Education and Job Training
What we do
We prepare youth and adults for work and life through our alternative high school, our environmental and energy job training center, and garden-based STEAM education in schools and summer internships.
Why it matters
When young people have access to education, training for job skills, and support when they need it, they can build better lives for themselves and will return their education investment back into their communities in a variety of positive ways.
Financial Security
What we do
We offer innovative financial services, loans, and social enterprises to empower individuals and families to build their financial capacity.
Why it matters
When a family achieves financial stability, they invest back into their communities, creating a virtuous feedback loop with benefits that go beyond the family household.
Healthy Homes
What we do
We provide assessment and remediation services to tackle older home environmental hazards and energy inefficiencies that can lead to discomfort and poor health outcomes.
Why it matters
In lower-income and older communities, health problems can arise in older homes from hazards like lead contamination which, in particular, can cause intellectual and developmental deficiencies in children.
Sustainable Communities
What we do
We apply a comprehensive set of programs to address the critical issues of urban blight, the scarcity of nutritious food sources and markets, lack of affordable and widely-available transportation services, an unhealthy environment, and unsafe public spaces.
Why it matters
Communities that are not cared for, that are afflicted with unsafe spaces and crime, and that do not provide their residents with expected urban amenities and services perpetuate a cycle of failure and low expectations. Everyone deserves to live in a community that they can be proud of and that helps them to thrive.
Policy and Impact
What we do
We challenge and change inequitable systems by partnering with researchers, policymakers, and community organizations to advance solutions that address root causes of urban challenges and create lasting, systemic impact.
Why it matters
25% of children in Trenton live in poverty, compounding barriers to health, education, and economic mobility. New Jersey ranks sixth in the nation for foreclosures.
Systemic inequities don’t solve themselves. The Johnson Center exists to change this.
Programs
Social Profit Center at Mill One
About the Center
The Social Profit Center at Mill One provides affordable, high-performing office, training, conference, and flexible space to nonprofits, social impact businesses, and artists in a restored historic textile mill.
Why it matters
The organizations at Mill One work across education, health, housing, environment, and social justice, addressing the full range of services that help communities thrive. By bringing these groups together in one space, we help build the collaborative relationships that make lasting change possible.