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Community Foundation Grants $1.5 Million in Scholarship Funds

The Community Foundation of New Jersey’s scholarship team today announced $1,575,096 in scholarship awards have been granted this month to cover educational expenses for 261 individual students. While most of the students and institutions of higher learning are in New Jersey, the list extends beyond Rutgers, Montclair State, NJIT, and the County College of Morris (the most popular among recipients) to also include Brown, Cornell, Harvard, and colleges and universities in another 23 states.…

Interventions That Work: Foster Care

More than 6,500 children in New Jersey were removed from their families in 2020. The fate of these children rests on a child welfare and foster care system that is not only functional, but also responsive to their needs and in tune with the latest public health research.…

Planning a Benevolent Exit

If you’re a business owner, at some point you may begin thinking about an exit strategy. Before you start putting out feelers to potential acquirers, you may wish to explore the benefits of contributing an ownership interest in your business to a donor advised fund or other type of fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.…

Impact 100 Garden State has Record-Breaking Year in 2022

June 27, 2022 Impact 100 Garden State, an all-women organization for collective giving and a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, has entered a record-breaking year as it celebrates its 10th anniversary of giving. The organization has announced: 364 members, the biggest number ever $364,000 to give in grants in 2022, the highest amount ever An 85% renewal rate and 64 new members, despite the challenges of the pandemic Two special 10th Anniversary Grants of $20,000 each, one in the area of Arts & Culture and the other in the category of Environment, Preservation & Recreation, to be awarded in October 2022.…

C-Suite Portal Guidelines for Fundholders

A redesigned fundholder portal system will debut on April 1, 2025, so we’re providing guidelines to help smooth your transition to using the updated platform. Although the user experience and appearance will be different in the secure portal, you can still manage your fund online, see your fund balance, view past grants, and more.…

‘Field Trip New Jersey’ Launches Bergen, Passaic Summer Program

May 9, 2022 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that the Field Trip New Jersey Fund, which it founded in 2016 to provide opportunities for students in under-served communities to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences, is expanding its eligibility criteria to include Bergen and Passaic County nonprofit organizations for the Summer of 2022.…

Plan Ahead: New Donor Portal Coming Soon

April 22, 2022 The team at the Community Foundation has been working hard to implement a new donor portal system, which will improve your experience at the Community Foundation and provide up-to-the-minute fund information. We are excited to launch this system in June 2022 and want you to be aware of these temporary impacts to your grant recommendations: Unfortunately, we will be unable to accept any grant recommendations during the transition from May 20th through June 3rd.…