Tag: Princeton Area Community Foundation
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The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation awards $325,000 to local nonprofits
The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded a record $325,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations. This funding is the largest amount awarded in any cycle of the fund’s more than 20-year history and includes a first-time award for the Liz Gray Erickson Memorial Grant, a 3-year grant…
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More than 2,900 children to Benefit from Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants for summer programs
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded $199,000 in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants to nonprofits holding summer programs that will include instruction to help students overcome learning loss caused by the pandemic. “Through these grants, we are helping 25 nonprofits engage 2,900 children in educational and social-emotional learning programs,” Jeffrey M. Vega, president…
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Mercer County Stables expands recreational and therapeutic programs
Ewing Township Health Administrator Teri Vacirca has found a respite from COVID-19 tucked away in the bucolic landscape of Hopewell Township, very close to her home. “Mercer Stables is the best-kept secret in Mercer County,” Vacirca said recently. “It’s very relaxing. Breeze in my face, total relaxation being outside.” Mercer County Stables, which sits on…
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Anchor House receive COVID-19 relief funds from Princeton Area Community Foundation
Anchor House was recently awarded Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID–19 Phase II Relief & Recovery Funds to help sustain its critical programs during the pandemic. Funds will support general program expenses to help provide a safe haven to abused, runaway and homeless youth in Mercer County. “Anchor House is thrilled and excited to receive relief…
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Burlington County organizations receive COVID-19 relief
The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF) awarded over $2 million to more than 50 local nonprofits in its second phase of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grant funding activities. Thanks to the philanthropic spirit of the community, and donor contributions, PACF awarded grants to organizations focused on immediate needs such as food insecurity, healthcare, housing, mental…
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Princeton Area Community Foundation awards over $2 million in second phase of COVID-19 relief
The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF) awarded over $2 million to more than 50 local nonprofits in its second phase of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grant funding activities. Thanks to the philanthropic spirit of the community, and donor contributions, PACF awarded grants to organizations focused on immediate needs such as food insecurity, healthcare, housing, mental…
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The Fund for Women and Girls awards more than $250,000 to local nonprofits
The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls has awarded more than $250,000 in grants to local nonprofits this year. The fund hosted its annual meeting virtually this month, its theme Lifting Each Other Up: A Celebration of Women and Philanthropy. Fund members and guests celebrated the work accomplished by multi-year grantee partners,…
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The Suppers Programs contributes to COVID-19 relief and recovery
When schools and businesses in Princeton and surrounding communities started closing their doors earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marion Reinson, executive director of The Suppers Programs, began looking for ways the organization could better support the community during this unprecedented time. “As an organization that is focused primarily on educating people on…
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Princeton Nursery School establishes new scholarship
Princeton Nursery School (PNS) has received $51,000 from the Board of Trustees of the University League Nursery School to establish a scholarship for a child in need. The donation to Princeton Nursery School’s Legacy Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation is to establish the University League Scholarship to be awarded annually to a child…
