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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.…

First Lady Tammy Murphy Heralds Women’s Role in Philanthropy

May 24, 2018 New Jersey First Lady Tammy Snyder Murphy on Monday spoke to a luncheon of women affiliated with the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) about women’s changing role in philanthropy. The discussion at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit focused on ways women are leveraging their financial decision-making role to improve the communities in which they live.…

Community Foundation Tops $500 Million in Philanthropic Assets

February 1, 2018 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today thanked its more than 1,000 fundholders for new philanthropic gifts to CFNJ totaling $78.5 million in 2017. CFNJ currently stewards roughly $500 million in charitable assets, making grants to nonprofit organizations in line with the advice of active fundholders or the philanthropic goals of those who leave bequests.…

Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship Fund Accepting Applications

December 14, 2017 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2018 term. The merit scholarship will award $2,500 to a Union County resident attending a New Jersey law school on a full-time basis.…

Essex County Nonprofits Invited to Apply for $112K Grant

September 28, 2017 Impact100 Essex, a new philanthropic collaborative of Essex County women, has announced it is accepting applications from Essex County nonprofit organizations for a $112,000 grant. The application and other information are available at www.Impact100Essex.org. Applications are due December 15, 2017.…