The Hardyston Township First Aid Squad Scholarship Fund honors a graduating high school senior of Hardyston or the greater Hardyston area including Stockholm, Hamburg, Oak Ridge, Sparta, Ogdensburg, Glenwood, Vernon, Wantage, Franklin, Sparta and Sussex. The student will be attending…
With a donor advised fund at the Community Foundation, you can give beyond 501c3 organizations in the United States, to also support charitable projects around the world. It’s been our privilege to work with one fundholder family to bring clean…
The ‘Jersey Gives a Damn’ podcast captures conversation with the innovators, leaders, and changemakers making New Jersey’s communities stronger. It’s hosted by Aaron Turner, Chief Philanthropic Officer at the Community Foundation of New Jersey where it’s our privilege to help…
March 1, 2023 Today, Prudential Financial announced the launch of the Prudential Community Grants Program to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth, with $500,000 in total funding. By working with Newark residents and organizations, Prudential aims to…
It’s a Go! Our sleep-away kidney camp program will resume this summer at Frost Valley after a hiatus of three years due to Covid. This will be the program’s 46th season. More than 30 kidney kids between 8 and 15…
You read that right: we give a damn! And now we’re doing so on our very own podcast. Special thanks to our inaugural guest, Ryan Haygood of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Listen along as the Foundation’s Aaron…
The Gathering of Givers event is a unique experience, offering women from across our state the chance to gather, connect, heal, motivate each other and recommit their energies to the collective fight ahead. The Community Foundation of New Jersey is…
The Community Foundation administers 140 scholarship funds benefiting college-bound graduating high school seniors, and in a few cases, students currently enrolled in first time undergraduate studies. Our scholarship opportunities run the gamut, from those exclusive to a local high school…
The earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday is a full-scale humanitarian disaster, with the death toll now exceeding 5,000. Many fundholders have reached out seeking guidance on the most effective ways to give. Below, we share several organizations…
The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its 1,160 fundholders for making 7,350 philanthropic gifts to worthy causes and communities in 2022 totaling approximately $153 million. The total dollar amount of grants is a record for the Community…