EDUCATION

Abbott Leadership Institute/Rutgers University Foundation
$20,000
Mr. Junius W. Williams - Director
(973)353-1750
The purpose of the Abbott Leadership Institute, housed at Rutgers' Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, is to build the capacity of Newark public school parents to become advocates and full partners in the education of their children. Victoria's grant provides funding to open 10 church and school-based afterschool homework centers and a Saturday parent leadership training
program.

African Globe Performing Arts Organization
$15,000
Mr. Kabu Okai-Davies - Executive Director
(973)624-1584
Fax: 973/624-6333
African Globe Performing Arts Organization, Inc. strives to cultivate and present the diverse artistic and literary heritage of people of African descent. Victoria's grant supports the 2004 SummerWorks program, a rigorous arts education and performing arts summer day camp for middle and high school students in Newark.

Bank Street College of Education
$250,000
Dr. Carol Lippman - Project Director
(212)961-3405
Bank Street College of Education initiated Project New Beginnings in Newark in 1996. Bank Street was invited into the district to serve as a change agent to restructure early childhood education in Newark's public schools. Students' standardized fourth grade test scores have increased more than 10 percentage points in both language arts and math since the inception of Project New Beginnings. This grant provided support for one-on-one classroom coaching and engaging small groups of educators in intensive facilitated study groups.

Center for Talented Youth/Johns Hopkins University
$45,000
Dr. Lea Ybarra - Executive Director
(410)516-0101
The Center for Talented Youth is a nonprofit unit of the Johns Hopkins University. CTY conducts an academic talent search and offers an intensive three-week summer residential program at a participating college for youth in grades 5 - 10. The Foundation grant supports 10 Newark students’ participation in the CTY summer program.

Charter School Resource Center
Center for Effective School Practices/Rutgers University Foundation
$35,000
Ms. Heather Ngoma - Executive Director
(732)564-9087
The Center for Effective School Practices at Rutgers is the umbrella agency for several research-based initiatives and programs, including the Charter School Resource Center (CSRC), that focus on the improvement of pre-K through
twelfth grade student outcomes and school organizational practices. Victoria's grant supports CSRC's Newark Critical Friends, a rigorous self-reflection and assessment process for selected charter schools in Newark.

Children's Literacy Initiative
$300,000
Ms. Linda Katz - Executive Director
(215)561-4676
Children's Literacy Initiative is a research-driven, professional development program for pre-kindergarten through third grade teachers, targeting children from low-income families. Like the Victoria Foundation, CLI seeks to close the gap in literacy achievement between poor, urban children and their more affluent suburban counterparts. This grant supported three-day institutes and one-on-one coaching for Newark teachers, with an emphases on third grade educators.

Communities in Schools of Newark
$130,000
Dr. Jennifer Durham - Executive Director
(973)623-4203
The mission of Communities In Schools of Newark is "to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life." Victoria's grant supports the salaries of CISN project directors at 13th and 15th Avenue Elementary Schools in Newark to assess students unmet needs, and to develop and implement intervention plans.

Do Something, Inc.
$10,000
Ms. Tonya Woodland-Myers - Executive Director
(973)643-6373
Newark Do Something is an affiliate of the national Do Something, Inc. network, which was founded in 1993 to promote youth leadership and community activism. This grant supports the Community Coach Program, which involves 1,500 youth as leaders in 67 public schools and 5 community centers throughout Newark.

FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development
$40,000
Mr. Casto Maldonado - President & CEO
(973)624-2528
The Jersey Urban Debate League is part of a national movement to reintroduce policy debate into public schools. The Debate League is attempting to expand upon the success of the Science High School Debate Team, which has won the New Jersey state debate championships for the past 20 years of its 23- year-existence. The Victoria grant provides support to include an additional 200 Newark students in a debate program.

