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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.…

James H. Lynch Jr Memorial Scholarship Fund

Thank you for donating to the James H. Lynch Jr Memorial Scholarship Fund. The James H. Lynch Jr Memorial Scholarship Fund is part of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, and as such your gift is fully tax deductible. Cash contributions may be made by check payable and mailed to: Community Foundation of New Jersey Post Office Box 338 Morristown, New Jersey 07963-0338…

Thoughts on Giving Circles in the Workplace

The median contribution made by individuals in workplace giving campaigns declined by 10 percent from 2016 to 2018, according to a report from Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose. This coincides, says the Chronicle of Philanthropy, with an increase in the philanthropic choices for employees – from matching contributions to paid time off and new online giving platforms that pop up every day.…

Some Thoughts on Rockefeller’s “Giving While Living” Survey

January 27, 2020 Of all the factors that go into creating a philanthropic legacy, central to it all is the “time horizon” for that legacy. According to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, roughly two thirds of legacy-minded philanthropists opt for their philanthropy to last in-perpetuity; the other third choose a time-limited approach in which the dollars of a legacy fund are spent down or spent out within a fixed period of time.…

Maslow Scholarship Accepting 2020 Applications

January 27, 2020 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship, which it administers on behalf of members of the Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) Class of 1966, is accepting applications for the Fall 2020 term.…

Impact 100 Garden State to Host Lunch at Seasons 52

January 13, 2020 Impact 100 Garden State is hosting a Meet & Mingle lunch for prospective members in the Napa Room at Seasons 52, 410 Commons Way in Bridgewater on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 from 12 noon to 2 pm. Any woman interested in learning about membership in Impact 100 is invited to attend.…