African Globe Performing Arts Organization
$15,000
Kabu Okai-Davies
Founder/Executive Director
Tel: (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.

AFS-USA, Inc.
$30,000
Mr. Alex J. Plinio
President
Tel: (212) 299-9000
Fax: (212) 299-9090
AFS-USA is the leading international exchange program sending and receiving students to and from 44 countries worldwide. The Foundation supported the AFS-USA Newark Global Enrichment Scholars Diversity Initiative to fund underserved and underrepresented Newark students' participation the AFS-USA foreign exchange programs.

Caucus Educational Corporation
$10,000
Mr. Steve Adubato, Jr.
Producer/Anchor
Tel: (973) 744-5260
Fax: (973) 744-5261
Caucus Educational Corporation developed and implemented Stand & Deliver: Communication Tools for Tomorrow's Leaders, an afterschool program aimed at instilling self-confidence and improving communication, leadership, and job readiness skills of high school students in Newark. Victoria's grant enabled 300 Newark youth at 17 sites to participate in Stand & Deliver.

Do Something Inc.
$10,000
Ms. Tonya Woodland-Myers
Executive Director
Tel: 973 643-6373
Fax: 973 643-0023
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 supported the Community Coach Program, which involves 1,500 youth as leaders in 67 public schools and 5 community centers throughout Newark.

FOCUS
$40,000
Mr. Casto Maldonado
President & CEO
Tel: (973)624-2528 ext. 109
Fax: (973)624-6450
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 provided support to include an additional 200 Newark students in a debate program.

Greater Newark Conservancy
$75,000
Ms. Robin Dougherty
Executive Director
973 642-4646
973 642-2218
Greater Newark Conservancy provides educational, community greening, environmental justice, and job training programming to residents of Newark. This grant support 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.

Johns Hopkins University
$99,500
Lea Ybarra, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Tel: 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. CTY also offers distance education opportunities for gifted students. The Foundation grant supported 10 Newark students participation in the CTY summer programs IN 2004 and and additional 13 students for the summer of 2005.

Kids Corporation II
$100,000
Ms. Michaela Murray Nolan
Executive Director
Tel: (973)877-0980
Fax: (973)877-0990
Kids Corporation II provides educational and health resources to children in grades first through eighth throughout Newark. The Victoria grant supported the Kids Corp. Educational Services Division to provide year-round educational and life resources to elementary school children, including classroom supplies, books, clothing, field trips and healthcare services.

Kids In Business, Inc.
$20,000
Ms. Barbara G. Weiland
Executive Director
Tel: (973)623-0222
Fax: (973)623-0024
Kids In Business provides in-school entrepreneurial learning opportunities and work experience for youth in 11 Newark schools. Students learn how to run a business, as well as corporate citizenship and philanthropy by selecting a charity to donate a portion of their profits. Afterschool and adult educational programs extend KIB's impact. This grant supported the in-school program.

New Jersey Historical Society
$75,000
Dr. Sally Yerkovich
Executive Director
Tel: (973)596-8500
Fax: (973)596-6957
NJHS houses a historical museum, library, and archives dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of New Jersey. Victoria's grant supported NJHS' education programs for Newark students and their teachers, which are developed with, and delivered in, the public schools as well as at the museum.

New Jersey Institute of Technology Foundation
$26,000
Dr. Robert A. Altenkirch
President
Tel: (973)596-3000
Fax: (973)624-2541
NJIT's Pre-College Center provides academic enrichment and professional development for students and teachers. This grant supported the Elementary Science Outreach Program in Newark, which helps teachers to master constructivist, inquiry-based methods of teaching science.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center
$478,000
Mr. Lawrence P. Goldman
President & CEO
Tel: (973)642-8989
Fax: (973)648-6724
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 directly , 80,000 children and parents statewide in the School Time and Family Time Performance Series. In addition the arts education department provides artist-in-residency programs to children in 100 schools and provides professional development workshops to 200 educators . This grant covered a 18-month period from January 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

New Jersey SEEDS
$43,000
Ms. Amy Ziebarth
President
Tel: 973 642-6422
Fax: 973 642-5175
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 supported Newark students in the first two phases of SEEDS' program, both held at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
$65,000
Victor Parsonnet, M.D.
Chairman
Tel: (973)624-3713
Fax: (973)624-2115
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Neeme Jarvi, is the Resident Orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Victoria's grant supported the Newark Early Strings Program, which provided Suzuki violin instruction to 500 elementary school children in Newark.

