On the Road with CFNJ On the Road with CFNJ aims to highlight critical issues facing communities in New Jersey and introduce some of the good people doing great work across the state. Week in and week out, members of…
July 30, 2018 The popular Morristown Festival of Books will return on Friday, October 12th and Saturday, October 13th this year. Modeled after successful book festivals in other communities throughout the world, the Morristown Festival of Books brings together acclaimed authors…
July 23, 2018 At the Community Foundation of New Jersey, we love connecting our fundholders to philanthropic interventions that work. That they are typically also unique, innovative, low-cost, and inspiring only makes the philanthropic investment more meaningful. Recently, our Leadership…
June 22, 2018 The treatment of children entering the United States at the southern border has dominated the news in recent weeks, with debate around their future reaching a fever pitch. A number of our fundholders have asked how they…
June 6, 2018 It was a novel idea when the Community Foundation of New Jersey first funded it… Provide students in low-income communities with a healthy breakfast after the school bell rings (when they are more likely to be at…
May 24, 2018 New Jersey First Lady Tammy Snyder Murphy on Monday spoke to a luncheon of women affiliated with the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) about women’s changing role in philanthropy. The discussion at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum in…
May 17, 2018 Charitably minded women who participate in the Impact100 model of collective grantmaking are changing the face of philanthropy in New Jersey, and they are enthusiastic about what they are accomplishing in their respective communities and statewide. That…
A version of this article appeared in Financial Advisor Magazine on May 4, 2018. For many New Jerseyans, creating a scholarship fund is an effective way to establish a philanthropic legacy and provide meaningful support to students, customized to reflect…
April 13, 2018 Karen Therrien was not your typical high school student. “Her classmates [would] speak of her in awed, hushed tones – not from fear but from authentic respect and admiration,” her guidance counselor wrote in 2016. And it…
April 11, 2018 Impact 100 Jersey Coast, a women’s philanthropic group that collectively funds high-impact grants to qualified nonprofits in Monmouth County, has announced they will award three grants, each for $112,000 in 2018. Since its inception in 2015, the…