Impact100 Essex Awards $100,000 Grant to Connections at Home
Essex County, NJ, April 28, 2023
Impact100 Essex, a giving circle founded and funded by women in Essex County, awarded its annual $100,000 Impact Grant to Connections at Home. The announcement was made at the organization’s annual meeting on April 25th. Now in its sixth year, Impact100 Essex provides transformative grants to nonprofits serving underrepresented communities in Essex County.
Impact Grant recipient Connections at Home (CAH) has been serving socially isolated, homebound seniors in Essex County since 2014. CAH provides free, easy-to-use computers and tablets as well as dedicated social worker support. The $100,000 grant will be used to expand its programs to more seniors.
“Connections at Home is so excited to receive this generous grant,” said Alex Kent, Executive Director of CAH. “We are so grateful that Impact100 Essex members recognize the need to support the older generation: senior citizens who are homebound, with little or no family support. They are an invisible part of the population who rarely get any attention or grant funding. It means so much to them that we are able to provide them with a free, easy to use tablet or computer, and connect them with their own social worker, who becomes an advocate and friend."
Helen Mazarakis, a founding co-convener of Impact100 Essex, added “The Impact Grant reveals to us every year the inequities we may not have recognized in our community. We are grateful to support Connections at Home as they connect an overlooked population to the world.”
Connections at Home was chosen from among four finalists by Impact100 Essex members. The other finalists for this year’s Impact Grant were Jazz House Kids, Project U.S.E. and the Transformative Education Network (TEN) at Montclair State. These three organizations will receive grants of $10,000 each.
“We are thrilled to celebrate and acknowledge all the finalists for our Impact Grant,” said Jill Edinburg, co-chair, grants committee for Impact100 Essex. “These organizations and their leaders are true change-makers addressing the critical and varied needs of Essex County and transforming lives, both young and old. We’re honored to support them.”
About Impact100 Essex:
Impact100 Essex is a philanthropic, collective giving group founded and funded by women in Essex County. We enable our members to amplify their giving and empower solutions for the community. Impact100 Essex grants are funded by gifts of $1,100 per member, per year. We award an Impact Grant of $100,000 each year to support an innovative project managed by a local non-profit organization and additional smaller grants. For more information and to find out how you can join, go to www.Impact100Essex.org.
For Media Inquiries, contact Sara Ann Erichson, Impact100 Essex
Email: sara.erichson@gmail.com
