Releases

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.…

Madison Rotary Foundation Announces “End Hunger 3.6” project

January 21, 2016 The Madison Rotary Club and Foundation is seeking the community’s support of their recently announced End Hunger 3.6 Project of 2016.   The number 3.6 indicates that every 3.6 seconds, someone dies of malnutrition or starvation. The project’s goal is to prepare and package between 100,000 – 150,000 meals to be distributed to various non-profit, hunger-focused organizations throughout New Jersey and New York City.…

SHWF & CFNJ Fund New Bancroft Disabilities Wellness Center

January 13, 2016 The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey announced today a grant to Bancroft for $197,548 to establish a Health and Wellness center at its Lakeside campus in Pittsgrove, NJ. Bancroft, a leading nonprofit provider of specialized services for children and adults with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, and those in need of neurological rehabilitation, received the grant to enhance access to quality medical care for adult residents by bringing medical specialists together under one roof.…

Austin O. Hooey Scholarship Fund Accepting Applications

November 30, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Austin O. Hooey Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2016 term. The Austin O. Hooey Scholarship Fund, which is administered by the Community Foundation, provides one or more college scholarship awards ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year for four consecutive years to one or more graduating senior(s) of Chatham High School.…

Community Foundation Week Celebrated in New Jersey

November 12, 2015 During the week of November 12-18, 2015, the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) will join more than 750 community foundations across America celebrating Community Foundation Week. For more than 25 years, the effort has raised awareness about the increasingly important role of these philanthropic organizations in fostering local collaboration and innovation to address persistent civic and economic challenges.…

Impact 100 Awards $205,000 in Grants Aimed at Poverty

November 6, 2015 Impact 100 Garden State (“Impact 100″), a Morristown- based women’s philanthropic organization, awarded over $200,000 in grants to the Head Start Community Program of Morris County and the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) to support programs that help the elderly poor, disenfranchised young adults, and pre-school children from low-income families.…