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Turning Lives Around 180 Degrees

October 18, 2013 Turning one’s life around – if necessary, a full 180 degrees – can be difficult, particularly for victims of domestic and sexual violence.  180 Turning Lives Around seeks to help individuals do just that, providing services to women, men, and children throughout Monmouth County.…

Two and a Half Staff Changes

October 16, 2013 Please join us in welcoming Karen Arias to our team. Karen will serve as CFNJ’s new Philanthropic Services Assistant while Madeline Rivera, who has been a mainstay with us for nearly a decade, will be moving to our grantmaking office.…

CFNJ Ranked as Top Nonprofit in New Jersey

October 9, 2013 KerstenDirect recently took a look at the biggest nonprofits in each of the 50 states, culminating in the release of the “United States of Nonprofits” map. For New Jersey, we came out on top! We love a good map, so check it out by clicking here.…

Monmouth Gun Buyback Nets Over 200 Guns

September 30, 2013 Earlier this year we told you about the anonymous donor who worked with us to sponsor a gun buyback program in his home county of Monmouth.  That article, available here, described how the Community Foundation of New Jersey matched the donor’s $12,500 grant and allowed the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to hold buybacks in Rumson and Asbury Park.…

Lend a Hand to Colorado

September 26, 2013 The recent flooding in Colorado has been truly unprecedented and has devastated many communities in the northern and central parts of the state.  With more than 10,000 residents evacuated and tens of millions of dollars worth of roads destroyed, Colorado now faces the tough task of rebuilding.…

Researchers Weigh in on Flood Mitigation

September 18, 2013 Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation’s New Jersey Recovery Fund, a team of researchers is now sharing their findings on ways to prevent future flooding in New Jersey.  Scroll down for an article from the Sayreville Suburban:     A team of academics investigating the future of flood-prone areas in Sayreville has entered the preliminary stages of what could be done to prevent superstorm Sandy levels of flooding — or worse — in the future.…

NJ Spotlight: Crime Up in NJ Cities

September 18, 2013 NJ Spotlight takes a look at crime in New Jersey’s urban centers and the numbers don’t look good.  Here’s what they found: Each of the six cities designated by the state police Uniform Crime Report as “major urban” — Camden, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton — reduced the number of officers on its payroll between 2010 and 2011, which is the last year for which statewide figures are available.…

Wildlife Conservation Deemed a Success at Jersey Shore

September 10, 2013 Earlier this year, the Community Foundation of New Jersey made a grant through its Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to Conserve Wildlife, a nonprofit organization that sought to restore critical habitat along New Jersey’s beaches.  Our staff even visited the areas being restored by the group and got a firsthand look at their important work. …

Tracking NJ’s Recovery Online

September 4, 2013 Post-Sandy recovery efforts have been underway since the storm pummeled the East Coast last October.  While some areas have seen a faster recovery than others, NJ’s recovery process is still a massive undertaking.  But monitoring progress towards recovery in NJ just got a lot easier. …

Hurricane Irene Hardly Forgotten

September 4, 2013 It’s been two years since Hurricane Irene made landfall in Atlantic County.  Fourteen months after Irene hit, Hurricane Sandy stole the show – leaving an indelible wake of damage in the Garden State and across the Eastern Seaboard. …