation Grants Program is to provide essential resources to nonprofit organizations addressing environmental challenges and improving quality of life for communities of color throughout New Jersey. 

Application forms and program guidelines are available on our website. Grants will range in size, with a maximum of $5,000. Applicants are expected to match the requested funding (1:1) with inkind and/or cash contributions. 

Applications must be submitted by May 15, 2021. Grant awards will be announced by June 30, 2021.  Projects must be completed by June 1, 2022.

Please see our website for application documents and more detailed information, or contact Heidi Roldan at heidi.roldan@njconservation.org with questions.