COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Summer 2025

The Partners for Health Foundation Board has awarded 12 grants totaling $605,000 to provide direct service and general operating support to organizations that address health inequities:

• Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity (MEND) - To increase access to fresh, healthy food through a network of 50+ pantries and partners across Essex County (1-year general operating grant of $30,000).

• Montclair Community Farms - An urban agriculture initiative that promotes sustainable farming, expands food access, and fosters community wellness (1-year general operating grant of $35,000).

• Northeast Earth Coalition - To support core operations and expand community programs (18-month general operating grant of $60,000).

• Table to Table - To rescue surplus healthy food, reduce food waste, and alleviate food insecurity (1-year general operating grant of $50,000).

• Family Service League - To provide trauma-informed, affordable, and accessible care to vulnerable residents of Essex and neighboring counties (1-year general operating grant of $25,000).

• Township of Montclair Senior Services/ Lifelong Montclair - To create a volunteer-based support network to connect vulnerable seniors with essential services (1-year project grant totaling $50,000).

• Neighbor to Neighbor Network - To connect at-risk residents in Bloomfield with services that promote housing stability and overall well-being (1-year project grant of $50,000).

• Family Promise of Essex County - Funding for a Project Manager to work with the Unhoused Montclair Collaborative in support of Montclair’s Strategic Plan on unsheltered homelessness (3-year project grant totaling $120,000).

• New Jersey Future - To advance housing equity through land use and zoning reform (1-year project grant of $25,000).

• Garden State Equality - To advance equity and well-being for LGBTQ+ communities, with a focus on individuals who face overlapping marginalization (1-year general operating grant of $50,000).

• NJ Spotlight - To support in-depth, solutions-focused journalism that informs policy, promotes accountability, and advances health equity in New Jersey (1-year project grant of $25,000).

• Zufall Health Center - To support Zufall Health's Federally Qualified Health Center in West Orange (1-year general operating grant of $85,000).

Partners for Health is MEETING THE MOMENT with our commitment to join grantmaking organizations from across the country that are taking bold, trust-based action in support of the nonprofit sector.

As federal funding rollbacks and executive actions cause chaos across the U.S. and abroad, the fate of the social sector hangs in the balance. Decades of our collective efforts — across education, healthcare, science, the arts, public media, climate, immigration, gender and racial justice, and countless other issue areas — are at risk of massive upheaval. 

While private philanthropy cannot possibly fill all the federal funding gaps, it can play a key role in supporting the stability, resilience, and reimagination of the social sector. We recognize that now is the time to do everything within our power to move in solidarity with nonprofits, mobilize money, and nurture possibility. 

Learn more

About Partners for Health

Partners for Health is a community-based organization that works toward a vision of thriving communities ensuring health for all. The Foundation invests in programs, policies and organizations that lead to healthy communities and increased opportunities to thrive. It knows that everyone prospers when the needs of those who experience health inequities are recognized and supported. Through partnering with community organizations, Partners for Health strives to advance health equity through learning, grantmaking and advocacy.



The Foundation awards grants to eligible organizations that provide direct service in Montclair, New Jersey and surrounding communities, including 13 municipalities in Essex County, plus Clifton and Little Falls in Passaic County. It also funds statewide organizations that support local coalitions or advocate for statewide policy change to advance health equity and social justice.