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What to do with a “big, fat inheritance”

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 richly variegated world, with many values and many things to value; it isn’t as if all charitable giving must go to malaria prevention.”…

Opportunities to have impact in New Jersey

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 eye toward effecting lasting change.…

Dates to keep in mind for year-end giving

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 3,002 grants totaling $21 million.…

Hinsch Scholar Jillian Krinsky ‘on the run’ at Virginia Tech

November 4, 2021 Jillian Krinsky knows how to balance a busy schedule, as evidenced by her large course load and many extra curricular activities at Virginia Tech. Pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, Jillian is taking a range of courses, including Sustainable Transportation for Health – a not-so foreign concept for sailors like herself.…

Beck Scholar Alexander Benanti making his mark at RIT

November 4, 2021 For Alexander Benanti of Clifton, the Elsie E. and Joseph W. Beck Scholarship has made the dream of a college education reality. The freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology is majoring in Motion Picture Science with a minor in Business.…

Impact 100 in the community

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 expecting a child, to find stability, seek employment and begin to save money towards permanent housing.…

Thank you, Margarethe Laurenzi

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, we are enormously grateful for the impact she has achieved on our fundholders’ behalf.…

ROI-NJ: Philanthropy boosts bottom line, other benefits

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 Community Foundation of New Jersey has seen how businesses can drive meaningful change in our state while improving the bottom line.…

Direct relief for Afghanistan & Haiti

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 share the giving opportunities we have vetted for impact and have been sharing with interested fundholders.…