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$2.77B
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About
Originally conceived by Dr Bruce Mesara in 1990 as a means to carry on his philanthropic efforts beyond his lifetime, the Mesara Family Foundation was re-envisioned by his two children Amy and Douglas in 2014, and received their 501(c)(3) status from the IRS in 2015. Amy and Douglas sought out the assistance of their cousins to build upon the charitable principals on their parents, aunts and uncles.
The foundation is headquartered in Kalamazoo Michigan.
Mission
The mission of the Mesara Family Foundation is to honor the philanthropic principles of the Mesara and Pauch families by supporting carefully selected organizations that share similar values. Our focus is to provide support toward education, conservation and other causes of special family interest where our funding will make a genuine difference.
The purpose of the PACE Program is to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs. In alignment with the USDOL recommendations, the PACE grant requires that these pre apprenticeship programs have a documented partnership with at least one Registered Apprenticeship program sponsor that is committed to hiring from the pre-apprenticeship program within 18 months from the start of the contract period of performance, and together, they expand the participant's career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction. The program will drive economic development through skills and educational attainment and create pathways to better paying careers and advanced credentials.The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning seeks to encourage the growth of career pathway opportunities for people disconnected from employment, training, and education. Within the workforce development system, pre-apprenticeships serve a critical role for people to acquire career-specific skills, advance work readiness, and connect them to longer-term career opportunities.
Project Grant
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is a state agency within the Department of State dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge and preservation of New Jersey history. All of its grant funding is provided by legislative appropriation.
In order to get all grant funds distributed to our constituents as early as possible within the fiscal year, the NJHC will offer only one Project Grant deadline.
Funding for expenses of specific projects relating to New Jersey history. Eligible categories include conservation of historical materials (manuscripts, books, costumes, historical visuals); editorial and publication projects; educational initiatives; partnership projects; exhibitions; media (films, radio, videotape, digital media); public programs; and research (including archaeological projects, fellowships, oral history, and National and New Jersey registers of historic places nominations).
Project Grants at a Glance
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is a regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate, and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey. Accordingly, the NJBPU regulates critical services such as natural gas, electricity, water, and telecommunications and cable television. The Board addresses issues of consumer protection, energy reform, deregulation of energy and telecommunications services, and the restructuring of utility rates to encourage energy conservation and competitive pricing in the industry. The Board also has responsibility for monitoring utility service and responding to consumer complaints.
About New Jersey's Clean Energy Program
New Jersey's Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) promotes increased energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy including solar, wind, geothermal, and sustainable biomass. The results for New Jersey are a stronger economy, less pollution, lower costs, and reduced demand for electricity. NJCEP offers incentives, programs, and services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers. The state's electric and gas utilities also offer programs.
Multi-Unit Dwelling EV Charger Incentive
This program provides incentives to multi-unit building owners who install EV charging equipment.
The Multi-Unit Dwelling (MUD) EV Charging Program offers incentives to owners and operators of MUDs to support the purchase and installation of eligible Level 2 EV charging equipment. Eligible MUDs may be apartments, condominiums, or mixed residential locations that have at least 5 units and dedicated off-street parking. Additional incentives are available to MUDs that are either deed restricted, 100% affordable (low and moderate-income) housing or in an area designated as an Overburdened Municipality.
For more information about the program, please visit the Charge Up New Jersey website available here.
New Jersey Department of Education
Mission: The New Jersey Department of Education supports schools, educators and districts to ensure all of New Jersey's 1.4 million students have equitable access to high quality education and achieve academic excellence.
Water Infrastructure Improvement Grant
The New Jersey Department of Education (“NJDOE”), in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”), is issuing these Final Guidelines to inform public school districts of a grant program addressing water infrastructure improvement, as authorized by the Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act, P.L. 2018, c.119 (“Bond Act”) and implemented by regulations enacted in N.J.A.C. 6A:26A-1.1 et seq. (“Regulations”), the “Securing Our Children’s Future” grant program.
The Bond Act provides $100 million in grant funding for eligible work to remediate water contamination in school districts.
These water infrastructure grant programs are open to all New Jersey school districts that operate school buildings. The grant program does not include those entities that do not meet the definition of “school district” under the Bond Act, such as charter or renaissance schools.
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education supports schools, educators and districts to ensure all of New Jersey's 1.4 million students have equitable access to high quality education and achieve academic excellence. Its vision is focused on becoming a model organization that strengthens teaching, leading and learning in order to increase educational equity for all students.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Expansion Grants
The Bond Act provides $350 million in grants for eligible projects that expand CTE programs in CVSDs and enhance school security in all school districts. Of the $350 million, $275 million has been allocated for use by CVSDs to fund school facilities construction projects that support CTE program expansion in accordance with labor market demands and economic development goals. The grant objective is to increase district capacity to offer CTE programs to prepare students for high demand, technically skilled careers aligned with labor market demands .
Eligible Work: Renovation of existing square footage to increase the number of student seats; New construction, such as a building addition, or stand-alone building, to increase the number of student seats; Physical plant upgrades needed to support the conversion of existing space to support an eligible CTE program or a building addition that increases the number of student seats; The purchase and installation of furniture and equipment, including technology, in new, renovated, or reassigned spaces; Site improvements related to CTE program expansion; or Demolition of non-instructional buildings, or portions of buildings, to accommodate new construction that increases the number of student seats.
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How common are grants in this category?
Uncommon — grants in this category are less prevalent than in others.
Over the past year, when are grant deadlines typically due for Union County grants for Nonprofits?
Most grants are due in the fourth quarter.
What's the typical grant amount funded for Union County Grants for Nonprofits?
Grants are most commonly $12,500.
What's the typical amount funded for New Jersey?
Grants are most commonly $342,775.
What's the total number of grants in Union County Grants for Nonprofits year over year?
In 2024, funders in New Jersey awarded a total of 59,159 grants.
Among all the Union County Grants for Nonprofits given out in New Jersey, the most popular focus areas that receive funding are Education, Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations, and Human Services.
1. Education
2. Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
3. Human Services
How is funding for Union County Grants for Nonprofits changing over time?
Funding has increased by 0.93%.
How does grant funding vary by county?
Morris County, Mercer County, and Union County receive the most funding.
| County | Total Grant Funding in 2024 |
|---|---|
| Morris County | $13,732,182,623 |
| Mercer County | $3,611,012,734 |
| Union County | $2,078,561,372 |
| Middlesex County | $1,693,120,549 |
| Ocean County | $1,262,313,128 |