Current Funds

How Do I Accept My Scholarship Award?   Students should fill out and sign their Scholarship Award/Consent Form, and then upload it via our online portal. For existing users: Do not create a new profile. Log into your account. For new users: Review the Scholarship Portal Tutorial before accessing the site for the first time.…

Please click here and create a profile. After you create a profile, click on 2024 Scholarship Winner Document Upload and upload your award letter. If you have won a renewable scholarship please mark your calendar to login each year to upload your required documentation; reminder notices are not sent out from the system.…

Special Project Funds can be initiated by a business, foundation, a donor, the Community Foundation, or a special partnership. This type of fund allows for flexible and innovative ways to generate creative new approaches to address current challenges and opportunities throughout New Jersey.…

Charitable organizations establish Agency Endowment Funds to help them meet both their current and future needs. The Foundation invests the endowment into a pool designed and managed for long-term charitable purposes, leaving the organization free to concentrate on its good works.…

Donors who have a focused commitment to an organization choose to permanently support it through a Designated Fund. The Foundation’s stewardship guarantees that the good works they value will continue, even if the original organization ceases to exist. Designated Agency Fund Grant Beneficiaries Eleanor B.…

Beyond a shared commitment to educational opportunity, families establish scholarship funds with a wide range of goals and purposes in mind. They may offer traditional scholarships or customize fund awards for alternative scholarships. The Community Foundation of New Jersey (“CFNJ”) administers 140 scholarship funds benefiting college-bound graduating high school seniors, and in a few cases, students currently enrolled in first time undergraduate studies.…

Families and organizations who contribute to or establish Legacy Funds enable the Community Foundation to respond quickly and nimbly to ever-changing community needs. Because of the contemporaneous and local stewardship of these funds, they are often timeless in terms of impact.…

Businesses often seek to give back to the community in a way that aligns with their company objectives. Business Advised Funds allow businesses to approach philanthropy in a focused and efficient manner that makes the most of their charitable “investment.” Note: These funds do not accept unsolicited funding requests from nonprofits.…

Many families want the flexibility to support a multitude of interests over time. These family funds provide support for a wide range of organizations, issues and communities, now and in the future.   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z A Back to top Above and Beyond With Michael Fund Affleck Family Fund Roswitha and A.J.…

Behind each donor fund is a unique inspiration and vision. Whether their “community” is an issue, organization, or their hometown, their funds help them support causes close to their hearts. We encourage all our fundholders to look at what other people in our foundation are doing.…