Community Grants (Junior League of Morristown)

Community Grants (Junior League of Morristown) is sponsored by Junior League of Morristown, NJ. The Junior League of Morristown awards grants to community organizations in its service area of greater Morris and Somerset Counties, New Jersey.

Community Grants - Junior League of Morristown, NJ Continuing its long history of service to the community, The Junior League of Morristown awards grants to community organizations in its service area of greater Morris and Somerset Counties.

The purpose of the Program is to provide community grant awards to non-profit community organizations to support projects that are consistent with the JLM mission, vision, and community impact focus area. The grants awarded by the JLM help support non-profit agencies and/or groups through their first year of operation and/or fund an event or organization that will create a significant community impact on the teen/tween population.

JLM grants shall not be awarded for the purpose of funding staff positions or covering administrative costs, such as rent or other operational expenses. JLM grants shall also not be used towards a non-profit agency or group’s annual campaign or scholarship funds.

Our Grant Impact Focus Area: The Junior League of Morristown is dedicated to improving access to food and essential resources of vulnerable populations in Morris County and surrounding areas to ensure that they have ample food, basic hygiene supplies, essential clothing, school supplies, and education needed to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. We consider applications that serve this population.

Click Here for Grant Application Applications close on October 15th. Questions can be emailed to grants@jlmnj. org .

Past grant awards have included the following: Roots and Wings ($15,000) Women’s Health and Counseling Center in Somerville ($20,000) to furnish a new room in its facility; El Primer Paso in Dover ($25,000) to construct a new playground; KO Boxing in Morristown ($5,000) to help implement a new program; Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., Morris County ($4,500); Children’s Cultural Arts Center ($3,000); Children on the Green ($2,000); and The Junior League of Morristown is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Morristown reaches out to women of all ages, race, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in, and commitment to, voluntarism. We relaunched our grants program in 2018.

Since then, we have given out $94,112. *