Newark Museum Association
$501,138
Ms. Mary Sue Sweeney Price
Director
Tel: (973)596-6550
Fax: (973)642-0459
One of the premier art museums, but with many other collections as well, the Newark Museum has always dedicated itself to education and is currently playing a role in the school reform efforts of the Newark Public Schools. Victoria pledged $2.5 million for the MuseumÕs science initiative, Making Sense of the Natural World, in the Victoria Hall of Science. This payment of $501,138 is the final payment towards Victoria pledge to the $12 million campaign.

Newark Museum Association
$175,000
Ms. Mary Sue Sweeney Price
Director
Tel: (973)596-6550
Fax: (973)642-0459
"A good museum attracts, entertains, arouses curiosity, leads to questioning--and thus promotes learning" was the philosophy of John Cotton Dana, the founder of the Newark Museum. The tradition continues today, and this grant supports the Museum's work with the Newark Public Schools, as well as other schools in the city. Teachers as well as children are learning every day in the Museum's many departments and in their classrooms, where the Museum staff often appear with materials from the collections.

Newark School of the Arts
$40,000
Mr. Stephen Shiman
Executive Director
Tel: (973)642-0133
Fax: (973)622-2664
Newark School of the Arts provides high quality, sequential instruction in music, drama, dance, and fine arts to students from the greater Newark area. Victoria's grant provided scholarships to Newark youth.

Ophelia J. Berry Fund, Inc. d/b/a Pathways to College
$18,000
Ms. Judith B. Griffen
Executive Director
Tel: 201 541-0822
Fax: 201 541-0821
Pathways to College is a high school based program that attempts to expand the pool of eligible college students from underrepresented groups. Pathways providing 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
Tel: (973)514-1787
Fax: (973)514-2060
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 supported the Newark Young Writers Program, an artist-in-residency program followed by a schoolwide assemby that showcases the students' writing.

Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York
$20,000
Mr. Lewis M. Weinstein
President
Tel: 973-854-3102
Fax: 973-854-3101
Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) is a renowned independent, non-profit research institute that conducts fundamental and disease-related biomedical research to address public health problems related to infectious diseases. In 1990 PHRI developed the Summer High School Research Internship Program to provide intensive and signficant research experience to high school students. Students develop and conduct their own research projects, with the support and guidance of a mentor. The Foundation's grant supported Newark students' participation in the summer internship program.

School of the Garden State Ballet
$25,000
Ms. Jody Jaron
Director
Tel: (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.

Student Partner Alliance
$25,000
Ms. Frieda Zaffarese
Executive Director
Tel: (973) 379-5878
Fax: (973)621-8120
Student Partner Alliance provides parochial and private high school education to low-income students from the greater Newark area. SPA recruits 'partners' who make a four-year financial commitment to support students in 10 area schools. Victoria's grant supported administrative costs so that all partner funds were directed to scholarships for students.

Urban Educational Project/Jersey Explorer Children's Museum
$25,000
Mr. Gary Patnosh
Co-Director
Tel: (973)673-6900
Fax: (973) 673-8660
The Jersey Explorer Children's Museum is a unique museum experience in that it designed, was 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 provided general operating support to the museum.

W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute
$20,000
Dr. Sherle L. Boone
Executive Director
Tel: 973 720-3394
Fax: 973/720-3392
The W.E.G. 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 supported 16 Newark student's participation in the Scholar's Institute.

Youth Consultation Service
$40,000
Mr. Richard Mingoia
Executive Director
Tel: (973)482-8411
Fax: (973)482-5918
YCS 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 funded the educational afterschool program and a recreational summer camp for the neighborhood.

28 Academic Enrichment Grants $2,001,138


Elementary Schools

Community Foundation of New Jersey
Discovery Charter School
$10,000
Mr. Hans Dekker
President
Tel: (973)267-5533
Fax: (973)267-2903
The Discovery Charter School is a 75-student charter school that serves students in grades 4-8. Entering into its fifth year of operation, Discovery continues to grow into a small, academically successul charter program. While Victoria does not provide operating support for charter schools, this grant provided support for capital purchases including reference materials and equipment.

Link Community School
$65,000
Mr. Marnie G. McKoy
Principal
Tel: (973)642-0529
Fax: (973)642-1978
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 provided general operating support for this alternative school that places all of its 8th grade graduates into prestigious secondary schools.

Newark Boys Chorus School
$40,000
Executive Director
Tel: (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 supported general operating expenses.

Newark Charter School
$15,000
Peter Turnamian
School Director
Tel: 973 242-3543 ext. 201
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 provided the funding to purchase 1,500 new books for the School's library.

Queen of Angels School
$18,000
Ms. Everlyn V. Hay
Principal
Tel: (973)642-1531
Fax: (973)622-0472
Queen of Angels is a pre-K through eighth grade school. Victoria's grant enabled the School to replace worn carpeting.

