To help keep the people in our community safe, HFNJ worked with some current grantees, extending existing grants to enable them to understand the new landscape and convert HFNJ-funded work to meet the new reality. We made a six-figure contribution to the Pooled Fund administered by the United Way of Greater Newark and sit on the Advisory Committee for the distribution of that funding. In sum, HFNJ set aside almost all other concerns and has to date awarded the following Covid-19-related grants, which total approximately $3.5 million:
Covid-19 Emergency Grants:
Awarded early on in the crisis, these grants of up to $50,000 each helped community agencies and institutions stock up on PPE, install plexiglass shields and the like, convert to virtual service, and distribute food to individuals and families suddenly in need. A total of more than $1.1 million was awarded to the following agencies:
Bridges Outreach KinderSmile Foundation
The Bass Foundation Main Street Counseling
Center for Autism (N. Ward Ctr.) Millburn Rescue Squad
Children’s Aid & Family Services Morristown Medical Center
Children’s Specialized Hospital New Community Corp.
Clara Maass Medical Center Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Community Food Bank of NJ Overlook Hospital
Community Health Law Project Pillar Care Continuum
Community Hope Planned Parenthood Metro
Family Connections Planned Parenthood N, C, & S NJ
Family Service League St. Barnabas Medical Ctr Ironbound Community Corp. Table to Table
JCC of Central NJ Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Jewish Community Housing Corp. University Hospital
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest Youth Consultation Services
Jewish Service for the Dev. Disabled Zufall Health Centers
Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest
Grants to Hospitals to Prepare for the Next Wave:
HFNJ awarded over $1.6 million in grants to the following hospitals to equip them with HEPA filter/air purifiers and otherwise prepare them for the next wave of Covid-19 cases and future contagious disease emergencies. Grants went to the following:
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Clara Maass Medical Center
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Grants to Jewish Day Schools in Greater MetroWest NJ:
To enable schools to safely re-open in the fall of 2020 – in whole or in part – HFNJ awarded funding to the following:
Golda Och Academy
Gottesman RTW Academy
Joseph Kushner Academy and Rae Kushner High School
Additional Covid-19-Related Funding went to:
Family Service League
JFS Central NJ
JSDD
MD1
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Summit Medical Group
WNET.org
Wynona’s House
This work continues. HFNJ is intent on being responsive to community need and doing our part to keep everyone who lives in our catchment area as safe as we can.
