Meet the grantees

Below is a list of individuals and organizations that received grant funding from the NJ Civic Information Consortium.

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Organization Amount County Grant year
Clinton Hill Community Action $100,000 Essex 2023
coLAB Arts $100,000 Middlesex 2023
NJ Center for Investigative Reporting $100,000 Mercer 2023
Public Square Amplified $100,000 Essex 2023
Muslim.co $75,000 Statewide 2023
TOTAL $475,000
Organization Amount Service Area Grant year
Atlantic City Focus $100,000 Atlantic City (Atlantic County) 2023
Camden Parent & Student Union $100,000 Camden County 2023
DataSourceNJ Inc. $50,000 Statewide 2023
VietLead $48,000 Camden County 2023
Camden Fireworks $64,460 Camden County 2023
Civic News Company $100,000 Essex County 2023
Corporation for New Jersey Local Media $86,459 Morris County 2023
New Labor $100,000 Middlesex County 2023
Industry Media Arts $99,720 Ocean County 2023
Montclair State University Foundation $92,070 Statewide 2023
Center for Cooperative Media $100,000 South Jersey 2023
Muslim.co $100,000 Statewide 2023
NJ Coalition to End Homelessness $99,200 Statewide 2023
Wayne Hills High School $10,991 Passaic County 2023
WNET NJ Spotlight $100,000 Statewide 2023
Central Desi $81,066 Mercer County 2023
NJ Advance Media $25,000 Middlesex County 2023
Asbury Park Media Collective $72,660 Asbury Park (Monmouth County) 2023
Black in Jersey $100,000 Camden County 2023
The Ridgeview Echo $100,000 Blairstown (Warren County) 2023
The Jersey Bee $100,000 Essex County 2023
The NJ News Commons Spanish Translation Service $75,000 Statewide 2023
Front Runner New Jersey $100,000 South Jersey 2023
Hammonton Gazette $21,800 Hammonton (Atlantic County) 2023
Trenton Journal $100,000 Mercer County 2023
Morristown Green $80,000 Morristown (Morris County) 2023
Movimiento Cosecha $100,000 South Jersey 2023
Newark News and Story Collaborative $100,000 Newark (Essex County) 2023
South Jersey Climate News Project $24,270 South Jersey 2023
Newark Water Coalition $65,000 Newark (Essex County) 2023
Saint Peter’s University $100,000 Hudson County 2023
Unidad Latina en Acción NJ $100,000 Statewide 2023
WNET/NJ Spotlight $100,000 Statewide 2023
New Jersey YMCA State Alliance $100,000 Statewide 2023
Hopeloft, Inc. $75,000 Cumberland County 2023
Public Square Amplified (bump-up grant) $25,000 Newark (Essex County) 2023
Organization Amount County Grant year
Beyond Expectations $10,000 Burlington 2022
Blairstown Enhancement Committee $5,000 Warren 2022
Bloomfield Info Project $15,000 Essex 2022
Center for Cooperative Media $185,014 Essex 2022
Clinton Hill Community Action $50,000 Essex 2022
coLAB Arts $40,000 Middlesex 2022
Cranford High School $10,000 Union 2022
Front Runner New Jersey $25,000 Mercer 2022
Hammonton Gazette $35,000 Atlantic 2022
Intersystemz $35,000 Burlington 2022
Mental Health Association $75,000 Union 2022
Morristown Green $20,000 Morris 2022
Newark News and Story Collaborative $10,000 Essex 2022
Newark Water Coalition $5,000 Essex 2022
NJ Center for Investigative Reporting $15,000 Mercer 2022
NJ Council for the Humanities and Journalism + Design $339,000 Camden 2022
NJ Society of Professional Journalists $35,000 Mercer 2022
Public Square Amplified $50,000 Essex 2022
South Jersey Climate News Project $40,000 Gloucester 2022
TOTAL $999,014
Organization Amount County Grant year
Asbury Park Media Collective $40,000 Monmouth 2022
Beyond Expectations, Inc. $50,000 Burlington 2022
Black in Jersey $40,000 Mercer 2022
Blairstown Enhancement Committee $35,000 Warren 2022
Bloomfield Information Project / Community Info Coop $50,000 Essex 2022
Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University $50,000 Essex 2022
Cranford High School $25,000 Union 2022
Front Runner New Jersey $40,000 Mercer 2022
Hopeloft, Inc. $50,000 Cumberland 2022
Lens 15 Media $50,000 Essex 2022
Movimiento Cosecha $50,000 Statewide 2022
M.Y.M. Media/Trenton Journal $35,000 Mercer 2022
Newark News and Story Collaborative $65,000 Mercer 2022
Newark Water Coalition $30,000 Essex 2022
New Jersey Center for Investigative Reporting (NJCIR) $60,000 Mercer 2022
New Jersey YMCA State Alliance $35,000 Mercer 2022
Radio Rouj & Ble $40,000 Essex 2022
Saint Peter's University $40,000 Hudson 2022
Stories of Atlantic City, Stockton University $65,000 Atlantic 2022
Unidad Latina en Acción NJ $50,000 Mercer 2022
WNET/NJ Spotlight $50,000 Essex 2022
TOTAL $950,000
Organization Amount County Grant year
Beyond Expectations, Inc. $33,876 Burlington 2021
Blairstown Enhancement Committee $35,000 Warren 2021
Bloomfield Information Project / Community Info Coop $35,000 Essex 2021
Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts Society $35,000 Mercer 2021
Cosecha $35,000 Statewide 2021
The Hammonton Gazette Inc $34,765 Atlantic 2021
Hopeloft, Inc. $35,000 Cumberland 2021
M.Y.M Media/Trenton Journal $35,000 Mercer 2021
Newark News and Story Collaborative $35,000 Essex 2021
Newark Water Coalition $34,930 Essex 2021
Old Bridge New Jersey Residents $35,000 Middlesex 2021
Paterson Alliance, Inc. $33,000 Passaic 2021
Stories of Atlantic City, Stockton University $34,982 Atlantic 2021
VaccinateNJ.com/VacunémonosNJ.com $35,000 Mercer 2021
TOTAL $486,553

The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that funds initiatives to benefit the State’s civic life and meet the evolving information needs of New Jersey’s communities. Questions? Contact the Consortium via email at [email protected].