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Like you, we are following news of the COVID-19 virus very closely and paying particular attention to the guidance from the CDC and authorities here in New Jersey. We want you to be aware that there may be small delays in the processing of your grant recommendations.…

2023 John Callahan Classic Boat Regatta

Bay Head New Jersey USA Friday, July 21, 2023   Sponsored by the Bay Head Yacht Club.   Breakfast / Sailors Seminar / Racing   Schedule 9:00 AM: Breakfast 11:00 AM: Harbor gun 3:30 PM: Party and Awards   Classes A-Cat Sanderling Sandpiper MC Scow Melges 15   For further information, contact Scott Callahan at 908-295-8900 or callahansailing@yahoo.com.…

The Gathering of Givers is coming up!

One hundred years after women first won the right to vote, and in celebration of International Women’s Day 2020, we will come together as a Gathering of Givers once more to hear women’s powerful voices as they shape all aspects of our collective lives: through awe-inspiring artistic expression, increasing political representation and power, transformative social service to others, through education opportunities and economic empowerment, and as crafters of the written and spoken word.…

Adam O’Brien Recovery Foundation Fund

For Gail O’Brien, a fundholder at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fight against substance abuse is top of mind at morning, noon, and night. As the founder of the Parents Coalition for Substance Abuse Awareness (PCSAA) and a member of The Adam O’Brien Recovery Foundation, Gail has raised funds and provided support for countless young adults in New Jersey seeking detox, treatment, and sober living homes.…

Community Foundation of New Jersey Commits $100,000 to Census 2020 Efforts

March 3, 2020 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it has contributed $80,000 toward a pooled fund focused on ensuring an accurate and complete census count in New Jersey in 2020. This follows a $20,000 grant the Community Foundation made to the Paterson Alliance in 2019 to help in creating an effective task force to ensure all Paterson residents are counted in the 2020 Census.…

Welcoming the Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation

March 3, 2020 Please join us in welcoming The Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation as an affiliated fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey! Through this new partnership, The Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation will utilize the grantmaking and administrative support services of CFNJ, thus obviating the need for its own staff and enabling the Foundation to focus on what it does best: to make the dream of summer camp a reality for children with kidney disorders.…

Impact 100 Garden State Announces 2020 Membership Results

February 20, 2020 Impact 100 Garden State celebrated it’s 2020 membership drive on Wednesday February 19, 2020 at the Grain House in Basking Ridge by announcing a total of 341 members, resulting in $341,000 grants to be awarded to area nonprofit organizations at its Annual Awards Meeting on June 17, 2020.…

Daniel J. Wilcox Camp Hope Fund

Please help us send children of domestic violence to Daniel J. Wilcox Camp Hope this summer. Your donation is greatly appreciated!!! ~ The Wilcox Family   var url = 'https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form?formId=16ce6dba-f2da-494c-9f18-78a0c002cb12&envid=p-leIRqP6_lUKw0UBuwr8O7w'; var iframe = document.getElementById('form-16ce6dba-f2da-494c-9f18-78a0c002cb12'); var bbemlParser = new RegExp('[?&]bbeml=([^&#]*)').exec(document.location.search); var bbeml = bbemlParser ?…

A Gathering of Givers: Elevating and Empowering Women’s Voices

A Gathering of Givers: Elevating and Empowering Women’s Voices Friday, March 6, 8:30-11:30AM NJPAC, One Center Street, Newark, NJ Tickets $20 As women, we use our voices to elevate and transform our communities, our state, and our nation.  One hundred years after women first won the right to vote, and in celebration of International Women’s Day 2020, we will come together as a Gathering of Givers once more to hear women’s powerful voices as they shape all aspects of our collective lives:  through awe-inspiring artistic expression, increasing political representation and power, transformative social service to others, through education opportunities and economic empowerment, and as crafters of the written and spoken word.…