January 12, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it has committed $25,000 toward the financial empowerment of Paterson residents. The funding will be in the form of a grant to the Paterson Financial Empowerment Center (FEC), which…
November 17, 2021 Dozens of schools and youth-serving organizations throughout New Jersey will provide free teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) training to the youth they serve through an innovative grant program established by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing…
We’re back! The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced the Field Trip New Jersey Fund, which it founded in 2016 to provide opportunities for students in under-served communities to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences, is back for the…
June 24, 2021 The New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, of which the Community Foundation of New Jersey is a founding member, as well as Kids in Need of Defense, American Friends Service Committee, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese…
May 21, 2021 Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ), has awarded a fifth round of grants from its COVID-19 Response Fund. Sixteen grants totaling $155,000 were awarded to South Jersey nonprofits meeting the needs of communities in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden,…
April 19, 2021 To accelerate student learning and address COVID-related learning loss, the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, in conjunction with Overdeck Family Foundation, announce that they’ve partnered with The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) School of Education to launch the NJ Summer Tutoring Corps Program in late June. The program will provide tutoring this summer for thousands of K–5 students who have experienced pandemic-related learning loss. TCNJ designed…
The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its 1,141 fundholders for making 8,300 philanthropic gifts to worthy causes and communities in 2020 totaling $87.5 million. The total dollar amount of grants is a record for the Community Foundation,…
The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Tamara Linde, executive vice president and general counsel for Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) and its subsidiaries, has been selected as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees.…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, more people in Morris County need food than ever before—and too many also lack a way to get to food distribution sites. The Interfaith Food Pantry Network (IFPN), which provides emergency and supplemental groceries to Morris…
Pour a glass of your favorite wine and learn how to use all your senses to detect the stories it can tell. “How to Truly Taste Wine,” a virtual event featuring Bianca Bosker, author of the New York Times bestseller…