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Community Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Scholarships

September 3, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it is granting a total of $1,268,183 in scholarships to 279 students for the Fall 2019 term. The scholarship awards come from funds CFNJ manages on behalf of philanthropic families and companies.…

Little Silver’s Lootsma Wins 2019 Writing Scholarship

June 26, 2019 The Selection Committee of The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship today announced the recipient of its 2019 scholarship award. Page Lootsma, a graduating senior at Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS), will receive a scholarship in the amount of $5,000.…

OceanFirst Foundation Offers 2019 Architecture Scholarship

March 5, 2019 OceanFirst Foundation is pleased to once again offer a scholarship to honor the legacy and many contributions of local architect, Carl Feltz, Jr., AIA. Administered by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the scholarship is available to matriculated college students from Monmouth or Ocean Counties who are enrolled full time in an accredited architectural program at a School of Architecture within the United States.…

MWWPR’s Dawn Lauer, Impact NJ’s Michael Murphy Join Community Foundation Board

January 18, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Dawn Lauer of MWWPR and Michael Murphy, former Morris County Prosecutor and co-founder of Impact NJ, have joined its Board of Trustees. As Executive Vice President and Managing Director of B2B Communications at MWWPR, Dawn Lauer has built the agency’s Business to Business practice from the ground up and today oversees strategic programming for a range of public, private and not-for profit clients across all aspects of brand building.…

Community Foundation Grantmaking Way Up for 2018, Tops $66 million

The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its more than 1,100 fundholders for recommending a record 7,722 individual grants in 2018 totaling $66.7 million. This figure represents a $17 million increase in dollars going to worthy causes as compared to last year’s total of $49.5 million from 6,515 grants.…

BD Collaborates with Community Foundation of New Jersey to Issue $2 million in Grants to Support Puerto Rico Employees Affected by Hurricane Maria

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the Community Foundation of New Jersey collaborated with two New Jersey-based international companies, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and C. R. Bard, Inc., to create employee crisis funds as an additional measure to provide relief to the companies’ Puerto Rico employees affected by the natural disaster.…

Red Bank High Student Wins 2018 Writing Scholarship

June 21, 2018 The Selection Committee of The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship today announced the recipient of its 2018 scholarship award. Willow Martin, a graduating senior at Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS), will receive a scholarship in the amount of $5,000.…

CFNJ Earns 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

May 31, 2018 The Community Foundation of New Jersey’s (CFNJ) strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the eight consecutive year that CFNJ has earned this top distinction.…