MEDIA ADVISORY: Foundation for Newark’s Future to Announce $1.5 Million Grant to Newark City of Learning Collaborative

Members of media are welcome to cover this event, which is open to the public.

Foundation for Newark’s Future (FNF) will announce its award of a $1.5 million grant to the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC). NCLC is a citywide, multi-sector network of more than 60 institutions charged with increasing by 2025 the number of Newark residents with postsecondary degrees. Specifically, the goal is to progress from 17% of the city’s current population (or 29,000 individuals) to 25% (or 50,000 individuals). NCLC’s composition includes higher education institutions, the City of Newark, the Newark Workforce Investment Board, the Newark Housing Authority, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, college attainment programs, and community-based organizations. Through the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University-Newark serves as NCLC’s coordinating hub and facilitates its activities.

FNF is an education foundation working to improve educational outcomes for Newark students. It is part of a $200 million campaign established in 2010 with a $100 million matching grant from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, which was quickly met with a $25 million investment by the Pershing Square Foundation. FNF invests in programs, initiatives, and community partnerships  across Newark that create positive outcomes for students and families from the earliest years, to their K-12 experience at district and charter schools, and upon graduation. FNF’s goal is to achieve large-scale change through short-term philanthropy.

Questions from the media will be entertained during the press conference. This event is open to the public.

Who:

Kimberly McLain, president and chief executive officer, FNF
Dr. Robert Johnson, dean, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; member, FNF Advisory Board
The Honorable Ras Baraka, mayor of the city of Newark
Dr. Nancy Cantor, chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
Dr. Gale Gibson, president, Essex County College

What:

Press conference to announce FNF’s award of a $1.5 million grant to NCLC, explain the core elements of the grant, and discuss how the investment will support postsecondary education attainment in Newark

When:

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Where:

Rutgers University — Newark
Center for Law and Justice, Atrium
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

NCLC Contact:

Kimaada Sills, kimaada@rutgers.edu, 973-353-1757

Media Contact:

Ferlanda Fox Nixon, ferlanda@rutgers.edu, 973-353-5262