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

St. Philip's Academy
$90,000
Mr. Miguel J. Brito
Head of School
Tel: (973)624-0644
Fax: (973)624-8355
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.

St. Philip's Academy
$303,600
Mr. Miguel J. Brito
Head of School
Tel: (973)624-0644
Fax: (973)624-8355
Founded in Newark in 1988 in the Episcopal tradition, St. Philip's Academy is an independent, K-8 school committed to high academic standards, strong values, mutual respect for others, community service, and personal responsibility. This capital grant supported the Academy's relocation and expansion in the University Heights Science Park district of Newark.

United Academy
$45,000
Ms. Penny H. Lemon
Principal
Tel: (973)643-7111
Fax: (973)643-4420
This independent Newark elementary school offers students a challenging academic program. Victoria's grant supported scholarships and additional classroom space.

9 Elementary School Grants $606,600

Secondary Schools

Saint Vincent Academy
$110,000
Sr. June Favata
Administrative Director
Tel: (973)622-1613
Fax: (973)622-1128
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 supported the ninth and tenth grade programs, which introduce new students to Saint Vincent's academic rigor and social ethic.

St. Benedict's Preparatory School
$254,957 Final payment of 5 year pledge
The Rev. Edwin O. Leahy, OSB
Headmaster
Tel: (973)643-4800
Fax: (973)643-6922
St. Benedict's provides young men from the greater Newark area with a rigorous and challenging college preparatory program. $204,957 was final payment of 5 year pledge of $1 million awarded St. Benedicts for scholarship and endowment fund. An additional grant of $50,000 provided scholarships for Newark students.

3 Secondary School Grants $364,957

Newark Public Schools

Bank Street College of Education
$250,000
Dr. Carol Lippman
Project Director
Tel: (212)961-3405
Fax: (212)961-3425
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.

Newark Public Schools
$115,000
Ms. Marion Bolden
Superintendent
Tel: (973)733-7333
Fax: (973)733-6834
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 supported 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.

Newark Public Schools Foundation
$7,400
Ms. Marion Bolden
Superintendent
Tel: (973)733-7333
Fax: (973)733-6834
To cover the cost of renting a facility for a summit on gangs.

3 Newark Public School Grants $372,400

Public School Reform

Children's Literacy Initiative
$300,000
Ms. Linda Katz
Executive Director
Tel: (215)561-4676
Fax: (215)561-4677
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, Inc.
$130,000
Jennifer Durham, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Tel: 973/623-4207
Fax: 973 848-2284
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 supported 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.

Education Law Center
$20,000
David G Sciarra, Esq.
Executive Director
Tel: (973)624-1815
Fax: (973)624-7339
The Education Law Center (ELC) works to improve educational opportunities for low-income students through public education, policy initiatives, research, communications, and legal action. ELC filed the Abbott v. Burke case on behalf of all children attending poor urban and rural schools in New Jersey. This grant supported the Abbott Indicators Project, which measures court-mandated school reform efforts in New Jersey.

Rutgers, The State University
$20,000
Mr. Junius W. Williams
Director, Abbott Leadership Institute
Tel: 973-353-1750 ext. 229
Fax: 973-353-1753
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 provided funding to open 10 church and school-based afterschool homework centers and a Saturday parent leadership training program.

Rutgers University Foundation
$35,000
Ms. Claudia Burzichelli
Executive Director
Tel: 732 564-9087
Fax: 732 564-9099
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 supported CSRC's Newark Critical Friends, a rigorous self-reflection and assessment process for selected charter schools in Newark.

5 Public School Reform Grants $505,000

Teacher Training

Arts Horizons
$7,500
Mr. John R. Devol
Founding Director
Tel: (201)567-1766
Fax: (201)567-5312
Founded in 1978, Arts Horizons is one of the largest PreK-12 arts-in-education organization, serving the entire tri-state area. Activities include: school-based artist-in-residence programs, interactive live performances, and professional development for classroom teachers. This grant provided scholarship support for 12 Newark teachers to attend the summer 2005 Artist Teacher Institute, an intensive 10-day curriculum-based arts education training program.

New Jersey Superintendents Study Council
Dr.Michael J. Osnato
Director of the Institute for Education, Leadership, Research and Renewal
Tel: 973 275-2869/2735
Fax: 973 275-2253
The Newark Grow Your Own initiative will take a cohort of 25 Newark teachers through an intensive Institute for Educational Leadership at Seton Hall University,which has partnered with the Newark Public Schools to initiate the Newark Grow Your Own program. This intensive and innovative two-year leadership-training program will enable each teacher to 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 provided tuition subsidies to all participating Newark teachers.

