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Financial Wellness Institute awarded $50,000 Grant from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Individual Development Program to support First-Time Homebuyers. New Jersey, September 2, 2026 - Financial Wellness Institute is excited to announce it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ)through its Lubert Individual Development Account (IDA) Program for Fiscal Year 2027. This investment suppo

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) 2025 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM (AHP) to Assist Owner-Occupied Homeowners October 20, 2025; Westville, NJ --- Working with Federal Home Loan Bank of York (FHLBNY) and Member Columbia Bank, the Financial Wellness Institute recently received $862,000 in grant funding. In total, the program subsidy awarded $6,730,500 through its Affordable Housing Program to support the development and rehabilitation of 190 housing units across New Jer

Local Housing Counseling Agency Designation Expands Reach and Services October 20, 2025; Westville, NJ --- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently designated the Financial Wellness Institute as a HUD-approved Local Housing Counseling Agency (LHCA). This approval affirms the organization’s ongoing mission to provide housing counseling services as part of its community well-being and wealth-building strategies and services. As an LHCA, Financial Well

The NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business Awards program recognizes women who are shattering stereotypes, and the glass ceiling, with the significant impacts they’re making on New Jersey business and the community at large. Who runs the world: The 2021 Best 50 Women in Business honorees The NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business Awards program recognizes women who are shattering stereotypes, and the glass ceiling, with the significant impacts they’re making on New Jersey business and the

$1.2 million project to create new, attainable market-rate housing in rural community FWI & Partners Break Ground on New Housing in Fairfield Township From New Jersey Business Magazine, September 15, 2022 The Financial Wellness Institute today broke ground on its $1.2 million Finlaw Apartments housing development in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, which will expand attainable market-rate housing opportunities for rural residents in southwestern New Jersey. “This is a g

FWI Chosen Among First 100 Community Partners or United Way of Greater Philadelphia & South Jersey's Partnership Grant Program PHILADELPHIA – (July 5, 2023) – United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) is pleased to announce the first 100 grantees of its Partnership Grant Program. Grantees were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants across a nine-county footprint and will each receive a grant of $50,000 in the program’s first year. The Part