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Hooey Scholarship for Chatham High School Open for 2020

January 8, 2020 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Austin O. Hooey Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2020 term. The Austin O. Hooey Scholarship Fund, which is administered by the Community Foundation, provides one or more college scholarship awards ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year for four consecutive years to one or more graduating senior(s) of Chatham High School.…

Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills Establishes Foundation to Support Health and Wellness Initiatives

January 8, 2020 The Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills (VNASH), a provider of home and community-based healthcare services, has established the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF), a donor advised fund with the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ).  The creation of this foundation coincides with the announcement that VNASH recently joined the Atlantic Health System family to form Atlantic Visiting Nurse.…

Joseph and Lucy DePalma Memorial Fund

Thank you for considering a gift to the Joseph and Lucy DePalma Memorial Fund. 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…

Morristown Festival of Books

In 2014, the Morristown Festival of Books (MFOB) was launched to celebrate the power of the written word. MFOB has welcomed hundreds of highly engaging authors to Morristown — including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, Newbery and Caldecott medalists, and New York Times bestsellers.…

Joan Bruno Endangered Wildlife Protection Fund

Some of the most incredible experiences of my lifetime included up close and personal experiences with threatened and endangered wildlife. These life changing experiences included gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Uganda, photographing emperor penguins on the pack ice in Antarctica, and close encounters with elephants on numerous safaris in Africa.…

Our Take on What Comes After Giving Tuesday

This year’s Giving Tuesday – the global day of giving that likely flooded your Inbox with appeals – was a record-breaker, with nonprofit organizations raising a total of nearly $2 billion. Roughly $511 million of that came from online donations, many of them generated on social media platforms.…

Impact100 Essex Announces Four Grant Finalists

Our friends at Impact100 Essex, a women’s giving circle we are pleased to host, today announced the four finalists for this year’s Impact100 Essex grant award. One of these finalists will be voted the recipient of a $120,000 grant during Impact100 Essex’s Annual Meeting to be held on January 21, 2020 at Seton Hall University in South Orange.…

Beyond the Epicenter

On April 25, 2015 a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal, bringing destruction and devastation to thousands of people, killing nearly 9,000, and injuring more than 22,000. Hundreds of subsequent aftershocks, including a 6.9 magnitude shock on May 12th, turned even more homes, schools and community buildings to rubble.…

Our Take on Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, December 3rd is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage charitable giving worldwide. Here in New Jersey, we’d like to celebrate the work of our four Impact 100 partners who represent more than 1,000 women who have collectively given nearly $3.5 million to nonprofit organizations across our state – so far!…

Impact 100 Jersey Coast Awards Four $110,000 Grants

November 26, 2019 Asbury Park Music Foundation, Clean Ocean Action, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monmouth County (CASA), and St. Marks Center for Community Renewal were the four recipients of $110,000 grants each announced at Impact 100 Jersey Coast’s Annual Meeting on November 19th at Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch.…