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South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Announces 5th Round of Grants

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, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem Counties.…

NJPRF and Overdeck Family Foundation Partner with TCNJ to Launch Summer Tutoring Corps Program to Tackle COVID-Related Learning Loss

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.…

Community Foundation Fundholders Give More than $87.5 Million in 2020

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, following annual grantmaking of $57.8 million in 2019 and $66.6 million in 2018.…

3,200 New Winter Coats Distributed to Kids through the South Jersey Funder Collaborative’s “Operation Warm Up Jersey Shore” in Partnership with Fulfill, Better Education for Kids, Inc., and Operation Warm

This winter, 3,200 children in Monmouth and Ocean Counties will be wearing new warm winter coats funded by and distributed through the South Jersey Funder Collaborative’s “Operation Warm Up Jersey Shore” held in partnership with Fulfill, Operation Warm and Better Education for Kids.…

Crichlow, Adee Join Community Foundation of New Jersey Board

The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that Rhonda Crichlow of Charter Communications and Marc Adee of Crum & Forster have joined its Board of Trustees. As Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer for Charter Communications, Rhonda Crichlow is responsible for the development and management of Charter’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy, including the company’s D&I Center of Excellence.  …

New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund Announces Statewide Healthcare Grants

April 20, 2020 The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund (NJPRF) today announced grants to the state’s four Regional Health Hubs and to Catholic Charities in Newark to provide testing, care, and opportunities for self-quarantine to some of New Jersey’s most vulnerable populations, including pregnant women, the homeless, and those seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder.…

New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund Raises $20M

One hundred percent of all online donations will go directly to help those in need April 13, 2020 Incorporated less than three weeks ago, the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund is excited to announce that nearly $20M in funds have been raised to date.…