About New Jersey Health Officers Association
The New Jersey Association of City and County Health Officials advances the art and science of public health, and ensures conditions that promote health, prevent disease and protect the health of the state’s population through leadership, advocacy, collaboration and the assurance of work force competencies.
Focus Areas
Public healthEmergency preparednessPublic health transformationWorkforce developmentAdvocacy for local health departments
Who They Fund
public health agencies and systemspublic health workforce (e.g., epidemiologists, nurses)general/community populations served by public health programs
Funding Style
capacity buildingsustainability support
About New Jersey Health Officers Association
New Jersey Health Officers Association centers its grantmaking on one repeated purpose: “Enhancing/ Sustaining Public Health” across local health departments and county health agencies in New Jersey. The largest recent award in the data went to the City of Newark for $4,027,879, and several other large grants went to Ocean County Health Dept, Jersey City Health Dept, and Camden County Dept of Health and Human Services. That pattern points to a funder working through public agencies that carry out public health functions at the local level. The foundation’s recent grants also show broad coverage within the state rather than a narrow focus on a single place. Awards reach city health departments, county health departments, and regional health commissions, including recipients in Newark, Toms River, Jersey City, Blackwood, and Hackensack. The common grant purpose indicates support for maintaining public health operations rather than isolated projects. New Jersey Health Officers Association aligns with a public-health systems role: the listed focus areas include public health, emergency preparedness, public health transformation, workforce development, and advocacy for local health departments. Its beneficiary types include public health agencies and systems, the public health workforce, and general community populations served by public health programs.
What New Jersey Health Officers Association Funds
In public health infrastructure strengthening, New Jersey Health Officers Association gave $4,027,879 to City of Newark for “Enhancing/ Sustaining Public Health,” and $3,065,178 to Camden County Dept of Health and Human Services for the same purpose. Those awards sit alongside support for county and municipal health departments that deliver core public services. Emergency preparedness and health systems resilience are part of the stated focus areas, and the grant record shows funding to agencies that operate at that system level. Ocean County Health Dept received $3,973,088, while Jersey City Health Dept received $3,371,667, both under the same public health purpose. Workforce development is also named in the funder’s focus areas and beneficiary types. A grant of $2,848,951 to Monmouth County Health Dept in Freehold and $1,803,359 to Bergen County in Hackensack reflects support for the local institutions that employ and coordinate public health staff. The taxonomy also points to disease prevention and control and population-level health promotion.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$8.6M
Total Assets
$5.5M
Total Revenue
$45.7M
Total Expenses
$45.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $132K and $611K, with a median of $297K.
25th Percentile
$132K
Median
$297K
75th Percentile
$611K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Margaret Jahn
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