Community Development Grants in New Jersey

Top community development grants in New Jersey right now

• Real Estate Gap Financing Grant Program

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $5.0Mopen

  The Real Estate Gap Financing Grant Program is a $10 million pilot program from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) that funds real ...

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• BPC-AE: STARS Computing Corps: Extending a National Community of Practice for Developing BPC Change Leaders

  Up to $3.0MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  STARS Computing Corps aims to address the challenge of increasing the number of students who graduate with computing degrees and who remain in the fie...

• Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Building a national integrated watershed evaluation framework: A community platform to improve model evaluation and decision making

  Up to $2.6MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Water is a critical national resource for drinking, growing food, and industry. Computer simulation, or modeling, is a key way that the amount, moveme...

• Neighborhood Planning and Implementation Grants

  Wells Fargo Regional FoundationUp to $1.3Mopen

  Neighborhood Planning and Implementation Grants is sponsored by Wells Fargo Regional Foundation. Supports comprehensive neighborhood revitalization pl...

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• The establishment of a Data Science Institute at a Two-Year Community College

  Up to $650KDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  The modern world is data driven. Individuals, businesses, and governments rely on data scientists to collect, analyze, and interpret data to produce i...

• Food Equity and Economic Development in New Jersey (FEED NJ) Pilot Program

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $500Kopen

  Food Equity and Economic Development in New Jersey (FEED NJ) Pilot Program is sponsored by New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). Supports...

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• POSE: Phase I: Unitary Compiler Collection (UCC) - Unifying the Quantum-Programming Stack through a Community-Driven Compiler

  Up to $299KDeadline: Apr 30, 2027open

  Quantum computing has advanced rapidly, but progress toward practical applications is limited by fragmented software tools that do not work well toget...

• RAPID: Evaluating the Resilience of Small Community Water Systems (CWS) to Hurricanes Helene and Milton on Continental Coasts and Barrier Islands in Southwest Florida

  Up to $200KDeadline: Nov 30, 2026open

  Hurricanes Helene and Milton struck Florida consecutively, particularly impacting the southwest region, within a two-week span from late September to ...

• Early Career Exploration Community for Biology and Chemistry Students

  Up to $200KDeadline: Sep 30, 2027open

  This Capacity-Building Institutional and Community Transformation project aims to serve the national interest by creating an early career exploration ...

• Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) Grant Program

  New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL)Up to $200Kopen

  Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) Grant Program is a New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development initiative funding community...

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• Age-Friendly Communities Grants

  New Jersey Department of Human ServicesUp to $70Kopen

  Age-Friendly Communities Grants is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Human Services. Supports local government and nonprofit organizations in impl...

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• Small Business Improvement Grant

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $50Kopen

  Small Business Improvement Grant is a grant from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) that provides up to $50,000 to help small busin...

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• Main Street E‑Commerce Support Pilot Program

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $50Kopen

  Main Street E‑Commerce Support Pilot Program is sponsored by New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). Provides e‑commerce and digital market...

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• Community Employment Grants

  Kessler FoundationUp to $40Kopen

  Community Employment Grants is sponsored by Kessler Foundation. These grants provide critical funding to organizations that support, train, and place ...

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• The Incoherent Scatter Radar Community and Research Workshop; San Diego, California; June 2024

  Up to $34KDeadline: Mar 31, 2027open

  The Incoherent Scatter Radar Community and Research Workshop will be held in San Diego, California, in June 2024. For over 60 years, Incoherent Scatte...

• Columbia Bank Foundation Grant Program

  Columbia Bank FoundationUp to $25Kopen

  Columbia Bank Foundation Grant Program is a grant from the Columbia Bank Foundation that funds nonprofit programs benefiting low- and moderate-income ...

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• Empowerment Grant

  The Provident Bank FoundationUp to $25Kopen

  Empowerment Grant is sponsored by The Provident Bank Foundation. Provides multi-year grants to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, New York, and Pe...

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• The Karma Foundation Grants

  The Karma FoundationUp to $25Kopen

  The Karma Foundation Grants is sponsored by The Karma Foundation. The Karma Foundation provides grants to support organizations focused on Arts & Cult...

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• Hyde and Watson Foundation Grant

  Hyde and Watson FoundationUp to $20Kopen

  Hyde and Watson Foundation Grant is sponsored by Hyde and Watson Foundation. Provides capital grants for projects in New York City and certain New Jer...

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• Community Impact Grants

  The Campbell's FoundationUp to $20Kopen

  Community Impact Grants is sponsored by The Campbell's Foundation. The Campbell's Foundation's Community Impact Grants provide funding to organization...

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What counts as a community development grant in New Jersey

We surface opportunities matching community development-related keywords whose geography includes New Jersey (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving New Jersey-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in New Jersey where program names vary by region.

Where New Jersey community development grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to New Jersey-based organizations and thematically aligned with community development.
• New Jersey state portal — state-administered community development programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in New Jersey for community development work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund community development work in New Jersey.