SparkNJ awards annual unrestricted grants through our fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey. We provide financial support for Black-led charitable, community, and civic organizations in northern New Jersey. We support organizations that are already fulfilling their mission but are in need of additional operating funds to continue and grow their work… VIEW HERE

Tired of being shut out of school decision-making, New Jersey nonprofit Parents Engaging Parents draws power from community In 2017, a group of 30 KIPP NJ and North Star Academy charter school parents traveled from Newark to Trenton, New Jersey, to testify before the state school board in favor of a measure to ease teacher...

On Saturday, November 19, 2022, Labor and Environmental Justice Advocates & Organizers, community stakeholders, small businesses, and representatives of youth and young professionals groups, rallied within Weequahic Park in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey, to celebrate the recent defeat of Amazon and to bring attention to the adverse impacts of Amazon’s Black Friday...