Greater Newark Conservancy
$75,000
Ms. Robin L. Dougherty - Executive Director
(973)642-4646
Greater Newark Conservancy provides educational, community greening, environmental justice, and job training programming to residents of Newark. This grant supports the Conservancy's education program for Newark students and teachers. The organization reaches more than 14,000 students each year and in 2004 opened its own outdoor learning center, which greatly enhanced the quality of its hands-on programming.

Kids Corporation II
$100,000
Ms. Michaela Murray Nolan - Executive Director
(973)877-0980
Kids Corporation II provides educational and health resources to children in grades one through eighth throughout Newark. The Victoria grant supports the Kids Corp. Educational Services Division to provide year-round resources to elementary school children, including classroom supplies, books, clothing, field trips, and healthcare services.

Link Community School
$65,000
Mr. Marnie G. McKoy - Principal
(973)642-0529
Located in the Central Ward of Newark, Link Community School is an independent middle school founded in 1969. Ninety percent of Link's 125 seventh and eighth graders come directly from the Newark Public Schools. Victoria's grant provides general operating support for this alternative school that places all of its 8th grade graduates into prestigious secondary schools.

New Jersey Historical Society
$75,000
Dr. Sally Yerkovich - Executive Director
(973)596-8500
New Jersey Historical Society houses an historical museum, library, and archives dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of New Jersey. Victoria's grant supports NJHS' education programs for Newark Public School students and their teachers.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center
$327,000
Mr. Lawrence P. Goldman - President & CEO
(973)642-8989
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center has had more than just an economic impact on Newark, it has become an essential part of the community through its education and outreach programs. Victoria's grant supports a wide range of arts education activities benefitting more than 20,000 Newark children.

New Jersey SEEDS
$43,000
Ms. Amy Ziebarth - President
(973)642-6422
NJ SEEDS strives to give academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged eighth grade students the opportunity to attend and succeed at private secondary schools. Victoria's grant supports Newark students in the first two phases of SEEDS' program, both held at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
$65,000
Dr. Victor Parsonnet - Chairman
(973)624-3713
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Neeme Jarvi, is the Resident Orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Victoria's grant supports the Newark Early Strings Program, which provided Suzuki violin instruction to 500 elementary school children in Newark.

Newark Boys Chorus School
$40,000
Mr. James "Frank" Bugg - Executive Director
(973)621-8900
The Newark Boys Chorus School provides 80 fourth through eighth grade boys with a challenging education as well as an excellent arts experience that includes instruction in musical theory, sight reading, voice, and choral training. Known as Newark's musical ambassadors, the School's chorus has been heard throughout the world. This grant supports general operating expenses.

Newark Charter School
$15,000
Mr. Peter Turnamian - School Director
(973)242-3543
Launched in September 2000, the Newark Charter School serves 112 students in grades six through eight. This charter school provides an extended day, eleven month program for Newark public school children selected through a blind lottery system. This grant provides the funding to purchase 1,500 new books for the School's library.

Newark Public Schools/Educational Testing Service
$115,000
Ms. Marion Bolden - State Superintendent
(973)733-7333
The Newark Public Schools, under the leadership of State Superintendent Marion Bolden, is committed to providing the students of Newark with an excellent education. Improving the quality of teaching will have a positive impact upon the quality of student learning. This grant supports a collaborative effort with Educational Testing Service to work with key stakeholders in the district to develop a customized assessment tool for teachers and to train principals in the use of the rubric to observe and evaluate classroom educators.

Pathways to College/Ophelia J. Berry Fund, Inc.
$18,000
Ms. Judith B. Griffen - Executive Director
(201)541-0822
Pathways to College is a high school-based program that attempts to expand the pool of eligible college students from underrepresented groups. Pathways provides youth with direct instruction in communication skills, as well as facilitating relationships with college faculty and staff, and providing information, coaching and encouragement to students and their families to complete the college application and matriculation process.

Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey
$25,000
Mr. John Pietrowski - Artistic Director
(973)514-1787
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey helps playwrights develop new works in a nurturing environment and provides arts education to children throughout New Jersey. Victoria's grant supports the Newark Young Writers Program, an artist- in-residency program followed by a schoolwide assemby that showcases the students' writing.

