Partners for Health

About Partners for Health

Partners for Health Inc. gives its largest recorded grants to local food access organizations in Montclair, including a $151,000 general operating grant to Human Needs Food Party in 2023 and a $136,000 operating and project support grant to Human Needs Food Pantry in 2024. That pattern points to a funder that is comfortable backing community food providers at meaningful scale, with support that mixes operating help and program-specific funding. The foundation also returned to the same local network across multiple years, including Toni's Kitchen, The Salvation Army, and City Green Inc, which suggests sustained attention to organizations working on food security and related community needs. The recent grants also show an interest in resilience for front-line human services groups. Partners for Health Inc. supported emergency food assistance, healthy food access, and capacity building, while also extending unrestricted or general operating support to groups serving health access, housing stabilization, and emergency needs. In several cases, the funding names the function it is meant to strengthen, such as produce purchasing, food security, and operating support. Taken together, the grants describe a local philanthropy centered on practical support for nonprofits that deliver essential services in New Jersey.

What Partners for Health Funds

Food security is the clearest thread in the recent grants. Partners for Health Inc. gave $126,000 to Human Needs Food Pantry in 2025 for general operating and program support tied to food security, and $92,090 to Toni's Kitchen in 2025 for general operating and program support - food security. They also backed produce purchasing at multiple organizations, including $104,000 to Toni's Kitchen in 2024 and $76,926 to The Salvation Army in 2024. The foundation also funds health access and related community supports. In 2025, it awarded $100,000 to Kindersmile Foundation Inc for general operating support - access to healthcare, and $80,000 to Montclair Ambulance Unit for general operating support - access to healthcare. Housing and homelessness prevention appears as well: Family Promise of Essex County Inc received $76,000 in 2025 for general operating support - housing, homelessness prevention, while The Salvation Army received $70,400 in 2025 for housing, homelessness prevention, food security.

How Partners for Health Gives