Montclair State University/Project THISTLE
$32,000
Susan A. Cole
Tel: (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 provided the tuition subsidy necessary to enable Newark teachers to participate in six graduate level courses free of charge.

Teach For America
$50,000
Mr. John White
Executive Director
Tel: (973)621-0002
Fax: (973)621-6089
Teach for America places highly motivated, committed graduates from the nation's top universities in low-income, under-performing public schools. This grant supported the recruitment, selection, pre-service training, and ongoing professional development for 40 Teach for America corps members in Newark.

4 Teacher Training Grants $164,500

General Education Grants

Friends of Barbara Kukla Scholarship Fund, Inc.
$3,000
Ms. Barbara Kukla
Tel: 973-325-3760
To support the efforts to raise funds for the scholarship for Newark youngsters.

Rutgers University Foundation/Rutgers University Press
$1,000
Ms. Marlie Wasserman
Director
Tel: (732)445-7762
Fax: (732)445-7039
Encyclopedia of New Jersey $1,000 for a public launch to honor donors and to generate widespread interest in the book.

2 General Education Grants $4,000

54 EDUCATION GRANTS $4,018,595

ENVIRONMENT

Conservation of Resources

Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
$45,000
Ms. Sandy Batty
Executive Director
Tel: (973)539-7547
Fax: (973)539-7713
ANJEC has a long history of providing technical assistance to New Jersey's local environmental commissions. This grant supported the organization's general program, with specific emphasis on local participation in the State Plan and regional planning initiatives.

Conservation Resources Inc.
$16,000
Mr. Michael Catania
President
Tel: 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. Victoria provided start-up funding for what promises to be an innovative adjunct to the many land acquisition organizations already assisted by the Foundation.

Environmental Defense
$20,000
Mr. Frederic D. Krupp
Executive Director
Tel: (212)505-2100
Fax: (212)505-2375
ED combines scientific, economic, and legal analysis to protect and preserve the environment. Victoria's grant provided assistance to ED's activities in New Jersey, particularly in the Highlands, the Pinelands, the Hudson/Raritan Estuary, and the Hackensack Meadowlands.

Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc.
$30,000
Capt. Bill Sheehan
Executive Director
Tel: 201 968-0808
Fax: (201)968-0336
Victoria's grant provided 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
Tel: (212)727-2700
Fax: (212)727-1773
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.

New Jersey Conservation Foundation
$60,000
Ms. Michele S. Byers
Executive Director
Tel: (908)234-1225
Fax: (908)234-1189
NJCF has become one of the nation's most effective statewide land conservation organizations, helping to protect more than 100,000 acres of New Jersey land through acquisition, stewardship, and strong land use policies. NJCF has also completed the Garden State Greenways project, a powerful online planning tool that provides a statewide vision, goals, and detailed maps supported by Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Victoria's grant enabled NJCF to provide technical assistance to land conservation partners.

Pinelands Preservation Alliance
$30,000
Mr. Carleton Montgomery
Executive Director
Tel: (609)894-8000
Fax: (609)894-9455
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.

Raritan Baykeeper, Inc.
$80,000
Mr. Andrew J. Willner
Baykeeper Director
Tel: 732 291-0176
Fax: 732 291 7727
The Baykeeper protects, preserves, and restores the ecological integrity and productivity of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, its tributaries, and its watershed. Victoria funds New Jersey-focused staff work to identify, analyze, finance, negotiate for, and protect ecologically significant lands. (Acquisition funds are from other sources.)

Trust for Public Land--New Jersey Field Office
$100,000
Ms. Leigh Rae
Executive Director
Tel: (973)292-1100
Fax: (973)425-0366
Trust for Public Land is a national organization dedicated to preserving land for the public. Since their inception in 1972, TPL has preserved 1.5 million acres including 15,000 acres in New Jersey. This grant supported five additional playgrounds for Newark children.

Trust for Public Land--New Jersey Field Office
$35,000
Ms. Leigh Rae
Executive Director
Tel: (973)292-1100
Fax: (973)425-0366
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 supported 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.

10 Conservation of Resources Grants $431,000

General Environment

Eastern Environmental Law Center of New Jersey
$15,000
Ms. Robin Greenwald
Executive Director
Tel: 973 353-5695
Fax: 973 353-5537
The Center works to resolve environmental problems that threaten people, natural resources, and communities in New Jersey. Victoria supported the Center's defense of natural lands and park lands.

1 General Environment Grant $15,000

Land Acquisition

Nature Conservancy
$562,696
Barbara Brummer, Ph.D.
State Director
Tel: (908)879-7262
Fax: (908)879-2172
This grant is the fourth payment on a commitment of $1,500,000 over five years toward a campaign to preserve 50,000 acres of natural lands in New Jersey.

