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Closing Announcement from Jan Nicholson

The Nicholson Foundation is announcing 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

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

Grantee Spotlight: Greater Bergen Community Action

Greater Bergen Community Action (GBCA) provides free early childhood education and family services to low-income families in Bergen County, Jersey City and Paterson, NJ, with Head Start expansion and training funded by the Foundation.

Grantee Spotlight: Greater Bergen Community Action

Newark and Camden Selected as Merck for Mothers Safer Childbirth Cities

The Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative (SCCI) will fund community organizations to improve maternal health outcomes in nine cities with Nicholson co-funding. Camden and Newark were selected for projects to be led by two local health care coalitions.

Newark and Camden Selected as Merck for Mothers Safer Childbirth Cities

ACEs Roundtable Features Nicholson Executive Director as Panelist

The NJ Spotlight ACEs roundtable touched on how traumas present to healthcare providers; what the state and communities are doing to prevent and reduce impacts of ACES; and how to improve the Garden State’s system to protect and heal families.

ACEs Roundtable Features Nicholson Executive Director as Panelist

Our Mission

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

New & Noteworthy

The Nicholson Foundation Announces Spend Down, Close at End of 2021

11.4.2019

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The Nicholson Foundation is announcing that it has determined the timeline for fulfilling its plan to spend down. The Foundation will commit to its last grants through the middle of 2020, see them through over the following year, and close its office at the end of 2021.

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Op-ed on Maternal Health in NJ Co-Authored by Nicholson Chief Strategy and Evaluation Officer

11.1.2019

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In an Op-Ed featured on NJ.com, co-funders and co-authors from The Nicholson Foundation, Merck for Mothers, Community Health Acceleration Partnership, and The Burke Foundation explain how New Jersey is improving maternal care and maternal health outcomes by coordinating action between cross-sectional stakeholders.

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Nicholson-Funded Report Reveals Social Media Bots Are Fueling the Alarming Rise of Vaping

10.14.2019

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A report by The Public Good Projects describes how automated accounts, or bots, likely generate more than half of all Twitter traffic about vaping and tobacco products. The bots often target minors and promote misinformation about e-cigarettes.

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