Horizon Foundation awards $2M in grants in 2022

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s philanthropic arm announced Jan. 9 it awarded more than $1 million in grants to 34 nonprofit organizations in the fourth quarter of 2022. 

The most recent round brings the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey’s 2022 grant total to $2.14 million, benefiting 67 groups. 

“Throughout 2022, The Foundation continued to strive to keep New Jersey healthy by promoting health equity, addressing racial and health disparities and expanding cultural awareness in the diverse communities we serve,” the organization said in a statement. 

The nonprofits that recently received grants, according to the Newark-based organization’s website, are: 

• Acenda Integrated Health, Glassboro, $20,000 
• After-School All Stars, Newark, $25,000 
• The Arc of New Jersey, North Brunswick, $25,000 
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, $60,000 
• Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Hackensack, $90,000 
• Camden Community Partnership, Camden, $100,000 
• Cherry Hill Free Clinic, Cherry Hill, $25,000 
• Children’s Aid and Family Services, Paramus, $25,000 
• Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, $10,000 
• First Tee of Essex County, Newark, $20,000 
• Garden State Equality Education Fund, Asbury Park, $25,000 
• Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark, $25,000 
• Greater Newark Health Care Coalition, West Orange, $25,000 
• Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey, Camden, $40,000 
• Hopeworks, Camden, $20,000 
• Integrity House, Newark, $25,000 
• Ironbound Community Corp., Newark, $25,000 
• Jazz House Kids, Newark, $10,000 
• Jewish Family Service & Children’s Center of Clifton-Passaic, Clifton, $25,000 
• Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, Cherry Hill, $10,000 
• Junta De Accion Puertorriquena (aka Puerto Rican Action Board), New Brunswick, $25,000 
• Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Springfield, $25,000 
• Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, Livingston, $25,000 
• Moorestown Theater, Moorestown, $10,000 
• New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Morristown, $15,000 
• Newark Boys Chorus School, Newark, $40,000 
• The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, $100,000 
• Newark Public Radio, Newark, $10,000 
• Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, $10,000 
• The Salvation Army Kroc Center, Camden, $35,000 
• Servicios Latinos de Burlington County, Mount Holly, $20,000 
• Skilz, through the Community Foundation of New Jersey, Morristown, $25,000 
• Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, Holmdel, $25,000 
• YMCA of Greater Monmouth County, Shrewsbury, $35,000 

Reorganization

The state’s largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, received permission in November to pursue a reorganization of its corporate structure. Click here to read more.