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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.…

Direct relief for Afghanistan & Haiti

The unfolding humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Haiti have been top of mind for many fundholders at the Community Foundation of New Jersey. Distinct and complex in their own rights, these two tragedies present an urgent need. We are pleased to share the giving opportunities we have vetted for impact and have been sharing with interested fundholders.…

Joseph D. Callahan-Ferratti Fund

Born in Morristown, NJ, Joe graduated from New Providence High School in 2012, and went on to Union County Vocational-Technical School where he received a degree in Electrical Technology. For the past three years, Joe lived in Delray Beach, Florida where he worked as an HVAC Technician for Jones AC.…

Automotive scholarship available to Sussex, Morris vocational students

July 21, 2021 The Community Foundation of New Jersey is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the newest scholarship it manages on behalf of a philanthropic New Jersey family, the Alatary Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is intended to provide support to recent high school graduates, GED certificate holders, or adult learners with some work experience who wish to pursue two-year or less vocational/technical studies at an accredited community college in Morris or Sussex County, New Jersey, with preference given to the automotive technology field.…