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The ‘Jersey Gives a Damn’ podcast captures conversation with the innovators, leaders, and changemakers making New Jersey’s communities stronger. It’s hosted by Aaron Turner, Chief Philanthropic Officer at the Community Foundation of New Jersey where it’s our privilege to help hundreds of philanthropically minded New Jerseyans have the greatest impact on the causes and communities they care about.…

It’s a Go! Our sleep-away kidney camp program will resume this summer at Frost Valley after a hiatus of three years due to Covid. This will be the program’s 46th season. More than 30 kidney kids between 8 and 15 will attend.…

You read that right: we give a damn! And now we’re doing so on our very own podcast. Special thanks to our inaugural guest, Ryan Haygood of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Listen along as the Foundation’s Aaron Turner speaks with Ryan about specific social justice challenges facing the state, what his organization is doing to address them, and how others can get involved.…

The Gathering of Givers event is a unique experience, offering women from across our state the chance to gather, connect, heal, motivate each other and recommit their energies to the collective fight ahead. The Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to be a founding partner of this extraordinary event.…

The Community Foundation administers 140 scholarship funds benefiting college-bound graduating high school seniors, and in a few cases, students currently enrolled in first time undergraduate studies. Our scholarship opportunities run the gamut, from those exclusive to a local high school or specific geographic region to those supporting specific majors or career pursuits.…

The earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday is a full-scale humanitarian disaster, with the death toll now exceeding 5,000. Many fundholders have reached out seeking guidance on the most effective ways to give. Below, we share several organizations in which we have high confidence.…

The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its 1,160 fundholders for making 7,350 philanthropic gifts to worthy causes and communities in 2022 totaling approximately $153 million. The total dollar amount of grants is a record for the Community Foundation, following annual grantmaking of $103 million in 2021, $87.5 million in 2020, and $57.8 million in 2019.…

If you’ve been tracking federal legislation, you’re likely aware that on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a $1.65 trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”). A component of this legislation, known as “SECURE 2.0,” includes many provisions that make it easier for people to build retirement savings, ranging from required enrollment in employer-sponsored 401(k) plans to larger “catch up” contributions to enable workers nearing retirement to add more to their retirement accounts each year.…