Project THISTLE/Montclair State University
$32,000
Dr. Susan A. Cole - President
(973)655-5197
Launched in 1981 with funding from the Victoria Foundation, Project THISTLE is a Montclair State University program designed to help Newark public school teachers enhance critical thinking skills and to promote higher order thinking skills in their students. Victoria's grant provides the tuition subsidy necessary to enable Newark teachers to participate in six graduate level courses free of charge.

Queen of Angels School
$18,000
Ms. Everlyn V. Hay - Principal
(973)642-1531
Queen of Angels is a pre-K through eighth grade school. Victoria's grant enables the School to replace worn carpeting.

Saint Mary School
$20,000
Sr. Theresa M. Shaw - Principal
(973)286-3870
Saint Mary School is a kindergarten through eighth grade school. This grant helps retain a media specialist and to upgrade computers and library materials.

Saint Vincent Academy
$110,000
Sr. June Favata - Administrative Director
(973)622-1613
Saint Vincent Academy, the only private high school for girls in Newark, was founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. SVA provides young women with a values-based secondary education that focuses solid academics, leadership, and community service. Victoria supports the ninth and tenth grade programs, which introduce new students to Saint Vincent's academic rigor and social ethic.

School of the Garden State Ballet
$25,000
Ms. Jody Jaron - Director
(973)623-1033
The School of the Garden State Ballet was founded in Newark in 1950. Now located in its new home inside Newark Symphony Hall, Victoria Foundation provides scholarship support to enable 400 Newark children to enroll in rigorous ballet classes.

Seton Hall University/Institute for Education Leadership, Research & Renewal
$75,000
Dr. Michael Osnato - Executive Director
(973)275-2869
Seton Hall University's Institute for Educational Leadership, Research and Renewal has partnered with the Newark Public Schools to initiate the Newark Grow Your Own program. Grow Your Own takes a cohort of 25 Newark teachers through an intensive and innovative two-year leadership-training program. Each teacher will earn a 39-credit Master's of Art degree and a principal's certification. The curriculum is a combination of traditional coursework, online courses, one-on-one mentoring, and an extensive hands- on internship component. Victoria's grant will provide tuition subsidies to all participating Newark teachers.

St. Benedict's Preparatory School
$50,000
The Rev. Edwin O. Leahy, OSB - Headmaster
(973)643-4800
St. Benedict's provides young men from the greater Newark area with a rigorous and challenging college preparatory program. The Foundation supports scholarships for Newark students.

St. Philip's Academy
$90,000
Mr. Miguel J. Brito - Head of School
(973)624-0644
St. Philip's Academy provides a rigorous, child-centered academic and moral education for 276 kindergarten through eighth grade children from the greater Newark area. More than half the students receive scholarship support. Eighth graders leave St. Philip's socially and academically prepared to enter the most prestigious secondary schools in the northeast. This grant provided operating support targeting efforts to retain and recruit exemplary faculty and to provide financial aid to students.

Student Partner Alliance
$25,000
Ms. Frieda Zaffarese - Executive Director
(973)379-5878
Student Partner Alliance enables low-income students from the greater Newark area enroll in parochial and private high schools. SPA recruits 'partners' who make a four-year financial commitment to support students in 10 area schools. Victoria's grant supports administrative costs so that all partner funds are directed to scholarships for students.

Teach For America
$50,000
Mr. John White - Executive Director
(973)621-0002
Teach for America places highly motivated, committed graduates from the nation's top universities in low-income, under-performing public schools. This grant supports the recruitment, selection, pre-service training, and ongoing professional development for 40 Teach for America corps members in Newark.

United Academy
$45,000
Ms. Penny H. Lemon - Principal
(973)643-7111
This independent Newark elementary school offers students a challenging academic program. Victoria's grant supports scholarships and additional classroom space.

