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FirstEnergy Foundation Hunger Relief Grants is a grant from FirstEnergy Foundation that funds food banks and pantries in New Jersey providing hunger relief to local communities. In 2025, the foundation awarded $600,000 to 21 New Jersey food banks and pantries as part of its Hunger Action Month initiative, part of a larger $2.
5 million six-state program totaling 104 hunger relief organizations across New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. Individual grants to New Jersey organizations ranged from $2,500 to $75,000. The foundation's grants through Jersey Central Power & Light communities provided approximately two million meals to families facing food insecurity.
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FirstEnergy Foundation's Largest Hunger Relief Grant to Date Will Deliver 2 Million Meals in New Jersey 21 N. J. food banks and pantries benefit from $2.
5 million six-state program HOLMDEL, N. J. , Sept.
23, 2025 -- The FirstEnergy Foundation is supporting local communities as part of its Hunger Action Month initiative – awarding $600,000 in grants to 21 New Jersey food banks and pantries. In total, the initiative is granting $2. 5 million to 104 hunger relief organizations across New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia, marking the Foundation's largest hunger-relief investment to date.
The foundation's grants will provide approximately two million meals to families in communities served by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L). Tackling A Growing Hunger Epidemic Food insecurity is a growing crisis across the U.S., according to Feeding America and the USDA. Over one million people – 11.
7% of the population – in New Jersey face food insecurity due to rising prices, climate-related disruptions and supply chain vulnerabilities. Doug Mokoid, FirstEnergy's President of New Jersey: "The FirstEnergy Foundation is serving up can-do energy – collaborating with vital local organizations to reduce hunger and increase the availability of healthy, nutritious meals during Hunger Action Month.
Food means more than just nourishment – it's a source of comfort that brings people together and strengthens bonds with a community. Our JCP&L employees are helping fight hunger year-round by volunteering and hosting food drives, reinforcing the importance of that connection." Foodbanks receiving grants include: Bradley Food Pantry (Neptune City, Monmouth County) - $15,000.
Catholic Charities' Hope House (Dover, Morris County) - $15,000. Community Foodbank of N. J.
(Hillside, Union County) - $25,000. Community of Hope Ministries/Churches United for People (Spotswood, Middlesex County) - $10,000. Dermer Dreams (Fair Haven, Monmouth County) - $2,500.
Feeding Middlesex County (Edison, Middlesex County) - $15,000. Foodbank Network of Somerset County (Bound Brook, Somerset County) - $25,000. Fulfill (Neptune, Monmouth County) - $75,000.
Hands of Hope (Edison, Middlesex County) - $15,000. Interfaith Food Pantry Network (Morris Plains, Morris County) - $75,000. Jersey Shore Dream Center (Neptune City, Monmouth County) - $15,000.
JFCSMC Nourish Pantry (Asbury Park, Monmouth County) - $7,500. Lacey Township Food Bank (Forked River, Ocean County) - $15,000. Lunch Break (Red Bank, Monmouth County) - $50,000.
Mercy Center (Asbury Park, Monmouth County) - $50,000. NORWESCAP (Phillipsburg, Warren County) - $75,000. Project Self-Sufficiency (Newton, Sussex County) - $10,000.
Rise (Hightstown, Monmouth County) - $50,000. Somebody C. A.
R. E. S.
Inc., Home to the Joel E. Perlmutter Memorial Food Pantry (Whiting, Ocean County) - $10,000. Spring Street Community Development (Morristown, Morris County) - $20,000.
Trinity Center for the Community (Asbury Park, Monmouth County) - $25,000 Volunteering to Combat Hunger In addition to grant funding, FirstEnergy demonstrates its commitment to community support by empowering employees with dedicated volunteer time-off (VTO) hours. This initiative enables JCP&L employees to provide hands-on, boots-on-the-ground assistance to local nonprofits.
In 2024 alone, FirstEnergy employees contributed more than 26,000 volunteer hours across the company's service territory – supporting causes such as local food banks, pantries and other vital community organizations. The FirstEnergy Foundation and FirstEnergy employees have been fighting food insecurity for over two decades.
Since 2021, FirstEnergy employees have donated $650,000 directly to organizations focused on fighting hunger and improving nutrition. Nearly $7 million has been raised by employees over the past 23 years through the annual Harvest for Hunger campaign. Last year, the FirstEnergy Foundation donated nearly $800,000 to hunger-related initiatives.
How to Apply for a FirstEnergy Foundation Grant in New Jersey The FirstEnergy Foundation provides support to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofits that serve and meet the critical needs of our customers in communities served by JCP&L and FirstEnergy's electric operating companies and in areas where the company conducts business.
Combined with the Hunger Action Month grants, the foundation has distributed more than $4 million in community support across FirstEnergy's service area to date in 2025. The FirstEnergy Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications. To inquire about grant opportunities, contact Alix Hayes, Community Involvement Consultant at ahayes@firstenergycorp.
com . JCP&L serves 1. 2 million customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
Follow JCP&L on X @JCP_L , on Facebook at facebook. com/JCPandL or online at jcp-l. com .
FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving more than six million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York.
The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy on X @FirstEnergyCorp or online at firstenergycorp. com .
Editor's Note: Photos of JCP&L employees volunteering at recipient food banks and of organizations receiving their grants can be viewed/downloaded on FirstEnergy's Flickr channel. News Media Contact: Chris Hoenig, (609) 350-8599; Investor Contact: Karen Sagot, (330) 761-4286 Last Modified: September 23, 2025
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The Fund for Women & Girls Grant Program is sponsored by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC). The Fund for Women & Girls, an initiative of TFEC, makes grants to local nonprofit organizations in specific South Central PA counties. The grants support projects that advance the lives of women and girls by providing opportunities to address basic needs, develop economic self-sufficiency, and strengthen health and safety needs.
VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making sub-grants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.). Funding Opportunity Number: AC-05-25-21. Assistance Listing: 94.021. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: $6.1M total program funding.