Author name: Impact100 Garden State

In 2015, Head Start Morris County received an award of $102,500 to create an early language and literacy program, with two key components: teacher coaching and parent education. The program is ongoing. It has served 300 families annually and has distributed more than 18,000 books to children to date. Head Start Morris County’s parent education […]

In 2018, Samaritan Inn, a homeless shelter in Newton, received a $100,000 grant from Impact100 Garden State to purchase a house to renovate into three apartments for homeless families. Opened in 2021, the new residence has allowed three families to find stability, seek employment and begin to save money toward permanent housing. “Thank you Samaritan

The young lady sitting on the couch is Lataya. She is one of Roots & Wings’ very first FLY graduates and is now an ABC News producer. With a $100,000 grant from Impact100 Garden State in 2016, Roots & Wings created a FLY (Facilitating Life Skills for Youth) case management program for aged-out foster youth. The

Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts’ Paterson Music Project (PMP) is an out-of-school program that uses music and the communal experience of ensemble learning and performance to empower children. Impact100 Garden State grant funding of $44,000 in 2016 enabled Wharton to launch the program, which brings students from different schools together and provides free weekly

In 2014, America’s Grow-A-Row (AGAR) and nourish.NJ (then known as the Community Soup Kitchen) received a $100,000 grant from Impact100 Garden State. They used this funding to provide Free Farm Markets year-round for the underserved in Morris County. In 2022, AGAR President and Founder Chip Paillex congratulated Impact100 Garden State on its 10-year anniversary, noting