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Reimagining Child Care

With support from the Turrell Fund and The Nicholson Foundation, Reimagine Child Care is bringing together communities, policymakers, business leaders and caregivers to reimagine what child care could look like in New Jersey.

Reimagining Child Care

About The Nicholson Foundation

The Nicholson Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in New Jersey. Learn more about how the Foundation is working to bring change to our five strategic focus areas.

About The Nicholson Foundation

Our Response to COVID-19

The Nicholson Foundation recognizes the tremendous disruptions that the epidemic has caused across New Jersey. As a result, we are providing relief and supporting grantees' shift in priorities to continue service to vulnerable populations.

Our Response to COVID-19

Closing Announcement from Jan Nicholson

The Nicholson Foundation announced that it has determined the timeline for fulfilling its plan to spend down. Watch the video of Jan Nicholson, President, announcing the close and offering an early thank-you to our many partners.

Closing Announcement from Jan Nicholson

In Memoriam for Senior Program Officer Colette Lamothe-Galette

Colette Lamothe-Galette, a Senior Program Officer at The Nicholson Foundation, will be deeply missed by colleagues, friends, and family. Our in memoriam includes stories, memories, and photos from her coworkers.

In Memoriam for Senior Program Officer Colette Lamothe-Galette

Strengthening Newark's Information Ecosystem

Five journalists and newsmakers are sharing $45,000 from a Center for Cooperative Media program underwritten by The Nicholson Foundation and Victoria Foundation to fill in information gaps in Newark.

Strengthening Newark's Information Ecosystem

Five journalists and newsmakers are sharing $45,000 from a Center for Cooperative Media program underwritten by The Nicholson Foundation and Victoria Foundation to fill in information gaps in Newark.

Our Mission

The Nicholson Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in New Jersey.

New & Noteworthy

Nicholson Funding Helps Five Newark Journalists Strengthen the City’s Local News Ecosystem

10.23.2020

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The Newark Peer Learning and Collaboration Fund, a project funded by The Nicholson Foundation and Victoria Foundation, has awarded $45,000 to five journalists and media-makers in Newark as part of an effort to strengthen the city’s local news ecosystem.

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Study Shows Child Care Costs Rising In New Jersey Due to Pandemic

10.20.2020

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New research from the Infant and Toddler Policy Research Center at NIEER funded by The Nicholson Foundation finds that Covid-19 safety safety measures, class size limits and low state subsidies have put New Jersey child care providers in financial peril.

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Nicholson-Funded Survey Finds NJ Working Parents Face Child Care Challenges Due to COVID-19

9.30.2020

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COVID-19 lessened the availability of affordable child care for infants and toddlers in New Jersey and drove 14% of their parents out of the workforce, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Farleigh Dickinson University Poll and funded by The Nicholson Foundation.

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