Ryan P. Haygood

The N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. is based in New York, NY and was founded by Thurgood Marshall in 1940. The organization is the nation's first civil and human rights law organization and has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957. The organization is committed to equal rights and its Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. The organization is known as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund or LDF and is the premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Inc. provides legal services in Social Justice. The company was founded by Alan V. Lowenstein, Amy Lowenstein, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Dickinson R. Debevoise and Robert Curvin in 1999 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

Established in 1979, the Community Foundation of New Jersey is an alliance of families, businesses and foundations that work together to create lasting differences in people’s lives and communities. The organization connects donors to organizations, issues and communities important to them over time, and provides ongoing leadership on issues critical to the health of New Jersey