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Impact100 Garden State Announces Record Membership for 2026

On March 5, 2026, Impact100 Garden State—a women-led philanthropic organization—celebrated reaching its highest-ever membership of 432 women at its 13th Annual Big Reveal, held in Basking Ridge. Thanks to this milestone, the group will award $432,000 to regional nonprofits during its annual Big Give in June. The event was filled with excitement as the organization shared […]

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Impact100 Garden State Announces Seven Recipients for $430,000 in Grants

All-women group for collective giving gives record amount to area nonprofits. Impact100 Garden State announced four recipients of $100,000 grants and three recipients of $10,000 Merit Awards at its annual Big Give at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany on June 11. The grants were awarded based on a vote by Impact100 Garden State members. The

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Family Promise of Sussex County Expands Services

Family Promise of Sussex County (FPSC) received a $100,000 Impact100 Garden State grant in 2021, while the COVID-19 pandemic was well underway, creating a need for new thinking about supporting homeless individuals and families . The grant, which was completed in the first quarter of 2023, was instrumental to the implementation of an expanded mission and

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After the Award: What Happens Next

By Barb Demarest Sometimes, the Big Give (formerly known as the Annual Award Meeting) is described as the end of the Grant Cycle. To do so, however, omits a major step and one which consumes the Grant Administration Committee from the night of the Big Give until mid-July – getting a contract with the Grant

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Oasis Teaches Immigrant Women Vital Skills

FEBRUARY, 2024: Oasis—A Haven for Women and Children received an Impact100 Garden State $100,000 grant in June 2023 and put the funds to work immediately in their busy English as a second language (ESL) program. Oasis provides daily English classes in their Paterson facility for more than 200 impoverished immigrant women, helping them integrate into

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Zufall Eats Delivers for the Hungry

FEBRUARY, 2024: Zufall Health, a nonprofit community health center, used the $100,000 grant it received from Impact100 Garden State in 2020 to support its “Mobile Meals for Dover Families in Need” program. The grant was used to purchase, outfit and staff a mobile food truck, known as Zufall Eats. The truck purchase turned out to

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How the Institute of Music for Children Changes Lives

NOVEMBER, 2023: Family. Community. Connection. Those words came up repeatedly when Impact100 Garden State members visited The Institute of Music for Children, one of two organizations that received $20,000 anniversary grants in 2022. The visit on November 4 provided an opportunity to observe classes, talk to students and parents, and learn about the Institute’s big

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Second Street Youth Center Serves Plainfield Area Community

NOVEMBER, 2023: Life skills workshops, family programs, an innovative bilingual community resource directory, and more: That’s how Second Street Youth Center (SSYC), a Plainfield, New Jersey nonprofit, is employing the $100,000 grant it received from Impact 100 Garden State in 2022. SSYC applied for the grant to support the expansion of its Community and Family

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Impact100 Garden State Merit Grants Help Nonprofits Further Their Mission

Impact100 Garden State awards $100,000 grants to nonprofits each year, based on member votes. The organization also gives Merit Grants to finalists who don’t receive the $100,000 grants. In June 2022, Impact100 Garden State awarded a total of $20,000 in Merit Grants ($5,000 each) to these organizations: Cheshire Home, based in Florham Park; Community in

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Impact100 Garden State Awards $375,000 in Grants to Area Nonprofits

Impact100 Garden State, an all-women’s philanthropic organization, awarded $375,000 in grants to nonprofits at its Annual Awards Meeting on June 8, 2023. The grants were awarded based on member votes and funded entirely by member contributions. The recipients of $100,000 grants are: Family Promise of Morris County, for its program “Affirming Voices of Women to

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