Urban Educational Project/Jersey Explorer Children's Museum
$25,000
Mr. Gary Patnosh - Director
(973)673-6900
The Jersey Explorer Children's Museum is a unique museum experience in that it was designed, built, and primarily staffed by young people involved in Youth Corps and AmeriCorps programs. Moreover, the exhibits are interactive to engage young people. Victoria's grant provides general operating support to the museum.

W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute
$20,000
Dr. Sherle L. Boone - Executive Director
(973)720-3394
The W.E.B. DuBois Scholar's Institute's provides a summer academic enrichment program to academically-gifted youth to encourage them to address the issues of poverty and racism. The Victoria grant supports 16 Newark students' participation in the Scholar's Institute.

Youth Consultation Service
$40,000
Mr. Richard Mingoia - Executive Director
(973)482-8411
Youth Consultation Service provides educational, recreational, and social services for Newark children of the north ward in addition to a region-wide mental health services program. This grant funds the educational afterschool program and a recreational summer camp for the neighborhood.

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT & URBAN ACTIVITIES

Center for Civic Responsibility
$25,000 Challenge Grant
Harry Pozycki, Esq. - President
(732)548-9798
This grant supported the implementation in Newark of Empowerment Civics, an innovative and practical approach to civics education. Empowerment Civics is designed to empower Newark citizens with the knowledge and tools to effectively achieve community goals through civic participation.

Center for Leadership in Nonprofit Management/Rutgers University
$25,000
Mr. Alex Plinio/Mr. James Abruzzo - Co-Directors
(973)353-1327
This newly established center at Rutgers School of Business will provide a comprehensive response to the growing need for leadership in the nonprofit sector. The Center will provide a common ground for education, training and research for nonprofit leaders.

Episcopal Community Development
$40,000
Ms. Carla L. Lerman - Executive Director
(973)430-9986
Episcopal Community Development is a community development corporation that provides housing and neighborhood services throughout Northern New Jersey, with a particular emphasis upon development in Newark. The Victoria grant provides support for a youth financial literacy program, aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty through education, and the ECD Samaritan Project, which provides home ownership opportunities for low-income buyers in Newark.

Leadership Newark
$50,000
Ms. Celia M. King - Executive Director
(973)242-2144
Leadership Newark is a leadership development program designed to create a cadre of effective leaders in Newark. Leadership Newark recruits young professionals who live or work in Newark to participate in a two-year program to supplement and enhance their knowledge of Newark, build their organizational skills, extend their professional network of individuals committed to Newark, and utilize their skills and connections to improve the quality of life in Newark. This grant provides general operating support.

Crest Community Development Corporation
$40,000
Ms. Geraldine N. Harvey - Director & CEO
(973)621-0770
Crest is involved in the revitalization of the Westside Park section of Newark and the provision of services to residents of this neighborhood. The community-based organization offers an array of housing and economic development services. Victoria's grant provides support for general operations and to build organizational capacity.

Ironbound Community Corporation
$90,000
Mr. Joseph Della Fave - Executive Director
(973)589-3353
Ironbound Community Corporation is a comunity-based multi-service organization that offers children and youth programs, multi-lingual adult education, emergency and family assistance, senior programs, and environmental and neighborhood development programs. ICC serves 700 residents each day. Victoria supports general operating expenses.

La Casa de Don Pedro
$200,000
Mr. Raymond Ocasio - Executive Director
(973)482-8312
La Casa de Don Pedro is a multi-service organization that seeks to provide services and development projects to improve the quality of life for residents in the North Ward section of Newark. Victoria's grant provides general operating support for community and economic development projects.

New Community Corporation
$525,000
Msgr. William J. Linder - Founder & Director
(973)482-0682
New Community Corporation is one of the country's premiere community development corporations, providing housing and human services. Victoria's grant supports community and economic development initiatives including workforce development, youth development, and homeownership counseling.

