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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

Jan Nicholson Speaks With NJHCQI in “Take Five” Interview

12.6.2019

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Jan Nicholson, President of The Nicholson Foundation, answered five questions from the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) for its “Take Five” newsletter segment. In the interview, Nicholson discussed the Foundation’s mission and legacy following the announcement of its spend-down and close by the end of 2021.

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Nicholson-funded Report Examines Medicaid Utilization Among NJ Homeless Population

11.21.2019

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A new report by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy examines patterns of healthcare services use and spending among Medicaid-enrolled homeless adults in New Jersey. The report highlights opportunities to improve care through supportive housing programs.

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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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