The REACH team continually seeks avenues of support for the important work of its partner organizations. The opportunities listed here have been carefully curated with these partners in mind, and the list will be updated regularly to reflect the current funding landscape. These public and private funders share a concern for equity, though they may have a particular interest in any one of REACH’s focus areas: education, employment, food access/security, housing, or population health.
The foundation funds organizations that are engaged in activist organizing, seeking creative and bold ideas that aim to effect systemic change. Projects as well as general operating costs are eligible for support. Organizing Grants: Funding ranges from $5,000 to $10,000.
Applications are due October 20, 2025
This New Jersey Health Foundation program is exclusively available to full-time clinicians, faculty members, and staff at nine affiliated New Jersey organizations, including Rutgers. Grants of up to $35,000 each for projects addressing important health-related community, social and education issues impacting society are available.
The application portal opens on September 17, and applications are due by November 19, 2025.
The Foundation will consider applications that align with HFNJ’s mission to reduce health disparities and improve the health and well-being of at-risk, underserved individuals and families in greater Newark, NJ. The Foundation seeks proposals that promise innovation and change or a significant enhancement of existing services.
Proposals are considered quarterly, with the next deadline November 20, 2025.
Awards up to $5,000 may be made for immediate and/or emergency needs of groups involved in grassroots nonviolent activism. Due to overwhelming demand, the Rapid Response application process will only be open for the first week of each month (from Monday at 10am until Friday at 4pm eastern time).
A grant of $100K is awarded to one organization annually for a transformational project addressing the needs of underserved communities in Essex County. The Letter of Intent will go live on November 10th and must be submitted by December 18, 2025; applicants will be notified if invited to submit a full proposal.
If you have an opportunity you’d like to share with the REACH community, please let us know via email: contact.us@reach.rutgers.edu