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Impact 100 Jersey Coast Awards Inaugural $145,000 Grant to 180 Turning Lives Around

November 21, 2016 Impact 100 Jersey Coast held its first annual meeting Thursday evening, where the organization awarded its first inaugural $145,000 grant to 180 Turning Lives Around for its Family Justice Center program. According to Aimee Remey, Chair of Impact Communications, cheers and applause filled the room at the Navesink Country Club, where 135 Impact members, finalists and guests gathered to hear presentations from five Impact grant finalists.…

Fundholders, Volunteers Welcome Syrian Refugee Family to Morris County

November 17, 2016 A coalition of faith-based religious organizations welcomed a tired but excited family of Syrian refugees at Newark Airport on Nov. 8 and drove them to their new home in a fully-furnished apartment north of Morristown. This is the first family to arrive in Morris County under the sponsorship of Church World Service (CWS), the relief arm of the National Council of Churches, and Refugee Assistance Morris Partners (RAMP). …

Impact 100 Awards $244,000 in High-Impact Grants

November 4, 2016 Hector, son of a single mom, has been bullied at school and struggled socially. But he has a passion for the viola and now has what he calls his “viola family.”  Melissa has a long history of physical and sexual abuse by her biological family and spent many years in the foster care system.…

Eye-Opening Discussion on Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

November 2, 2016 Last night, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was pleased to host an engaging roundtable discussion for fundholders with three experts working to improve the well-being of the more than 7,000 unaccompanied immigrant children who call the Garden State home.…

Toward a Better Civil Discourse

October 26, 2016 Fifty eight percent. That’s the percentage of students, ages 8 to 11, who have some interest in being president of the United States when they grow up. And we’re willing to bet that there are many fantastic candidates among them.…

Highlights from our Discussion with Andrea Jung

October 13, 2016 We were very pleased to host Andrea Jung, President & CEO of Grameen America, at the Community Foundation today for an illuminating conversation about the future impact of women in philanthropy. Guests ranged from women who lead major nonprofit institutions and foundations to those who are active volunteers, donors, and fundholders.…

How to Help Haiti

October 4, 2016 The people of Haiti have already been through so much, and still haven’t fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake that leveled so much of their country, making the impact of Hurricane Matthew especially devastating. Many philanthropic New Jerseyans are asking how they can help the people of Haiti during this especially trying time.…

10 Questions with Board Chair Tom Uhlman

August 29, 2016 Tom Uhlman will enter his fourth and final year as Chair of the Community Foundation’s Board, so we spoke with him about how the Community Foundation has evolved and grown over the past several years. A highlight of Tom’s tenure on the Board has been his focus on governance and leadership work, two areas in which the Community Foundation has built on past successes.…

‘Yellow Card’ Dating Violence Campaign Reports on Progress

August 25, 2016 When the Community Foundation’s Morris County Committee made a grant to Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS) to help launch the Yellow Card Campaign in 2014, it was with the goal of increasing awareness of dating-related violence and, importantly, supporting a culture of safety and respect.…