Releases

$1 Million Endowment Established to Support Field Trips for Newark Students

October 5, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, the Victoria Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Newark Public Schools today announced the creation of the Pi Chubb Newark Field Trip Fund, a $1 million dollar endowment ensuring Newark children get outside their classrooms to experience field trips that enhance learning for many years to come.…

New Jersey Students to Participate in Mock Presidential Election

August 16, 2016 What do New Jersey’s middle and high school students think about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? And how are their opinions different from their parents’?  We will soon know, thanks to a unique philanthropic partnership. The New Jersey Center for Civic Education and the New Jersey Social Studies Supervisors Association today announced that the Community Foundation of New Jersey will fund the New Jersey Mock Election project.…

SHWF & CFNJ Grant to Woodstown Ambulance for EMS Services

May 9, 2016 The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey announced today a grant in the amount of $275,000 to the American Legion Ambulance Association to support EMS services. In 2015, in an effort to find a solution to delayed response time for an area of the county, a partnership was formed with Fenwick Ambulance Squad to begin supporting them in providing services to residents of Salem City.…

Barbara Lawrence Joins Community Foundation Board

May 4, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Barbara Lawrence, Executive Director of The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation (HMTF), has joined its Board of Directors. Created in 1967 as a means for Mr. and Mrs.…

Zufall’s Eva Turbiner Joins Community Foundation Board

April 26, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Eva Turbiner, President and CEO of Zufall Health, has joined its Board of Directors. Zufall Health is a fully licensed Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides affordable medical and dental care to underserved New Jerseyans in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Somerset, and Essex counties.…

OceanFirst Foundation Offers 2016 Architecture Scholarship

February 16, 2016 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.…

NJ Jumps to 23rd Nationally for School Breakfast

February 16, 2016 *We are pleased to share the below release from our friends and partners at Advocates for Children of New Jersey* New Jersey advanced to 23rd in the nation for increasing the percent of low-income students who receive a healthy morning meal at the start of the school day, giving them the nutrition they need to concentrate and learn, according to a national released today.…