The Schumann Fund’s grant was designated to enable ANJEC to organize and strengthen environmental commissions in urban areas.

The Clean Water Fund brings mainstream conservation organizations together with local environmental groups and helps them work to clean up and protect New Jersey’s fragile drinking water supply. The Schumann Fund provided general support.

Trenton, NJ
Sally Dudley and Diane Sterner, Co-Chairs
www.cahenj.org

This coalition of 32 housing and environmental organizations advocates growth-sharing policies to provide affordable housing, property tax reform, and regional tax sharing. It identifies best practices that promote urban revitalization and stop sprawl and encourages communities to adopt them. The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

Wakefield, RI
Karen M. Votava, Executive Director
www.greenway.org

The Alliance is working to create a city-to-city greenway corridor on the East Coast for use by walkers, hikers and cyclists.  The Schumann Fund’s grant enabled the Alliance to hire a part-time coordinator for the New Jersey Committee.  The Committee’s goal is to complete the New Jersey portion of the Greenway including a route through Jersey City and Newark.

Newark, NJ
Julia LeManse Huff, Director

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the Center to enable it to continue its role as the not-for-profit legal resource for New Jersey’s environmental and conservation community.

Edison, NJ
Robert Spiegel, Executive Director
www.edisonwetlands.org

The Edison Wetlands has been working, since 1989, to promote cleanup and restoration of toxic waste sites along the lower Raritan.  The Schumann Fund support will help the Association complete the transformation of brownfields to greenfields in New Jersey’s urban core.

Elizabeth, NJ
Michelle Doran-McBean, CEO

Elizabeth is a major import/export and transportation hub, and a gateway to New Jersey for immigrants. Because of this, its residents have a high rate of exposure to toxic chemicals and air pollutants. Future City promotes conservation, advocates for effective land use and protects wetlands. The Schumann Fund’s grant supports Future City’s efforts to purchase and rehabilitate small, readily accessible and sustainable open spaces with the city of Elizabeth.

Newark, NJ
Robin Dougherty, Executive Director
www.citybloom.org

Since 1987, the Greater Newark Conservancy has worked with Newark schools, community organizations and neighborhood beautification groups to improve and advocate for Newark’s environment.  The Schumann Fund’s grant supports the Conservancy’s education programs.

Teaneck, NJ
Captain Bill Sheehan, Riverkeeper www.hackensackriverkeeper.org

Despite their image as a dumpsite, New Jersey’s Meadowlands are home to more than 250 species of birds and numerous species of fish and wildlife. The Hackensack Riverkeeper provides information to the public and policy makers about the environmental challenges to the watershed, conducts educational programs, and helps coordinate citizen action to restore and preserve the river and the 7,000 acres of wetlands surrounding it.  The Schumann Fund provided operating support.

Newark, NJ
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
www.ironboundcc.org

The Ironbound Community Corporation provides direct services to residents of the Ironbound section of Newark, and organizes the community to advocate for its needs.  The Schumann Fund grant supported the Passaic Waterfront Park Initiative.

Trenton, NJ
Martin Johnson, Executive Director
www.isles.org

Isles involves community members in the design and implementation of programs to improve the physical, economic, health and social conditions in Trenton.  The Schumann Fund grant supported Isles’ Healthy City Initiative which provides environmental education to Trenton school children, works to preserve open space and redevelop brownfields, and organizes community efforts to identify and address environmental threats to public health.

Bernardsville, NJ
Tom Gilmore, President
www.outdoorrecreationalliance.org

The Audubon Society is the coordinator of the Outdoor Recreation Alliance, which seeks to secure a stable source of funding for parks, recreational and open space in New Jersey, especially in urban areas.  The Schumann Fund grant helped to fund the coordinator’s role.

Trenton, NJ
Rick Engler, Executive Director
www.njwec.org

The New Jersey Work Environment Council provides training and technical assistance to grassroots community organizations, labor unions and environmental organizations to achieve the complementary goals of a sustainable economy with good jobs and a healthy environment. The Schumann Fund grant provided operating support.

Basking Ridge, NJ
Ella F. Filippone, Executive Administrator
www.passaicriver.org

The Schumann Fund provided general support.

Morristown, NJ
Terrence Nolan, New Jersey State Director

The Trust for Public Land’s Newark Playground Program works with community residents and the public schools to create safe and accessible recreational space in Newark neighborhoods and schools.  The Schumann Fund’s grant supported the community design portion of this work.

Montclair, NJ
David Daehnke, Executive Director
www.vanvleck.org

The Schumann Fund grant funded part of the salary of an environmental educator for this public garden.

Newark, NJ
Wilbur McNeil, President

The Schumann Fund’s grant helped fund salary of the Project Director who is supervising the restoration of Weequahic Lake, the centerpiece of Weequahic Park, which was designed in 1901 by the Olmsted Firm.