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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.…

SHWF & CFNJ Announce Capacity Building Grants

October 26, 2015 The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey announced today grants totaling $277,151 for capacity building projects. Funds will support opportunities to build a strong and sustainable community of nonprofits. The Salem Health and Wellness’ Rebound to Resiliency initiative brought together nine local nonprofits that chose to look at how to strengthen their organizations.…

Investors Bank CEO Joins Community Foundation Board

October 7, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Kevin Cummings, President and Chief Executive Officer of Investors Bank, has joined its Board of Trustees. The Bank’s outstanding level of performance was recognized as one of the top 25 performing, publicly traded, small-cap banks in the U.S.…

Community Foundation Honors Four “Young Changemakers”

September 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor four of New Jersey’s “Young Changemakers.” CFNJ will present each Young Chamgemaker with a $2,500 prize at its 35th Anniversary celebration on September 17, 2015 in Morristown.…

CFNJ Honors Dominique Lee as “Young Changemaker

September 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Dominique Lee of Newark as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lee is the founder and executive director of Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK), a school management nonprofit that is restarting two of the most challenged elementary schools in Newark’s South Ward.…

CFNJ Honors Aakash Shah as “Young Changemaker”

September 10, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Aakash Shah of Cliffside Park as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Shah is the founder and director of Be Jersey Strong, a new organization that is training and mobilizing over 1,000 college students to serve as community health workers and have more than 100,000 in-person, one-on-one conversations with the uninsured about their healthcare options.…

CFNJ Honors Adam Lowy as “Young Changemaker”

September 9, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Adam Lowy of Ocean Township as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lowy is the founder and executive director of Move for Hunger, a national nonprofit founded in Monmouth County that encourages families who are moving to donate their food to the hungry.…