Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Princeton Area Community Foundation Awards $155,000 in Critical Needs Grants to Local Nonprofits - Princeton Area Community Foundation The Princeton Area Community Foundation teamed up with two other New Jersey-based foundations to provide $155,000 in Critical Needs Grants to local nonprofits facing funding cuts and increased demand for services. The program was created by the Community Foundation, which then partnered with the Bon...

Next Tuesday evening, join us at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for an enlightening discussion with leading luminaries on affordable housing in New Jersey.

The evening includes a screening of "City Rising: Gentrification and Displacement" and opens with a poem by Mia X, Newark’s inaugural Poet Laureate.

Register here for this free event: https://www.njpac.org/event/a-roof-over-every-head-affordable-housing-crisis-part-ii/

Come hear our President & CEO, Samra Haider, talk on January 27th at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center about housing choice as a key lever of closing the racial wealth gap in NJ. She'll join a panel of incredible experts in a discussion following a screening of the PSEG Social Impact film City Rising: Gentrification and Displacement, a PBS documentary series exploring the impact of discriminatory laws on the country’s housing crisis.

A Roof Over Every Head: Affordable Housing Crisis (part II) Buy tickets to at NJPAC. Located in Newark, NJPAC is New Jersey's leading performing arts center.

This has been a year of listening, grounding, learning, and charting a clear path forward. And it has also been a year of real progress and movement toward the kind of New Jersey where every family has the chance to build stability, build opportunity, and build wealth across generations.

A Year of Clarity, Momentum, and Partnership - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation This has been a year of listening, grounding, learning, and charting a clear path forward. And it has also been a year of real progress and movement toward the kind of New Jersey where every family has the chance to build stability, build opportunity, and build wealth across generations.

Thank you to Newark Regional Business Partnership for having our President & CEO, Samra Haider, to share more about our work to close the racial wealth gap in New Jersey.

This week our own President and CEO, Samra Haider, joined The Playful Podcast to talk about how local leadership and innovative solutions can close the racial wealth gap in New Jersey. Listen to her conversation on "Reimagining Justice through Play, Purpose, and Proximity" wherever you get your podcasts!

Samra Haider: Reimagining Justice through Play, Purpose, and Proximity Podcast Episode · The PlayFull Podcast with Kristine Michie: Bringing Fun to the Serious Work of Changing the World · 11/13/2025 · 43m

We know that New Jersey has one of the largest racial wealth gaps in the nation. At the Dodge Foundation, closing this divide is at the heart of our work. We’re focusing on two powerful levers:

- Expanding access to safe, affordable housing and homeownership
- Increasing pathways to economic security and mobility

We’re eager to learn from the organizations already leading this work across New Jersey. That’s why we’ve opened a new Request for Information (RFI) process.

This is an open invitation to share your vision and impact. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and those most aligned with our mission may be invited into future conversations and opportunities.

Learn more and submit your RFI here:

Grantmaking - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation We imagine a new way toward a just and equitable New Jersey.

SOCIAL JUSTICE through SPOKEN WORD - State Of The Arts - NJ During the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), iconic spoken word artists, including poets Mahogany L. Browne, La Bruja, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Slam Team, perform alongside legendary hip hop stars. Their spoken

A standing ovation as Nikki Giovanni closes out her set with the iconic “Ego Tripping” alongside Christian McBride and Javon Jackson at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Poetry Festival!

Our organization remains steadfast in its vision for a just and equitable New Jersey, where people of all races and communities have opportunities to thrive. Within this framework, we know that we must upend the underlying factors that make New Jersey a state with some of the worst equity indicators in the country.

Read more here about our partners who have dedicated their work to advocating for issues such as housing justice and affordable housing initiatives. Fair Share Housing Center Monarch Housing Associates, Inc. Clinton Hill Community Action Urban League of Essex County Shelterforce The Housing and Community Network of New Jersey.

Advancing Housing Justice: Addressing Racial Inequities in New Jersey - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Our organization remains steadfast in its vision for a just and equitable New Jersey, where people of all races and communities have opportunities to thrive. In this piece, we will examine issues related to housing justice and affordable housing initiatives, while also highlighting organizations who...

We’re excited to share that we are looking for our next President and CEO! This is a fantastic opportunity for a leader with a deep commitment to New Jersey to join an organization working towards a just and equitable state. Read more and apply here.

Job Opportunities - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Open Positions President and Chief Executive Officer As part of aligning its operations with its new vision, the Foundation has relocated its headquarters to Newark…

Last Monday, September 16th, we had the opportunity to host our Momentum Fund cohort at the Charles J. Muth Museum of Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson New Jersey. The day was facilitated by our partners at the Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective and provided a space for our grantee partners to join in community while strategizing ways to build power in their respective spaces. Thank you to all who joined!

Photo Credit: Michael Einreinhof, Arclight Images.