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Our Take on Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, December 3rd is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage charitable giving worldwide. Here in New Jersey, we’d like to celebrate the work of our four Impact 100 partners who represent more than 1,000 women who have collectively given nearly $3.5 million to nonprofit organizations across our state – so far!…

Impact 100 Jersey Coast Awards Four $110,000 Grants

November 26, 2019 Asbury Park Music Foundation, Clean Ocean Action, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monmouth County (CASA), and St. Marks Center for Community Renewal were the four recipients of $110,000 grants each announced at Impact 100 Jersey Coast’s Annual Meeting on November 19th at Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch.…

Our Take on the “Trust Gap”

It’s the most important part a philanthropic legacy. No matter how a bequest is structured, regardless of its philanthropic intent, and separate from its time horizon there’s the issue of trust. For your philanthropy to live on after you’re gone, you have to trust someone.…

Update from Refugee Assistance Morris Partners

On Nov. 8, 2016, eight-year-old Lona arrived at Newark Airport with her parents and two brothers. They came on a long flight from Turkey, having fled their war-ravaged home in Aleppo, Syria. Lona had no idea what to expect in her strange new land, but she was comforted by the warm welcome from volunteers from Refugee Assistance Morris Partners (RAMP), a special project fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.…

Our Take on Giving USA’s “Leaving a Legacy” Report

November 13, 2019 Philanthropic-minded individuals write their first will on average when they are 44 years old and almost all (91.6%) use a legal advisor to help them.  That’s according to our friends at Giving USA who just released findings from their survey of 860 donors interested in planned giving.…

Community Foundation Named Top 10 Charity in NJ, Top Community Foundation in US

November 12, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) was today named one of New Jersey’s top 10 charities by Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Charity Navigator made the determination following their calculation that CFNJ spends 95.2% of its total expenses on programs and services and scored a 98.03% on overall financial accountability and transparency based on 2017 data.…

Impact 100 Garden State Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

November 7, 2019 At their Annual Awards Meeting Wednesday night, the members of Impact 100 Garden State voted to award three $110,000 grants to the following recipients and their programs: County College of Morris Foundation – Dover College Promise CUMAC – Beyond Hunger Union County Economic Development Corp.…

Time to prepare your year-end giving

October 18, 2019 The holiday season is soon upon us, and here at the Community Foundation we are preparing for what is always a busy time of year. For many of the organizations you support through your fund, December 31st is the end of their fiscal year.…

Stacy Eastland presents “planning desserts” to NJ professional advisors

October 16, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey and Goldman Sachs were pleased to host a variety of professional advisors from across New Jersey today for a discussion with Stacy Eastland, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and one of the country’s top wealth advisors, who shared thoughts on the best planning “desserts” that won’t bust the tax diet.…

Impact 100 Garden State Announces 2019 Grant Finalists

October 8, 2019 Impact 100 Garden State is pleased to announce its 2019 Grant Finalists.  Here are the five finalists along with their program names: County College of Morris Foundation – Dover College Promise (Dover) CUMAC – Beyond Hunger (Paterson) Passaic County Community College Foundation – Theatre & Poetry Project (Paterson) The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey – Expanding Access for All (Morris, Union, Somerset, & Union Counties) Union County Economic Development Corp.…