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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.…

Wiley statue evokes warm memories on hot day in Morristown

Thank you to our friends at MorristownGreen for their coverage of the Steve Wiley statue unveiling on Satrday, July 10th. It is our privilege to have helped steward this gift in tribute of a true community trailblazer.   From the MorristownGreen: Channeling his late mentor, Sendell led a Community Foundation of New Jersey campaign that raised $140,000 for the life-sized bronze likeness of Wiley, a lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and poet who died in 2015 at age 86.…

New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children and Members Hail Nationally Pathbreaking $3 Million Program for New Jersey’s Unaccompanied Minors and Other Immigrant Youth

June 24, 2021 The New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, of which the Community Foundation of New Jersey is a founding member, as well as Kids in Need of Defense, American Friends Service Committee, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, applaud New Jersey lawmakers for creating New Jersey’s first-ever state-funded program to provide legal representation and case management to unaccompanied minors and similarly situated immigrant youth.…

Youth Mental Health Advocates at the New Jersey Senate Highlight the Costs of Excluding Undocumented Children from Insurance

June 11, 2021 The New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, of which the Community Foundation of New Jersey is a founding member, yesterday welcomed the commitment of State Senator Joseph Vitale and other legislators to expanding insurance to undocumented children, and applauded its youth leaders, members, and coalition partners who testified as S3798 was voted out of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.…

Community Foundation hosts Philip Roth legacy gift

The Community Foundation of New Jersey is pleased to host part of acclaimed novelist Philip Roth’s legacy gift for the Newark Public Library, which is creating this unique literary destination in the heart of the city. As the Newark Public Library explains, “the Newark-born American writer Philip Roth left his entire personal library of approximately 7,000 volumes, books accumulated by him from 1950 to the present, to the Newark Public Library.”…

South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Announces 5th Round of Grants

May 21, 2021 Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ), has awarded a fifth round of grants from its COVID-19 Response Fund. Sixteen grants totaling $155,000 were awarded to South Jersey nonprofits meeting the needs of communities in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem Counties.…

Welcoming our new grants processing and accounting team members

May 19, 2021 Spring as been busy this year at the Community Foundation! Not only have we welcomed new staff members to our team, but we also have fully re-opened our newly-renovated office in Morristown. We invite you to visit us at Knox Hill any time for a conversation about your fund, your philanthropic goals, your community’s needs, or just to say hello.…