1 Land Acquisition Grant $562,696

Public Education/Advocacy

New Jersey Future, Inc.
$20,000
Mr. George Hawkins
Executive Director
Tel: (609)393-0008
Fax: (609)393-1189
New Jersey Future is the leading voice for smart growth in New Jersey. They research, create, and promote state and local policies and actions that will conserve land and revitalize communities. This grant supported their efforts to ensure that the issues of urban decline and suburban sprawl remain a priority issue for state leaders, particularly in the context of the gubernatorial election.

Regional Planning Partnership
$25,000
Ms. Dianne Brake
President
Tel: (609)452-1717
Fax: (609)452-2321
Formerly known as the MSM Regional Council, the Regional Planning Partnership is dedicated to sound planning and regional cooperation. The organization provides the tools and programs that support the goals of the State Plan. This grant helped with RPP's transfer of development rights prototype process and a pilot program.

2 Total Public Education/Advocacy Grant $45,000

14 ENVIRONMENT GRANTS $1,053,696

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN ACTIVITIES

General Urban

Center for Civic Responsibility
$25,000
Mr. Jeff S. Merritt
Executive Director
Tel: (732) 548.9798
Fax: (732) 548-9298
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.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center
$501,402
Mr. Lawrence P. Goldman
President & CEO
Tel: (973)642-8989
Fax: (973)648-6724
In 2001 the Foundation approved a $5 million commitment to NJPACÕs Endowment Campaign. This was the fourth payment on the $5 million commitment.

Urban League of Essex County
$65,000
Ms. Vivian Cox Fraser
President and CEO
Tel: (973)624-9535
Fax: (973)624-9597
The Urban League of Essex County is a civil rights and community service organization with a strong tradition of advocacy, organizing and social service delivery. The Urban League provides early childhood education, youth programming, community organizing, and job training programs. This grant was for general operating support.

3 General Urban Grants $590,402

Job Training and Placement

Board of Trustees of Essex County College
$75,000
Dr. A. Zachary Yamba
President
Tel: 973 642-2622
Fax: 973 642-7649
Training Inc., housed at Essex County College, is an exemplary one-stop workforce development center that provides job training and ongoing support to enable more than 200 low income Newark area residents find and retain living wage employment. This grant supported the program's general operations.

Episcopal Community Development Inc.
$50,000
Ms. Carla L. Lerman
Executive Director
Tel: 973 430-9986
Fax: 973 622-6511
Youthbuild Newark is a youth development program that serves out-of-school youth between the ages of 16 and 24. Youthbuild provides young people high school equivalency dipoma training and leadership development skills, while teaching them the marketable skill of construction. The Youthbuild use their skills to construct new affordable homes for low-to-moderate income families. The Foundation provided support to help this innovative program hire a development director.

2 Job Training Grants $125,000

Leadership Development

Leadership Newark, Inc.
$50,000
Ms. Celia M. King
Executive Director
Tel: 973/242-2144
Fax: 973/242-2164
Leadership Newark is a leadership development program designed to create a cadre of effective, connected community, civic and business 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. The Foundation provided general operating support to encourage the continued growth and development of the program.

Rutgers University Foundation/Center for Leadership in Nonprofit Management
$25,000
Alex Plinio and James Abrzzo
Co-Directors
Tel: 973-353-5128
Fax: 973-353-1233
The mission of the Center for Leadership in Nonprofit Management is to assist nonprofit organizations to fulfill their mission and to provid4e a common ground for nonprofit leaders to better define, describe and act on behalf of the sector as a whole. This grant provided seed money to develop the Center.

2 Leadership Development grants $75,000

Rebuilding of distressed neighborhoods

Crest Community Development Corporation
$40,000
Ms. Geraldine N. Harvey
Director and CEO
Tel: (973)621-0770
Fax: (973)621-8105
Crest is involved in the revitalization of the Westside Park section of Newark and providing services to residents of the area's neighborhoods. The community-based organization offers an array of housing and economic development services. Victoria's grant provided support for general operations and to build organizational capacity.

Episcopal Community Development, Inc.
$40,000
Ms. Carla L. Lerman
Executive Director
Tel: 973 430-9986
Fax: 973 622-6511
Episcopal Community Development is a community development corporation that provides housing and housing services throughout Northern New Jersey, with a particular emphasis upon development in Newark. The Victoria grant provided 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.

Habitat for Humanity Newark, Inc.
$20,000
Mr. James Tierney
Executive Director
Tel: (973)624-3330
Fax: (973)624-2260
Habitat for Humanity Newark (HHN) is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness. Prospective Habitat homeowners invest 400 hours of "sweat equity" helping to build their own homes. This grant supported the expansion of HHN's construction staff with an experienced carpenter.

Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
$30,000
Ms. Diane Sterner
Executive Director
Tel: (609)393-3752
Fax: (609)393-9016
The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey is a statewide association of affordable housing and community development corporations (CDC). The Network's primary mission is to enhance the ability of its members to create and preserve long-term affordable housing and to build strong communities. Victoria's grant supported a multi-agency organizational assessment project to raise the standards for the entire CDC sector in Newark.

Ironbound Community Corporation
$90,000
Mr. Joseph Della Fave
Executive Director
Tel: (973)589-3353
Fax: (973)589-3637
ICC is a comunity-based 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 supported general operating expenses.

La Casa de Don Pedro
$200,000
Mr. Raymond Ocasio
Executive Director
Tel: (973)482-8312
Fax: (973)482-1883
La Casa de Don Pedro is a multi-service organization that seeks to provides services and development projects to improve the quality of life for residents in the North end section of Newark. Victoria's grant provided general operating support for community and economic development projects.

Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund, Inc.
$20,000
Mr. David C. Raynor
Executive Director
Tel: 914-237-3306
Fax: 914 237-3916
Leviticus makes loans that build low-income neighborhoods in the tri-state area, including Newark, where they have assisted many of Victoria's grantees to build new community facilities. This award enlarged their permanent loan capital pool, allowing them to leverage another $80,000 as well.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$60,000
Mr. Michael Rubinger
President & CEO
Tel: (212)455-9800
Fax: (212) 682-5929
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) helps community development organizations (CDC) transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy ones--good places to live, do business, work, and raise families. LISC is a national nonprofit, intermediary agency, which provides technical assistance, grants and loans to CDCs. This grant supported the Greater Newark and Jersey City LISC's work in Newark.

New Community Corporation
$525,000
Monsignor Msgr. William J. Linder
Founder/Director
Tel: (973)482-0682
Fax: 973 482-2137
New Community Corporation is on the country's premiere community development corporations providing housing and human services. Victoria's grant will be used to support community and economic development initiatives including workforce development, youth development and homeownership counseling.

St. Columba Neighborhood Club
$36,500
Dr. Maria Bosch
Executive Director
Tel: (973)624-4222
Fax: (973)624-2932
El Club del Barrio, St. Columba Neighborhood Club is a multi-service agency for residents of teh South Broad Street/Lincoln Park section of Newark. They have provided services to youth and families for more than 25 years. The Victoria grant provided general operating support.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization
$127,000
Mr. Robert M. Farley
Executive Director
Tel: (973)374-2000
Fax: (973)374-6042
Unified Vailsburg Services Organization is a long-standing multi-service agency in Newark's Vailsburg neighbhorhood. UVSO's mission embraces children, families and the elderly, serving 650 residents and 280 children on a daily basis. The Victoria grant supported general operations, as well as the community organizing position.

11 Rebuilding of distressed neighborhoods grants $1,188,500

Technical Assistance

National Executive Service Corps (CFU)
$2,000
Ms. Margean V. Gladysz
Sr. Vice President, Regional Director - New Jersey
Tel: 732.690.0411 ext. cell
Fax: 732.542.8944
to provide a quality networking event for a nonprofit audience of approximately 75-120 attendees and an opportunity to hear a leading speaker on a topic of significance to the nonprofit sector. Secondarily, it will indirectly publicize NESC's nonprofit technical assistance services through sponsorship of a free after-work or early evening reception.

1 Technical Assistance grant $2,000

19 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT/URBAN ACTIVITIES $1,981,902

YOUTH & FAMILIES

At Risk Families Support Services

Apostles' House, Inc.
$100,000
Ms. Sandra Accomando
Executive Director
Tel: (973)483-4021
Fax: (973)483-4106
Victoria provides general operating support to this multi-service agency. Apostles' House provides both crisis and preventive services ranging from a homeless shelter to supports for families at risk of losing children to foster care. The goal is self-sufficiency for every client.

Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Inc.
$125,000
Mrs. Kathleen DiChiara
Executive Director
Tel: (908)355-3663
Fax: (908)355-0270
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is the state's largest provider of donated groceries to charities, shipping 24 million pounds of food annually to 1,500 charities throughout the state. Victoria's grant supported Community FoodBank's direct mail campaign which educates the public regarding hunger and poverty, and attracts new funders.

Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
$20,000
Dr. George Heinrich
President
Tel: (973)982-4830
Fax: (973)982-4281
The Young Fathers Program is designed to support Newark fathers and other young men between the ages of 15 and 25. Young men receive life skills training, mental and physical health services, employment referrals, and a safe space with professional staff to voice and resolve issues and concerns. The Foundation's grant provided funding for staff support.

