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Planned ‘Student Success Center’ aims to help more Elizabeth students get into college

July 24, 2019 The Elizabeth Public Schools and community-based Make the Road New Jersey plan to open a Student Success Center to help more Elizabeth students get into college. The Student Success Center (SSC) is a peer-to-peer training and support network to improve college application and acceptance rates by 20% and matriculation by 15% in its first year.…

Morristown Festival of Books returns October 11-12, 2019

July 23, 2019 The popular Morristown Festival of Books will return on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th this year. Modeled after successful book festivals in other communities throughout the world, the Morristown Festival of Books brings together acclaimed authors with readers and book lovers.…

From Paterson to Panama: Fundholder Opens a World of Opportunity

July 19, 2019 It all started with a fundholder at the Community Foundation of New Jersey who had a passion for providing summer jobs for young people. Back in 2010, this fundholder – who likes to remain anonymous – told us that he wanted to turn this passion into effective philanthropy.…

New Paths Newark Gives Reyes a Second Chance at a College Degree

July 5, 2019 After five years with the Elizabeth Board of Education and another ten years with the Newark Public Schools, Melisa Reyes found herself in an unusual place: unemployed. Laid off by the Newark Public Schools, Reyes needed to make important decisions about her future and career – and she needed to do so quickly.…

Penelope Bustamante represents NJ at Jefferson Awards National Ceremony

June 25, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to administer the New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Awards for Public Service in partnership with the New Jersey Governor’s Office on Volunteerism and the Star-Ledger (learn more about the partnership here), and we are especially proud of this year’s honoree who recently represented the Garden State at the national awards ceremony in Washington, DC.…

Fundholder Favorite: Preschool Advantage

May 16, 2019 When Rachel was three years old, her family was left struggling financially after her mother faced a catastrophic health situation. Preschool Advantage, a non-profit established in 1995 that provides tuition for children to attend a quality preschool, stepped in to pay for Rachel to attend.…

ShopRite Partners In Caring program has record breaking annual fundraising campaign

May 6, 2019 They say you can’t put a price on a smile. But what if you could? What if you could tabulate the value of all those happy faces? What if you could total up the worth of everything that went into those grins?…

Spring Update on Double Up Food Bucks in New Jersey

May 3, 2019 The Double Up Food Bucks program we helped to bring to New Jersey last July continues to gain in participation as we approach the one-year mark. Through a partnership with the national nonprofit Fair Food Network, Double Up Food Bucks matches the value of NJ SNAP dollars spent on fresh fruits and vegetables, helping low-income families bring home more nutritious foods.…

Elena Gregory’s “Arms Wide Open” Fund

For those seeking information on or to donate to Elena Gregory’s “Arms Wide Open” Fund, please click below. As Elena’s family describes: “Elena touched so many lives in uncountable ways with her beautiful smile, extraordinary sense of humor and caring heart.…

Fisch Family Uses Fund to Boost Madison Area YMCA Capital Campaign

For Liz and Gary Fisch, it all comes back to the Y. It started when Gary was a young teen. His friends had left for summer camp, leaving the out-of-shape boy without his usual pals. So Gary’s parents joined the Highland Park Y to give him a place to go.…