New
Jersey GASP is a nonprofit, educational organization, incorporated
in the county of Union and the State of New Jersey, and
is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt,
501(c)(3) organization.
New
Jersey GASP has grown significantly from its beginning as
a small, grassroots organization founded around a member's
dining room table in 1974. Today there are more than 1,000
dues-paying memberships held by individuals, families, and
organizations. Annual budget is several hundred thousand
dollars.
New
Jersey GASP has won grants, contracts, and large donations
from:
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F.M. Kirby Foundation
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Alan Kligerman
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the Kligerman Foundation
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APA Transport
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the Prudential Insurance Co.
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the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (a project
of the National Cancer Institute, the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services, and the American Cancer
Society, New Jersey Division)
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the New Jersey Breathes Coalition (at the Medical Society
of New Jersey, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
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the Addressing Tobacco Project of the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey
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the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
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the American Cancer Society
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the American Lung Association
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the American Lung Association of New Jersey
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the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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the Institute for Health Policy Studies of the University
of California School of Medicine
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the Hyde and Watson Foundation
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Communications Workers of America Local 1037
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the Wallace Jerome Foundation
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and others.
