Targeting Alternative Growth (TAG) Resources Inc., is an ongoing vision designed to integrate its leadership experience, specialized skill sets and associate relationships with strategic enterprise, community and organizational development initiatives, youth capital and conscious talent.  In this way, TAG Resources generates opportunities that promote collective and individual empowerment, corporate/self-reliance, youth development and the fine arts. 

TAG Resources develops innovative human service/educational program models and workshops that target solutions to address business and non-profit promotional needs.  Our technology advances techniques to help private and non-profit organizations become more competitive.  We accomplish this through disciplined research and integrated methods that enhance performance. TAG Resources understands the need to build and match collaborative relationships as a primary thrust in promoting community outreach strategies and maintaining successful outcomes for our clients. TAG Resources emphasizes strategic planning, organizational development, legislative advocacy; fundraising, proposal formulation, evaluation and assessment; stakeholder coordination and targeted educational forums; as part of its diverse suite of products.  The firm continues to mine emerging and established non-profit, faith-based, quasi-public and private market entities to deliver tactical social service and business solutions; dedicated research for community development; coordinated forums for youth development, neighborhood empowerment; and specialized public relations. 

The firm assists non-profits in establishing funding streams for program development; has acquired non-profit 501c3 status for local and national umbrella organizations; developed strategic and marketing plans; prepared federal ACYF, HRSA,  varied other bids and designed bid/RFP processes; and provides specialized research and technical assistance to support a host of non profit and business development outcomes.  TAG Resources has conducted planning, marketing, anecdotal data collection and analysis in response to  scopes of work for the NJ Construction Services Disparity Study, NJ Transit's Office of Business Diversity, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Schoor De Palma, Bovis Lend Lease, and other transportation, highway and tunnel construction management firms under the auspices and mentoring of Management Interventions Inc., based in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Collectively, TAG Resources fundraising efforts have raised over 2.2 million dollars for children, schools and initiatives in Trenton, Mercer County and across the State of New Jersey.   The company's accomplishments have been instrumental in delivering funding for private and non-profit entities from Work First New Jersey, the Department of Community Affairs, Mercer County Training and Employment Services, United Way of Greater Mercer County, the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, the Presbytery of New Brunswick, the Office of Faith Based Initiatives and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.    

Successful Client Outcomes

• 2006/'07 Youth Advisory Board Funding for the Capital Corridor Community Development Corporation through the Office of Adolescent Services, Division of Youth and Family Services.
• 2006 Direct Service Funding for the Capital Community Development Corporation through the NJ Secretary of State, Office of Faith Based Initiatives.
• 2006 NJ Martin Luther King Commission Violence Free Funding for the Capital Corridor Community Development Corporation.
• 2005 Infrastructure and Capacity Building funding for the Capital Corridor Community Development Corporation through the NJ Secretary of State, Office of Faith Based Initiatives.
• 2003 After - School Program funding for the Macedonia Community Development Corporation through the Sovereign Bank Community Development Foundation.
• 2002 Childcare and Transitional Housing funding for the Trenton Education and Community Development Corporation through the Community Development Block Grant program.
• 2002 funding for the Imani Community Center through the Municipal Community Development Block Grant program.
• 2002 Capital Funding for the Imani Community Center through the Princeton Theological Seminary.
• 2002 Faith Based After School funding for the Imani Community Center through the Office of Faith Based Initiatives, NJ Secretary of State.
• 2001 Community Development Block Grant Summer Enrichment Funding for Old Trenton Neighborhood Community Development Program.
• 2001 Incorporation and start up funding for Insight of Mercer County Inc. through the Self Development Of People Committee, Presbytery of New Brunswick
• 2000 Senior Citizens and Work First New Jersey - Bridging Generations/Stabilizing Communities, Department of Community Affairs funding for Macedonia Community Development Corporation and Management Interventions Inc.
• 2000 Project Team Leader and Ombudsman, 21st Century Cities Community Demonstration Project funding for Management Interventions Inc.
• 2000 Jobs Plus Support = Success (JPSES), Mercer County Office of Employment and Training Services funding for Management Interventions Inc.
• 1999 – 2003 After School Mentoring funding for the Afrikan People's Action School through the United Way of Greater Mercer County.
• Trenton Municipal Alliance Committee, 1998 Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction funding for the City of Trenton Department of Health.
• Trenton Redirecting Youth Prevention Education Project (TRYPEP), 1998 Department of Health and Senior Services funding for the City of Trenton Department of Health.
• Trenton Municipal Alliance Committee, 1997 Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction funding for the City of Trenton Department of Health.