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Hinsch Scholar Jillian Krinsky ‘on the run’ at Virginia Tech

November 4, 2021 Jillian Krinsky knows how to balance a busy schedule, as evidenced by her large course load and many extra curricular activities at Virginia Tech. Pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, Jillian is taking a range of courses, including Sustainable Transportation for Health – a not-so foreign concept for sailors like herself.…

Beck Scholar Alexander Benanti making his mark at RIT

November 4, 2021 For Alexander Benanti of Clifton, the Elsie E. and Joseph W. Beck Scholarship has made the dream of a college education reality. The freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology is majoring in Motion Picture Science with a minor in Business.…

Johnny’s Blanket Fund

The mission of Johnny’s Blanket Fund is to raise funds to purchase blankets and distribute them to children who are undergoing treatment for cancer and are hospitalized at the University of Virginia or the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A cash gift made with a credit card, check, or wire transfer is the simplest way to give to Johnny’s Blanket Fund, a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.…

Daniel Rack Memorial Scholarship Fund

A cash gift made with a credit card, check, or wire transfer is the simplest way to give to the Daniel Rack Memorial Scholarship Fund, a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey. Credit card donations may be made online here.…

Impact 100 in the community

In 2018, Samaritan Inn, a homeless shelter in Newton, received a $100,000 grant from Impact 100 Garden State to purchase a house for renovation into three apartments for homeless families. The new residence has allowed three families, including one couple expecting a child, to find stability, seek employment and begin to save money towards permanent housing.…

Thank you, Margarethe Laurenzi

September 30, 2021 Earlier this month, the Community Foundation learned that our friend and colleague Margarethe Laurenzi will be leaving the Foundation to become the Executive Director of the Maher Charitable Foundation. While we are sad to see Margarethe go, we are enormously grateful for the impact she has achieved on our fundholders’ behalf.…

ROI-NJ: Philanthropy boosts bottom line, other benefits

September 23, 2021 Did you catch our piece in ROI-NJ? It’s worth a read: In more than 40 years of working with New Jersey businesses — from Prudential, Public Service Enterprise Group, Wakefern Food Corp., and Johnson & Johnson to a host of mid-market companies — the Community Foundation of New Jersey has seen how businesses can drive meaningful change in our state while improving the bottom line.…

Field Trip Grants Available to New Jersey Schools

We’re back! The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced 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 back for the 2021-2022 school year.…