Author name: Impact100 Garden State

How to Find Your Purpose at Any Stage

NOVEMBER, 2024: What’s your purpose—and how can supporting a nonprofit organization help you find it?  Impact100 Garden State member Stephanie Licata, a learning and leadership consultant, recently shared her Impact100 Garden State experience on her “Creating Jerk-Free Workplaces” blog. Like so many members, she has been inspired by making a difference in local communities through […]

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Second Street Youth Center Connects People to Resources

SEPTEMBER, 2024: Second Street Youth Center (SSYC), a key community resource in Plainfield, has made significant strides thanks to the $100,000 grant it received from Impact100 Garden State in 2022. This funding was pivotal in expanding SSYC’s bilingual Community and Family Navigator Program, which has become a cornerstone of their services. Impact and Achievements During

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Seven finalists announced for four $100,000 grants

APRIL 2024: Impact100 Garden State, an all-women, all-volunteer organization for collective giving, has announced seven nonprofit finalists for the four $100,000 grants it will award in June. The finalists are: Cheshire Home, a Florham Park-based rehabilitation facility that specializes in empowering young adults with spinal cord injuries, for its program “Rise & Walk” Comfort Zone

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Impact100 Garden State Founder Honored

FEBRUARY, 2024: Carole Garibaldi Rogers, founder of Impact100 Garden State and cofounder of SparkNJ, was honored by the Morris County Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting on February 8. Rogers received the Saint Clare’s Health William P. Huber Award for Outstanding Community Leadership for her many contributions to local communities and for inspiring hundreds

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Transforming Lives and Communities: Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance

  In November 2023, Impact100 Garden State received a Spotlight Award from Philanos, a national network of women’s giving circles, for its 2019 grant of $110,000 to UCEDC. The grant funded a pilot of what became the highly successful Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance program for formerly incarcerated people. Impact100 Garden State was selected for

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