St. Columba Neighborhood Club
$36,500
Ms. Muna Bosch - Executive Director
(973)624-4222
St. Columba Neighborhood Club is a multi-service agency for residents of the South Broad Street/Lincoln Park section of Newark. It has provided services to youth and families for more than 25 years. The Victoria grant provides general operating support.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization
$127,000
Mr. Robert M. Farley - Executive Director
(973)374-2000
Unified Vailsburg Services Organization is a long-standing, multi-service agency in Newark's Vailsburg neighborhood. UVSO's mission embraces children, families, and the elderly, serving 650 residents and 280 children on a daily basis. Victoria's grant supports general operations, as well as the community organizing position.

YouthBuild Newark/Episcopal Community Development
$50,000
Mr. Robert Clark - Executive Director
(973)430-9986
YouthBuild Newark is a youth development program that serves out-of-school youth between the ages of 16 and 24. YouthBuild provides young people with high school equivalency dipoma training and leadership development skills, while teaching them the marketable skill of construction. The YouthBuild corps members use their skills to construct new affordable homes for low-to- moderate income families. The Foundation provides support to help this innovative program hire a development director.

ENVIRONMENT

Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
$45,000
Ms. Sandy Batty - Executive Director
(973)539-7547
ANJEC has a long history of providing technical assistance to New Jersey's local environmental commissions. This grant supports the organization's general program, with specific emphasis on local participation in the State Plan and regional planning initiatives.

Conservation Resources
$16,000
Mr. Michael Catania - President
(973)543-4437
Conservation Resources is a new organization that will strive to increase the capacity, expertise, and financial resources available to private and public conservation efforts in New Jersey. This grant provides start-up funding for what promises to be an innovative adjunct to the many land acquisition organizations already assisted by the Foundation.

Eastern Environmental Law Center of New Jersey
$15,000
Ms. Robin Greenwald - Executive Director
(973)353-5695
The Center works to resolve environmental problems that threaten people, natural resources, and communities in New Jersey. Victoria supports the Center's defense of natural lands and park lands.

Environmental Defense
$20,000
Mr. Frederic D. Krupp - Executive Director
(212)505-2100
Environmental Defense combines scientific, economic, and legal analysis to protect and preserve the environment. Victoria's grant provides assistance to this agency’s activities in New Jersey, particularly in the Highlands, the Pinelands, the Hudson/Raritan Estuary, and the Hackensack Meadowlands.

Hackensack Riverkeeper
$30,000
Capt. Bill Sheehan - Executive Director
(201)968-0808
Victoria's grant provides general operating support for this organization, which focuses on and advocates for the environmental health of the Hackensack River watershed. During the grant year the organization became more active in the lower portion of the watershed, including the Lower Passaic River and Newark Bay.

Natural Resources Defense Council
$15,000
Mr. John H. Adams - Executive Director
(212)727-2700
NRDC is a nationwide organization that defends the environment against pollution and over-consumption of our natural resources. Victoria's grant supported NRDC's role in efforts to clean up pollution in Newark Bay.

Pinelands Preservation Alliance
$30,000
Mr. Carleton Montgomery - Executive Director
(609)894-8000
The Pinelands Preservation Alliance is the only non-governmental organization committeed to protecting and preserving New Jersey's Pinelands. Victoria's grant is targeted to the Alliance' efforts to protect and preserve the Kirkwood- Cohansey aquifer, the largest source of unspoiled water in the Northeast.

Trust for Public Land/New Jersey Field Office
$35,000
Ms. Leigh Rae - Executive Director
(973)292-1100
The Trust for Public Land is a national organization dedicated to preserving land for the public, including more than 15,000 acres in New Jersey. This grant supports the work of TPL's New Jersey field office, which works on Newark's parks, as well as on natural lands in the Highlands and Barnegat Bay, two areas of interest to Victoria.

YOUTH & FAMILIES

Above the Rim of Newark
$7,600
Mr. Delano Gordon - Director
(973)277 9198
Above The Rim of Newark provides a summer basketball camp and tournament for Newark youth. In addition to the sports activities, the camp conducts workshops for camp participants on vital issues including conflict resolution, career assessment, substance abuse, and leadership skills.

