The owner of a New Jersey-based PPE maker talks about doing business here and what makes his masks unique.

Elsewhere, The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation said May 20 that it made 54 donations totaling about $240,000 to Bergen County organizations from its COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund and Novo Nordisk provided a grant to the Diabetes Foundation.

"Phase One is about us getting prepared to open. We’re advancing, but it also gives us room to retreat if the numbers go back up," Ras Baraka said.

The Women of Commerce in Hudson County, will help "develop a generation of diverse women who are dedicated to gaining excellence in their respective professions and championing a stronger economic vision for New Jersey."

The combined entity, based in Woodcliff Lake, will operate as Timber Pharmaceuticals and trade on the small-cap NYSE American Market.

The organization said 12 of the e-commerce giant's fulfillment and sorting centers came together to make the contribution; First Bank gives more than $30,000 to 15 nonprofits providing pandemic relief.

The Newark-based insurer also received the highest rating for New Jersey in 2017 and 2018.

Organizations are incurring costs in providing help to their members seeking relief and, in turn, need financial support from big companies.

The process will occur in two-week phases, each sector being allowed to reopen 14 days apart. “We want to give ourselves a chance to see if anything spikes,” the mayor explained.

WellCare of New Jersey, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Blue Foundry Bank, ZT Systems and the Hudson County Chamber Foundation are among the companies and organizations pitching in for the fight against COVID-19.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and museum is donating $5 to pandemic relief from the sale of dolls bearing the likenesses of eight governors, along with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx; elsewhere, Verizon contributed $1 million to the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.

Food banks, hospitals and the state of New Jersey benefited from this round of corporate philanthropy.