The Turrell Fund is a foundation serving the youngest & their families in New Jersey and Vermont.

Our Mission

The Turrell Fund financially & strategically supports organizations which provide quality services to children, especially the youngest and the underserved.

ZERO TO THREE, HealthySteps
Greater Bergen Community Action

Head Start Program students at Greater Bergen Community Action, a K-12 organization supported by Turrell.

Newark Museum
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Our grant application windows run from

Jan 1 – Feb 1  &  July 1 – Aug 1

We award our grants to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations with projects and portfolios especially for the youngest in New Jersey and Vermont.

Please read and review our Guidelines before beginning an application to the Turrell Fund.

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With the school season in full swing, @ZEROTOTHREE highlights the importance of social-emotional skills for young children as they prepare to enter kindergarten.Organizations focused on families with children ages 0-3 are implementing social-emotional learning (SEL) skills within their programs to promote healthy development. ZERO TO THREE found that “social-emotional development goes hand-in-hand with cognitive development as the bricks and mortar of early brain architecture.”The Turrell Fund proudly supports ZERO TO THREE and its mission to provide resources on a national scale to pave the way for early childhood development. Thank you for all you do! #EarlyChildhood #SocialEmotionalLearning #ChildDevelopment #ZEROTOTHREE
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📈 High quality child care improves long-term health, educational outcomes, and future earning potential for children, especially in families with low incomes, yet few NJ families can afford high quality care.👨🏽‍👩🏽‍👧🏽‍👦🏽 The Turrell Fund believes that all New Jersey families should have what they need to make the most of the critical infant and toddler years, like access to safe, nurturing, consistent early care and education. 🤝 So we are proud to be a founding member of NJ’s statewide First 1,000 Days Policy Coalition, along with Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work, Advocates for Children of New Jersey, Moms First, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, The Burke Foundation, Maher Charitable Foundation, Schumann Fund for New Jersey, the Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, and many others. 📰 Read more about the First 1,000 Days Policy Coalition by clicking the link in our bio!
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The Turrell Fund proudly announces the 2024 S. Whitney Landon Awards winners.We'll be highlighting our winners soon with dedicated posts to showcase the wonderful work they're doing!The S. Whitney Landon Awards are presented annually to Vermont agencies that use innovative and creative strategies to serve young children and their families.Congratulations to our winners, thank you for all your exemplary work to support children & families in VT!
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Check out Steve Adubato's conversation with Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty and Emily Haines about the new Family Connects NJ program on State of Affairs.Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty is the President & CEO of Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey and Emily Haines is the Chief Nursing Officer.Link to watch is in our bio!
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