Category: Grants

Part of Impact100 South Jersey's goal is to partner with grantees beyond transformative grant making. Impacting organizations Beyond the Check is an important aspect of Trust Based Philanthropy. To that end, several members participated in 2 of 2023 grantee Habitat for Humanity's work. Habitat Build Three Impact100 SJ members assisted the construction staff of our 2023 grantee Camden County Habitat for Humanity in installing windows in a Camden row home that will be sold to a family to help them achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life.  Michele Susson, Lindsey Cowperthwait, and Valerie Buickerood worked with construction manager Tony Wideman and his assistant Will to weather seal and install windows and to board them up upon completion to ensure they remain intact while other work continues.…

Impact100 South Jersey member Valerie Buickerood (pictured on left) has been a mentor in our grantee Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties Mentor2.0 program since the fall of 2022. The program was funded by the Impact100 SJ core mission grant in 2019 and was fully launched in 2021. Buickerood was matched with a H.S. junior named Luz (pictured on right) to help her identify her goals and map out her post high school journey. Mentors help strengthen college or career aspirations, and build an understanding of college eligibility, the application process, and support systems, or help mentees in their search for programs that align with their career goals. Luz is in her senior year and getting ready to apply to colleges. Buickerood has supported her in drafting…

Here's more proof that ours is a community of compassionate, generous women who are always thinking about how they can improve the lives of others. Our deepest thanks to Beth Gamel, who saw a need and responded quickly! She and four other Impact100 South Jersey members took part in the Heart of Camden's CARE Drive donating diapers and feminine hygiene products. Beth, along with Nancy Sullivan, Lisa Pendarvis, Abby Cohler & Bev Volpe — all members of the Women, Children & Families Grant Review Committee — donated: 2 large boxes (186-192 diapers each) 3 regular boxes (80-120 diapers each) 2 small bags (26 diapers each) of newborn to 28-lb. diapers 2 large boxes of maxi pads 1 large box of tampons 1 box of menstrual cups 3 packages of baby…

Impact100 South Jersey’s 2020 Core Mission grantee LUCY Outreach has grown in so many ways over the past few years. Their physical space, number of young people and families served, and their staff have all increased and are enjoying their 10,000 sq. ft. dream building! Check out the video to see the many ways LUCY, which stands for Lifting Up Camden's Youth, serves Camden children, families, and the community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GXe2LNju-I In order to make all of this happen, every day, year round, LUCY Outreach depends on individual volunteers to assist with afterschool homework support, meal prep/ cooking with young people, career mentoring, and assisting staff with managing activities. View the many volunteer opportunities on their website. They are flexible with scheduling and appreciate any available time you can give to…

Impact100 South Jersey’s 2022 Core Mission grantee, Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County (BGCCC), has had a busy year since our 2022 Annual Meeting. In addition to rebuilding their post-pandemic, in-person youth enrollment, they have been working with their local government to secure permits and an architect to design an addition to the youth center that our $100,000 grant funded. The addition, to be called the Impact100SJ wing, will substantially expand the size of the Club's current Youth for Change Center, enabling them to serve a greater number of local children and teens. The Club’s main building in Vineland, which was previously a credit union, has limited square footage and has proved challenging to serve young people of various ages. The expansion will help the Club build capacity by…