ARC of Essex County
$11,000
Mr. Joseph L. Dimino - Executive Director
(973)535-1181
For more than fifty years, the ARC of Essex County has served people with developmental disabilities. Every summer, Newark children have the opportunity to attend Camp Hope to accelerate their personal growth and to enjoy many new experiences. Victoria's grant enables 10 children to attend in the summer of 2004.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark/LifeCamp, Inc.
$30,000
Mr. James C. Brady, Jr.
(908)234-1900
LifeCamp is a memorable summer experience for approximately 300 Newark children. For some, learning how to ride a bike is the crowning achievement of the summer. For others it is being part of the team that produces the camp newspaper. For all it is a summer rich in activities that expand horizons. This grant supports operating costs for the summer of 2004.

Emmanuel Church of Christ
$15,000
Ms. Delores Matthews - Camp Project Integrator
(973)242-3552
Emmanuel provides a safe haven for neighborhood children every summer. Besides traditional day camp activities, there are programs tailored to the difficult reality of the neighborhood environment, and academic programs that reinforce what was learned during the school year. Victoria provides operating support for the summer of 2004.

FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development
$10,000
Mr. Casto Maldonado - President & CEO
(973)624-2528
FOCUS is a multi-service agency that serves the Hispanic population in Newark. This grant enhances the Summer Shadow Program, a six-week summer day camp for Newark youth at risk of dropping out of school.

Friendly Fuld Neighborhood Centers
$95,000
Ms. Dorothy Knauer - Interim Executive Director
(973)621-2273
Friendly Fuld is a multi-purpose organization serving the needs of children and families in Newark's Central Ward. Victoria's grant supports the afterschool program, summer day camp, mentoring, and sports leagues.

Frost Valley YMCA
$50,000
Mr. Jerry Huncosky - Executive Director
(973)744-3488
Frost Valley is a model camp in the Catskills with programs designed to help people of all backgrounds reach their potential through active involvement with the natural world and with each other. This grant supports two-week overnight camperships for 130 Newark children in summer 2004.

Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County
$90,000
Ms. Janice C. Lilien - Executive Director
(973)746-8200
The Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County has been a Victoria grantee since 1957, with funding specifically targeting Newark girls since 1993. Victoria's grant enables over 1,300 girls and 170 adult volunteers to participate in Girl Scout troops throughout Newark.

Greater Life
$12,500
Mr. Michael T. Westbrook - Area Director
(973) 923-2264
Greater Life is a new organization, founded by the former directors of Young Life of Greater Newark in order to serve all age groups in its South Ward neighborhood. This grant supports the youth programs at the Community Outreach Center, a program Victoria had supported previously through Young Life.

Independence: A Family of Services
$45,000
Ms. Margaret L. Woods - Executive Director
(973) 589-0959
Independence offers an holistic approach to case management, referral, and other supportive services for disadvantaged, emotionally-troubled youth and their families from the greater Newark area. Victoria's grant supports its "Project Mgbede," which builds services around family strengths, leading to improved therapeutic outcomes and productive lives for children whose previous circumstances have resulted in a downward spiral of entanglements with law enforcement, school disciplinary actions, family dysfunction, and child welfare agencies.

Morristown Neighborhood House Association
$75,000
Mr. David Walker - Executive Director
(973)538-1229
This multiservice agency serves the needs of low-income Morristown residents. This grant provides support for the School-Age Child Care academic and enrichment program as well as a new delinquency prevention program.

Pennsylvania Youth Advocate Program
$34,000
Ms. Minette Bauer - Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(717)232 7580
Pennsylvania Youth Advocates Program (YAP) provides advocacy, mentoring and wrap-around services to youth subject to compulsory care, supervision, and/or incarceration in public or private institutions. YAP trains and employees community members to work with youth and their families as a mentor, and to coordinate services. Victoria's grant provides support for YAP to offer their services to five high-risk youth in the Newark Housing Authority Baxter Terrace housing project.

