Releases

Community Foundation Uses Soap to Fight Human Trafficking

November 20, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it is supporting a coalition of organizations utilizing the newest weapon in the fight against human trafficking: soap. With the Community Foundation’s support, the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking will be distributing thousands of bars of soap on whose wrapping there is a crisis hotline for human trafficking. …

CFNJ Congratulates Monmouth Prosecutor on Buyback

September 30, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today congratulated the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for the success of last month’s gun buyback program, which paid $15,000 to purchase 218 guns in Rumson and Asbury Park. Five handguns and 126 assault weapons were turned in as a result of the buyback, illustrating the fact that there are unwanted and potentially dangerous guns in every type of community.…

Community Foundation Makes $100,000 Grant to Post-Sandy Classrooms

September 5, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that it has made a $100,000 matching grant from its Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to support classroom projects in schools impacted by last year’s storm. The grant will cover half the costs of many worthwhile classroom projects submitted by teachers to DonorsChoose.org,…

New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million to Support Smart Sandy Recovery and Resilient Communities in New Jersey

August 5, 2013 The New Jersey Recovery Fund today announced 27 grants totaling nearly $3.8 million to pursue smart recovery decisions that will help New Jersey avoid repeating the type of devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. The Fund has awarded grants to a range of organizations focused on three broad categories: planning and public policies that promote community resiliency and environmental protection; engaging and informing the public about recovery decisions; and using the arts to foster individual and community healing and revitalization in impacted communities.…

Morris County Fund Allocates $66,000 in Local Grants

July 30, 2013 The Morris County Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) announced it has allocated a total of $66,665 in grant monies to twelve local nonprofits thus far in 2013. The Fund was created to distribute dollars from Legacy Funds given to CFNJ. …

Community Foundation Heralds New Law That Boosts Charitable Giving

July 22, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today congratulated Governor Chris Christie and Members of the Legislature for supporting legislation that will make it easier for former New Jersey residents to give to New Jersey charitable organizations. The new law, S-2532/A-3860, specifically “disallows the Division of Taxation to consider a person’s charitable contributions as a factor in determining one’s income tax obligations.”…

Mercer County Fund Allocates $39,500 in Local Grants

July 11, 2013 The Mercer County Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced its latest round of local grants in keeping with its 2013 focus on improving educational and job-training opportunities for middle school and high school age youth in the Trenton area.…

Community Foundation Congratulates Hoboken EMS on New Ambulance

July 1, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey congratulates the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps on the debut of their new ambulance. The Corps sustained significant damage due to Hurricane Sandy, including the destruction of an earlier ambulance and large quantities of life-saving equipment.…