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Impact 100 Garden State to Host Local Gatherings for Prospective Members in February and March

January 21, 2019 Impact 100 Garden State is a simple concept: one woman, one donation, one vote. Women work together to provide transformative grants to local non-profits in Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union counties. Each member donates $1000 a year and together they make the impact of a $100,000 donation. …

MWWPR’s Dawn Lauer, Impact NJ’s Michael Murphy Join Community Foundation Board

January 18, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Dawn Lauer of MWWPR and Michael Murphy, former Morris County Prosecutor and co-founder of Impact NJ, have joined its Board of Trustees. As Executive Vice President and Managing Director of B2B Communications at MWWPR, Dawn Lauer has built the agency’s Business to Business practice from the ground up and today oversees strategic programming for a range of public, private and not-for profit clients across all aspects of brand building.…

Community Foundation Grantmaking Way Up for 2018, Tops $66 million

The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its more than 1,100 fundholders for recommending a record 7,722 individual grants in 2018 totaling $66.7 million. This figure represents a $17 million increase in dollars going to worthy causes as compared to last year’s total of $49.5 million from 6,515 grants.…

Hooey Scholarship for Chatham High School Grads Now Open

January 3, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Austin O. Hooey Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2019 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.…

Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship Fund Accepting 2019 Applications

December 18, 2018 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2019 term. The merit scholarship will award $2,500 to a Union County resident attending a New Jersey law school on a full-time basis.…

Alfred J. Speak Scholar Heads to Disney World

December 18, 2018 When Hanover Park High School senior Gina Santora put her extracurricular activities on hold to provide long-term care to a student with Cerebral Palsy, it was not only a reflection of her good character and the lessons she learned in a family that regularly cared for family members in need, but also a window into the mind of a young woman positively determined to achieve her dream of a college education.…

An Effective Vehicle for Securing Philanthropic Resources for Local Communities

By Jordan Glatt & Michael Inganamort December 5, 2018 The following opinion editorial appeared in the December issue of NJ Municipalities magazine. A century ago, community chests were the beating heart of philanthropy in towns across America. They would collect private support for local projects, while uniting the people and businesses in a community and creating the built infrastructure – from town squares to playgrounds – that gave towns their character and vibrancy.…

Beck Scholar Justin Wozniak “Making the Most of All Opportunities”

November 28, 2018 Justin Wozniak of Maplewood recently shared with the Community Foundation of New Jersey that he is intent on “making the most of all the opportunities [he] will encounter [in his] upcoming junior year and beyond” – and his schedule certainly backs that up.…

It’s Giving Tuesday: Help us feed more NJ families

November 27, 2018 Today’s the day! Giving Tuesday is a way to not only kick off the holiday season, but also share with loved ones the causes or communities that matter most to you. With a gift through the Community Foundation of New Jersey, you have a story to share around the table – one of effective giving and local impact.…

Commentary: Tax law creates new approach to giving

November 23, 2018 The below article was published by the New Jersey Hills Media Group. Click here for the original article. Ask any New Jerseyan about our state’s biggest challenges and you will hear about property taxes, the pension system, or New Jersey Transit.…

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