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan NJ
$50,000
Ms. Delores Tyson - Executive Director
(973)622-3900
Planned Parenthood remains committed to the ideal of the individual's right to control his/her own fertility, including that right for individual teenagers. Victoria supports health and life skills education services for teens in Newark. An important component of the program is peer counseling, for which a corps of teens is recruited and trained to reach out to other teens through issue-based skits, which they write and perform.

Princeton-Blairstown Center
$32,000
Mr. Hendricks S. Davis - Executive Director
(609)258-3340
Princeton-Blairstown Center is a summer camp program based on experiential learning and adventure-challenge activities. It serves youth and youth agency staff from a number of urban areas in the region. The range of programs encourages personal growth and enhances leadership skills. This grant subsidizes the participation of Newark youth and supports a program for rising ninth graders identified as likely to have difficulty adjusting to and succeeding in high school.

Project U.S.E.
$30,000
Mr. Phillip M. Costello - Executive Director
(732)219-7300
Project U.S.E. is a statewide program that uses experiential learning as an alternate modeling tool to help young people build social skills, self confidence, and an appreciation for the environment. Victoria's grant supports services to Newark youth.

QUEST INK!
$25,000
QUEST INK! provides a unique summer camp experience for children, staffed by young people who have been trained at the Kujenga Leadership Institute. Before beginning their camp duties, the Institute's participants - Newark-area high school and college students - attend a week of policy seminars on urban issues affecting their communities. Victoria's grant supports the Kujenga Leadership Institute.

Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council
$26,000
Ms. Marilyn A. Siegel - Executive Director
(908)725-1226
Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council runs a program entitled Girl Scouting Beyond Bars. The program serves girls whose mothers are incarcerated. The girls visit their mothers and participate in general troop activities. This grant supports summer day camp for Newark girls in the GSBB program.

Salvation Army--Newark Area Services
$19,500
Major Charles Kelly - Essex County Coordinator
(973) 623-5959
The Foundation provides camperships for grandparents and grandchildren to attend the Army's special needs summer camp in 2004. For these grandparents, who have the daily custodial care of their grandchildren, the opportunity to spend a vacation at a camp especially for them, while their grandchildren attend another specialized camp across the lake, is a rejuvenating experience as well as a chance to share their unique perspectives with others in 'grandfamilies.'

SMART Initiative/Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
$10,000
Dr. Mark Johnson - Director
(973)982-4830
UMDNJ is devoted to medical research and the training of health care professsionals, as well as the delivery of health care services in Newark. This grant supports the SMART Initiative, a UMDNJ-operated, year-round program to provide hands-on science enrichment to 150 Newark high school students.

St. James Social Services Corporation
$20,000
The Rev. William D. Watley - Chairman
(973) 624-4007
Victoria's grant supports St. James' summer camp. The camp program is designed around creative ways for staff, children, and parents to work on conflict resolution techniques as well as reinforcing children's academic skills.

Trail Blazers Camps
$15,000
Ms. Mary Anne Killeen - Executive Director
(212)529-5113
Trail Blazers is a social service organization that provides at-risk youth with an intensive, goal-oriented camping experience designed to build values and skills essential for productive citizenship. Victoria's grant provides scholarships for ten Newark youngsters referred by neighborhood agencies.

Youth Development Clinic of Newark
$80,000
Dr. Patricia Connors - Executive Director
(973)623-5080
Youth Development Clinic of Newark provides comprehensive mental and emotional health services to residents of the greater Newark area. This grant supports YDC's work with students, families, teachers, and administrators at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School and Elementary School.

YWCA of Essex & West Hudson
$14,250
Ms. Carolyn J. Dylak - Executive Director
Tel: (973)672-9500
Victoria's funds support camperships for 30 homeless and at-risk girls from Newark to attend Camp Lenoloc for two weeks during the summer of 2004.