Dodge Foundation Announces $80K in Grants to Three Jersey City Organizations
By Jon Whiten • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Blog
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has announced its 2009 grants, including $80,000 to three Jersey City nonprofits. The grants are among the 220 the foundation gave out, totaling about $10.1 million.
Total giving for the Morristown-based foundation, which has lost a third of its assets due to the recession, was down sharply this year, and its grants to Jersey City’s organizations was no exception. The three organizations’ awards were down one-third from what they received from Dodge last year.
The biggest winner was the Jersey City Museum, which received a $65,000 grant this year. However, the museum, which has been forced to tighten its belt as the recession has worn on, was also the biggest loser, facing a 35 percent drop from last year’s grant of $100,000. The two other organizations — Nimbus Dance Works and SHUA Group — both received $7,500 this year instead of the $10,000 they received last year, a drop of 25 percent.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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