Montclair Nonprofit Earns Grant For Work With AAPI Community

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A Montclair-based nonprofit will get a boost in funding from an “equity grant” in Essex County.

Impact100 Essex has awarded 2023 “Equity Grants” to three local groups, including AAPI Montclair. The unrestricted grants are awarded to BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations in the region in response to a “discrepancy in funding” that many of them face.

This year, AAPI Montclair received a $10,000 grant from Impact100 Essex.

“AAPI Montclair is excited to put this Equity Grant to work advancing racial justice through education, advocacy, and other grassroots efforts powered by New Jersey’s 1+ million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,” said the nonprofit’s president, Amber Reed.

“This is not a time for any community to be left sitting on the sidelines,” Reed said.

Sunita Chaudhuri, co-chair of Impact100 Essex, said it was “joyous” to celebrate this year’s grant recipients and hear about the “tremendous” work that they’re doing.

Impact100 Essex is a collective philanthropic group founded and funded by women in Essex County. The organization awards a $100,000 Impact Grant each year, three Equity Grants and several smaller grants. Learn more here.

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