Foundation & Grantee News
Pascale Sykes Grantee, Fiver Children’s Foundation, Helps Families Succeed
Fiver alumna, Mabel Muñoz, shows the best way to accomplish her ambitions is to establish goals and purposely follow through with a plan. With support from Camp Fiver’s director and her own determination, Mabel graduated from SUNY Oswego last December. Muñoz learned how to set goals and follow through with… Read More
THRIVE South Jersey Loan Provided to Egg Harbor Township’s Essl’s Dugout by Carey LLC
New Brunswick, NJ (December 27, 2018) – New Jersey Community Capital (“NJCC”) announced through its THRIVE South Jersey initiative, it has closed on a $100,000 loan to 7001 E. Black Horse Pike, LLC, a real estate holding company owned by Bob and Carey Hettmannsperger and a $40,000 loan to Essl’s… Read More
Whole Family Approach Builds Stronger, Successful Families
The Whole Family Approach is a holistic strategy that breaks down siloes in social services to help families achieve their goals. In this two-part, televised series on Jersey Matters with Larry Mendte, Emmy award-winning correspondent Dawn Stensland-Mendte reports on how the Whole Family Approach is integrating services to produce gradual… Read More
How Planning to Close My Foundation’s Doors Was the Right Business Model: Part 3
In the first and second blog in this 3-part series, Fran Sykes reflected on how her board’s decision to sunset spurred the foundation to stretch and expand its vision, and try to establish a legacy in its limited time. The second blog ended with these questions: What lessons have we learned? What can we pass… Read More
Hurley in the Morning Spotlights Whole Family Approach
As The Pascale Sykes Foundation’s Whole Family Approach continues to garner national recognition for its impact on strengthening low income, working class families, an increasing number of well-respected, far-reach pundits are utilizing their shows and columns to do stories on this innovative approach. Pascale Sykes Foundation President Fran Sykes was… Read More
Pureland East-West Community Shuttle Adds Saturday Service
Knowing the role affordable public transportation can play in helping the families we serve secure good jobs and live better lives, The Pascale Sykes Foundation helps fund four community shuttles as part of its Strengthening Families Initiative. That’s why we are pleased to announce that the Pureland East-West Community Shuttle,… Read More
How Planning to Close My Foundation’s Doors Was the Right Business Model: Part 2
In the first blog in this 3-part series, Fran Sykes reflected on how her board’s decision to sunset spurred the foundation to stretch and expand its vision, and try to establish a legacy in its limited time. In this blog, Fran describes their plans and assumptions, and how their path took… Read More
How Planning to Close Her Foundation’s Doors Was the Right Business Model
The first blog in a 3-part series When Fran Sykes, founder and president of Pascale Sykes Foundation, tells people she is purposely closing her foundation’s doors in four years as a conscientious business strategy, people seem puzzled. Why would anyone purposely go out of business? Like many foundations, Pascale Sykes was… Read More
Pascale Sykes Foundation to discuss whole family approach successes on national panel
“When Janet Veach needs anything, she texts Ri-Chelle Oliver, a family advocate who can help her with anything from budgeting to creating a chore chart for her two kids. ‘It’s a friendship, but it’s also like a family,” Veach said. “It’s someone I can trust and I can confide in.’… Read More
Our view: Experience shows Pascale Sykes Foundation better way to help families
What a blessing the Pascale Sykes Foundation has been for the low-income, working-class families of South Jersey. Founded in 1992, the Monmouth County-based foundation for the past several years has funded some major initiatives to remove the roadblocks from the path to success of the working poor. By the time… Read More
