Funding Overview

Education

Students at Camden Children's Garden, Photograph courtesy Camden Children's Garden Dodge makes grants in EDUCATION because we know our democracy cannot thrive without access to educational excellence for all. Thus we focus on the lives of children and the culture of schools, particularly public schools in New Jersey. We believe that schools need skilled and passionate adults to make them work, that they should be conceived on a personal scale and that they should not be isolated from their communities. It is the minds of today’s children – their ability to discriminate between good information and bad, and their openness to critical and creative thinking – that will become our collective legacy.

For specific Education guidelines and previous Education grants, please click here.

Arts

The Way of Five, No. 2 - Fire, photograph by Carol Rosegg Dodge makes grants in the ARTS because they enrich our individual and collective lives. The arts are about feeling as well as knowing, and they can lead to a fuller sense of being alive. They also bring people together to appreciate and embrace differences as well as celebrate our common humanity – a desperate need in modern times. Thus, we provide time and space for individual artists to create new work, support organizations that make the arts part of the fabric of their communities, and promote arts in the schools, noting their power to inform and transform as well as to delight.

For specific Arts guidelines and previous Arts grants, please click here.

Environment

Northern Highlands, photo by Michelle Knapik Dodge makes grants in the ENVIRONMENT because we live in a time when the demand for natural resources, locally and globally, is outstripping the earth’s ability to provide them. Particularly in the crowded state of New Jersey, more densely populated than India or Japan, there is a real danger of sacrificing future livability for our current patterns of consumption and development. Thus we support organizations that focus not only on the preservation of open space, but also on regional and municipal planning that enhances urban and suburban life and protects the natural systems on which our health and well-being depend.

For specific Environment guidelines and previous Environment grants, please click here.

Livable Morristown

the Neighborhood Garden, courtesy Morristown Neighborhood House Dodge makes grants in MORRIS COUNTY because it was Mrs. Dodge’s home, and because it is our home as well. Thus we support a range of non-profit organizations working together to enhance the quality of life for all in this increasingly diverse part of the State. We strive to serve those whose needs and potential are great, and we try to foster meaningful connections among people of diverse ethnicities, cultures and classes. We believe a thriving and continuously improving non-profit sector in Morris County can lead a productive, ongoing conversation about the future of our shared place.

For specific Livable Morristown guidelines and previous grants, please click here.

Images above: Students at Camden Children's Garden, Photograph courtesy Camden Children's Garden; The Way of Five, No. 2 - Fire, photograph by Carol Rosegg Choreography: Nai-Ni Chen Dancers: Julie Anna Judlova, Noibis Licea, Teri Miller, Joshua Thrower, Mauri Weakley Photograph courtesy Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Northern Highlands, photo by Michelle Knapik; the Neighborhood Garden, courtesy Morristown Neighborhood House