112 Essex County Women Donate $1K Each For New Grant

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Are you a staff member at an Essex County nonprofit that can use a $112,000 grant? Thanks to Impact100 Essex, a recently launched “philanthropic collaborative of women who collectively fund high-impact grants to help disadvantaged, impoverished and underserved populations in Essex County,” there may be some funds with your nonprofit’s name on it.

According to a recent news release from the group, it will be accepting applications for the “Impact100 Essex” grant until Dec. 15, 2017. Finalists will present their proposals on March 1, 2018. The Impact100 Essex members will gather and vote on March 26, 2018, to select one grant recipient.

The grant amount was announced at Impact100 Essex’s recent member celebration in Montclair. The philanthropic group succeeded in attracting 112 women, each of whom donated $1,000, to support and participate in the selection for its inaugural award.

The application and other information is available at www.Impact100Essex.org.

For its inaugural grant, Impact100 Essex is looking for:

• Projects in Essex County with high impact – new projects or expansion of existing projects
• Projects addressing under-met needs, empowering an underserved constituency
• Projects that innovate, deepen or expand an existing mission, resulting in measurable, sustainable change
• A plan to spend the grant within 2 years, and evidence that all funding needs will be fully met
• Evidence that the idea is effective

Organizations must operate within Essex County, New Jersey and have:

• 501(c)3 status
• Track record of success
• At least 3 years in operation
• Annual operating budget of at least $100,000
• At least 2 years of independently prepared financial statements

Impact100 Essex is not interested in:

• Lobbying, partisan, or religious projects
• Debt reduction, interim or bridge funding, endowments or fundraising
• General operating expenses or overhead
• Grants to individuals

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