January 20, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2022 term. The merit scholarship will award $2,500 to a Union County resident attending a New…
The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship, which it administers on behalf of members of the Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) Class of 1966, is accepting applications for the Fall 2022 term. The…
December 14, 2021 As communities begin to rebuild following the deadly tornadoes that struck the Midwest and South, fundholders at the Community Foundation of New Jersey have asked how best to help those in need. We are in contact with…
The New York Times’ “Ethicist” column recently answered the question, “What should I do with my big, fat inheritance?” The Ethicist gives a lot of good advice around philanthropic giving, going so far as to say that, “[ours] is a…
November 2021 Fundholders at the Community Foundation of New Jersey are doing spectacular things across the philanthropic spectrum, initiating thousands of grants this year alone. At the same time, we at the Community Foundation are granting out discretionary dollars with an…
Year-end is a busy time at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, as we facilitate a large volume of grants from generous fundholders to the causes and charities they care about. In November and December of last year, we processed…
In 2018, Samaritan Inn, a homeless shelter in Newton, received a $100,000 grant from Impact 100 Garden State to purchase a house for renovation into three apartments for homeless families. The new residence has allowed three families, including one couple…
September 30, 2021 Earlier this month, the Community Foundation learned that our friend and colleague Margarethe Laurenzi will be leaving the Foundation to become the Executive Director of the Maher Charitable Foundation. While we are sad to see Margarethe go,…
September 23, 2021 Did you catch our piece in ROI-NJ? It’s worth a read: In more than 40 years of working with New Jersey businesses — from Prudential, Public Service Enterprise Group, Wakefern Food Corp., and Johnson & Johnson to a host of mid-market companies…
The unfolding humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Haiti have been top of mind for many fundholders at the Community Foundation of New Jersey. Distinct and complex in their own rights, these two tragedies present an urgent need. We are pleased to…