Greater Life
$25,000
Mr. Michael T. Westbrook
Area Director
Tel: 973 923-2264
Fax: 973 923-6102
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 their South Ward neighborhood. This grant supported the youth programs at the Community Outreach Center, a program Victoria had supported previously through Young Life. Greater Life received two grants in 2004--one was awarded in December 2003 and paid in 2004, after the organization received its tax exemption, and the other was awarded and paid in December 2004.

Independence: A Family of Services, Inc.
$45,000
Ms. Margaret L. Woods
Executive Director
Tel: (973) 589-0959
Fax: (973) 569-1519
Independence offers a wholistic 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 supported their "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.

Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc.
$90,000
Ms. Shelia Baynes
Executive Director
Tel: (973)643-5727
Fax: (973)643-2842
Newark Emergency Services for Families (NESF) is a multi-service agency that works to stabilize and strengthen individuals and families in crisis in the greater Newark area. Victoria funding supported general operations, as well as direct services including rent assistance, food vouchers, case management, financial planning, housing relocation, and medical care.

Pennsylvania Youth Advocate Programs, Incorporated
$34,000
Ms. Minette Bauer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 717 232 7580
Fax: 717 233-2879
Youth Advocates Program, Inc. 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 provided 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, Inc.
$50,000
Ms. Delores Tyson
Executive Director
Tel: (973)622-3900
Fax: (973)242-3609
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 supported 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.

Promoting Academics through Sports Success
$10,000
Mr. Paul McPleasant
Director
Tel: 973-432-1815
Fax: 973 372-2786
Promoting Academic Success through Sports (PASS) is a continuation of the ST. Rocco afterschool program. PASS operates seven days per week to provide activities and programs for young people between the ages of five and 16 in the West Ward section of Newark. PASS uses organized sports, including basketball, soccer, and cheerleading as a point of engagement for young people and as an opportunity to teach life, social, and leadership skills. During the afterschool program, PASS volunteers also provide homework help and support. The Foundation's grant provided general operating support.

Protestant Community Centers, Inc.
$100,000
Ms. Dorothy Knauer
Interim Executive Director
Tel: (973)621-2273
Fax: (973)621-8120
Protestant Community Centers Inc. provides a wide range of programs designed to enrich the lives of at-risk youth and families in Newark. Victoria's grant provided general operating support to maintain PCCI's afterschool enrichment program, summer day camp, and a mentoring program that matches 450 Newark public school children with trained adult volunteers throughout northern New Jersey.

Rutgers University Foundation/Cornwall Center Greater Newark Health Systems Survey
$30,000
Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette, JD, Ph.D.
Director of Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies
Tel: 973-353-1750
The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers-Newark conducts research and analyses of complex issues facing urban areas. This grant supported a partnership effort of the Cornwall Center and The Roper Group to conduct a Newark area health systems survey accompanied by a public policy agenda.

United Way of Essex & West Hudson
$160,000
Ms. Maria Vizcarrondo-DeSoto
Tel: 973 624-8300
Fax: 973 242-6726
United Way of Essex & West Hudson's primary mission is community building through grants and capacity-building technical assistance. Victoria's grant supported United Way's Bridges to Success, a coalition of 14 Newark agencies working together to strengthen services and to identify and effectively respond to the unmet needs of children, ages 7 to 19, and their families.

Youth Development Clinic of Newark
$80,000
Dr. Patricia Connors
Executive Director
Tel: (973)623-5080
Fax: (973)623-3203
YDC provides comprehensive mental and emotional health services to residents of the greater Newark area. This grant supported YDC's work with students, families, teachers, and administrators at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School and Elementary School. YDC modeled best practices, provided intervention and treatment services, and promoted healthy interaction.

14 At Risk Families Support Services Grants $869,000

Enrichment Activities/After School Programs/Camps

Above the Rim Inc. of Newark
$7,600
Mr. Delano Gordon
Director
Tel: 973 277 9198
Above The Rim, Inc. 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
Tel: (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 enabled 10 children to attend in the summer of 2004.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark LifeCamp, Inc.
$30,000
Mr. James C. Brady, Jr.
Tel: (908)234-1900
BGCN LifeCamp is a memorable 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 supported operating costs for the summer of 2004.

Emmanuel Church of Christ, Inc.
$15,000
Ms. Delores Matthews
Camp Project Integrator
Tel: (973)242-3552
Fax: 973 242-4096
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 provided operating support for the summer of 2004.

FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc.
$10,000
Mr. Casto Maldonado
President & CEO
Tel: (973)624-2528 ext. 109
Fax: (973)624-6450
FOCUS is a multi-service agency that serves the Hispanic population in Newark. This grant enhanced the Summer Shadow Program, a six-week summer day camp for Newark youth at risk of dropping out of school.

Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
$10,000
Dr. George Heinrich
President
Tel: (973)982-4830
Fax: (973)982-4281
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 supported the SMART Initiative, a UMDNJ-operated year-round program to provide hands-on science enrichment to 150 Newark high school students.

Frost Valley YMCA
$50,000
Mr. Jerry Huncosky
Executive Director
Tel: (973)744-3488
Fax: (973)744-5850
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 will support two-week overnight camperships for 130 Newark children in summer 2004.

Frost Valley YMCA (CFU)
$5,000
Mr. Jerry Huncosky
Executive Director
Tel: (973)744-3488
Fax: (973)744-5850
To cover the transportation cost of 55-60 children from PCCI to attend Frost Valley in December 2004.

Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County
$90,000
Ms. Janice C. Lilien
Executive Director
Tel: (973)746-8200
Fax: (973)746-4163
The Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County has been a Victoria grantee since 1957, with funding specifically targeting Newark girls since 1993. This 18-month Victoria grant enabled over 1,300 girls and 170 adult volunteers to participate in Girl Scout troops throughout Newark.

Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council
$26,000
Ms. Marilyn A. Siegel
Executive Director
Tel: (908)725-1226
Fax: 908 725-4933
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 supported summer day camp for Newark girls in the GSBB program.

Princeton-Blairstown Center, Inc.
$32,000
Mr. Hendricks S. Davis
Past Executive Director
Tel: (609)258-3340
Fax: (609)258-2624
PBC is a camp with a 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 subsidized the participation of Newark community organizations and supported a program for rising ninth graders identified as likely to have difficulty adjusting to and succeeding in high school.

QUEST INK!, Inc.
$25,000
Quest Youth Services 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 supported the Kujenga Leadership Institute.

Salvation Army--Newark Area Services
$19,500
Major Charles Kelly
Essex County Coordinator
Tel: (973) 623-5959
The Foundation provided 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.'

St. James Social Services Corporation
$20,000
Vesta Godwin Clark
Executive Director
Tel: (973) 624-4007
Fax: (973) 824-2440
Victoria's grant supported 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
Tel: (212)529-5113
Fax: (212)529-2704
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 provided scholarships for ten Newark youngsters referred by neighborhood agencies.

Union Chapel Community Development Corporation
$10,000
Ms. Ruby Baskerville
Tel: 973 282 0125
Fax: 973 282 1390
This faith-based nonprofit provides several programs for its neighborhood. Victoria's grant supported the afterschool program, which has a strong reading and writing component as well as a computer literacy emphasis.

YWCA of Essex & West Hudson
$14,250
Ms. Carolyn J. Dylak
Executive Director
Tel: (973)672-9500
Fax: (973)672-6266
Victoria's funds were used for camperships for 30 homeless and at-risk girls from Newark to attend Camp Lenoloc for two weeks during the summer of 2004.

18 Enrichment Activities/After School Programs/Camps Grants $390,350

Leadership Development

Aspira, Inc. of New Jersey
$40,000
Dr. Ivan Quervalu
Interim Executive Director
Tel: (973)484-7554
Fax: (973)484-0184
Aspira provides in-school drop out prevention and leadership programs for middle and high school-aged Latino youth in 13 school districts throughout New Jersey. Victoria's grant supported five school-based Aspira Clubs reaching 300 at-risk Newark public school students.

Project U.S.E.
$30,000
Mr. Phillip M. Costello
Executive Director
Tel: (732)219-7300
Fax: (732)219-7305
Project U.S.E. is a statewide program that uses experiential learning as an alternate modeling tool to helps young people building social skills, self confidence, and an appreciation for the environment. Victoria's grant supported services to Newark youth.

2 Leadership Development Grants $70,000

Multi-Purpose Youth Agencies

Friendly Fuld Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
$95,000
Ms. Dorothy Knauer
Interim Executive Director
Tel: (973)621-2273
Fax: (973)621-8120
Friendly Fuld is a multipurpose organization serving the needs of children and families in Newark's central ward. Victoria's grant supported the afterschool program, summer day camp, mentoring, and sports leagues.

Morristown Neighborhood House Association
$75,000
Mr. David Walker
Executive Director
Tel: (973)538-1229
Fax: (973)538-5493
This multiservice agency serves the needs of low-income Morristown residents. This grant provided support for the School-Age Child Care academic and enrichment program as well as a new delinquency prevention program.

2 Multi-Purpose Youth Agencies Grants $170,000

36 YOUTH AND FAMILIES GRANTS $1,499,350

123 PAID GRANTS IN 2004 $8,553,543