March 1, 2023 Today, Prudential Financial announced the launch of the Prudential Community Grants Program to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth, with $500,000 in total funding. By working with Newark residents and organizations, Prudential aims to…
June 27, 2022 Impact 100 Garden State, an all-women organization for collective giving and a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, has entered a record-breaking year as it celebrates its 10th anniversary of giving. The organization has announced:…
June 8, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced its newest affiliated fund, Friends of Jockey Hollow, has been established by two local philanthropic families to protect, preserve, and promote the Jockey Hollow section of the Morristown National…
May 18, 2022 Impact 100 Jersey Coast, a women’s grant-making collective and fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, today announced it has successfully rounded out its seventh annual member drive at 435 women strong, and with $435,000 in…
May 9, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that 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…
April 15, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Aaron Turner has joined the organization as its new Chief Philanthropic Officer. Turner comes to CFNJ from The MCJ Amelior Foundation where she was the Senior Program…
April 5, 2022 With an initial $500,000 motivational pledge from philanthropists Dorothea and Jon Bon Jovi, Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy today announced the launch of a $1,000,000 challenge grant to support food security for the displaced…
March 8, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF) has committed $303,300 toward family caregivers in Morris, Somerset, and neighboring counties. Family caregivers, who are unpaid spouses, partners, family members,…
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…