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What’s a Charitable Lead Trust? A Charitable Remainder Trust?

June 4, 2014 We get this question a lot, so we turned to our friends, attorneys Lance Eisenberg and Sandy Sherman, and CFNJ Board member and financial advisor Michael Maglio for some answers. Click below to learn more. …

House Passes Anti-Trafficking Bill

May 21, 2014 Since our interest (and that of our donors) in human trafficking was piqued more than a year ago, we’ve kept a close eye on the issue, particularly ways in which to have philanthropic impact and the status of legislation in Washington and Trenton.…

CFNJ Congratulates Hooey Scholarship Recipient on Graduation

May 20, 2014 The Community Foundation of New Jersey congratulates Stephen Helfrich on his graduation from Boston College. Stephen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Economics, and was an Honors Scholar in History. Stephen was a recipient of the Austin Hooey Scholarship.…

NJ Spotlight Looks Ahead

May 19, 2014 Our friends at NJ Spotlight, whose launch we funded in 2010, are marking their four-year anniversary with the hiring of a Development Director. Scroll down for more from NJ Spotlight. Michelle Ruess joins NJ Spotlight in the new position, funded by a grant from the Knight Foundation.…

Afghan Girls: Meet Fatima

May 8, 2014 Eighteen year old Fatima’s goal is to empower women and promote equality in Afghanistan. With the help of the Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund, Fatima is one step closer to that goal – having graduated George School and heading to Lafayette College in the fall.…

Afghan Girls: Meet Malahat

May 6, 2014 The Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund (AGFAF) at the Community Foundation does truly amazing work. Now we’d like to highlight the achievements of several of the girls supported by the Fund. The first story in this installment is about Malahat, a young woman who first came to the United States in 2009.…

NJ Spotlight Wins Journalism Awards

May 1, 2014 Congratulations are in order to our friends at NJ Spotlight, who have won several awards for reporting from the Garden State Journalists Association. The Community Foundation of New Jersey is a founding supporter of NJ Spotlight, which features high-quality, in-depth journalism that encourages civic and community participation and provides an understanding of the vital issues affecting our state today in education, healthcare, the environment, and public finance.…

NJ Recovery Fund Update: Grantee Convening & Assessment

April 22, 2014 The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation engaged the Center for Whole Communities (CWC) to lead grantees through the development of a goals and an assessment rubric for their work, which defines objectives and assesses the grantees’ contribution toward achieving those goals.…

NJ Recovery Fund Update: Environment & Planning Programming

April 22, 2014 The environment/planning grantees are leading the advocacy effort for greater transparency and public debate on how the state spends its Sandy recovery funds, providing direct support to communities for long term resiliency planning, and implementing on-the-ground demonstration projects that showcase the value of natural systems as integral to community resiliency, sustainability, and public safety.…

NJ Recovery Fund Update: Inform & Engage Programming

April 22, 2014 We believe that reliable and accessible news and information plays an important role in the health and well-being of New Jersey’s communities. NJRF supported eleven projects that inform and engage the public on issues the state faces as it recovers from Superstorm Sandy.…