Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director
Choosing a starting place for the story of the opening of Nat Turner Park, the largest City-owned park in Newark, is challenging. This is a rich, multi-layered story, filled with numerous champions, diverse entry points and, finally (after nearly 30 years), the realization of many hopes and dreams. (more…)
We’re pleased to share that the Dodge Foundation Board of Trustees recently approved more than $4 million in grants to environmental organizations across New Jersey. Sixty-three organizations received $4,171,000 (55 organizations at the Foundation’s November Board meeting, and eight others that were previously awarded grants in 2008).
You can find details about Dodge’s environmental grantmaking here, and details about the grantees and the grants they received here.
Pictured above: Dodge’s grant to The Trust for Public Land’s “Parks for People” program helped revive the Mount Vernon Playground in Newark, where four teenagers were tragically shot and killed, and reclaim it as a safe haven for the community and school children. Photo by Seth Sherman, courtesy TPL.
