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Give the Gift of Giving Back

The Community Foundation can work with you to create and package a gift of a Community Foundation fund, pre-established and pre-funded, personalized in the name of your gift recipient. Your gift recipient can be a partner, child, grandchild, colleague, or friend.…

Hooey Scholarship for Chatham Seniors Open for 2023

The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Austin O. Hooey Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 term. The Austin O. Hooey Scholarship Fund, which is administered by the Community Foundation, provides one or more college scholarship awards ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year for four consecutive years to one or more graduating senior(s) of Chatham High School.…

Whitfield Scholar Gabriella Mason

December 13, 2022 Gabriella Mason, a 2020 recipient of the Howard Whitfield Masonic Scholarship, is a Criminal Justice major at Kean University where she has achieved a GPA of 3.93 in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. She prides herself on being able to secure two Dean’s list awards and being granted the opportunity to graduate a year early.…

‘Tis the Season for Giving

We’re grateful for many things here at the Community Foundation, chief among them: We have NOT yet experienced snowfall like that in 2018 (see picture), and more importantly, Fundholders are giving to the causes and communities they care about more than ever.…

New Jersey’s spike in hunger leads to recommendations for reform

One of our key learnings as host of the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund (NJPRF) has been the fragile nature of New Jersey’s emergency food system. Thanks to our friends and partners at the Tepper Foundation and the hard work of NJPRF’s Critical Needs Outreach team, we are pleased to share insights and recommendations for how best to strengthen the emergency food system at this critical time.…

Maslow Scholarship Accepting 2023 Applications

The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship, which it administers on behalf of members of the Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) Class of 1966, is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 term. The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship is open to all RBRHS juniors and seniors who plan to continue their education at an accredited 2 or 4-year college immediately following their graduation.…

Highlights from the Field: Homelessness

New Jersey’s homeless population increased by 8% this year. That’s according to NJ Counts 2022, New Jersey’s annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Count of the Homeless. The count, which took place January 25, 2022, captures important information such as households experiencing homelessness, where they find shelter, what their needs are, and what factors contribute to making them homeless.…