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CFNJ’s Jordan Glatt joins Great Swamp Watershed Association board

January 26, 2019 We are pleased to share that our own Jordan Glatt has recently joined the Great Swamp Watershed Association’s Board of Trustees. The Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA) is dedicated to protecting and improving the water resources of the Passaic River region, from the Great Swamp headwaters to Newark Bay, for present and future generations.…

Honoring a great New Jersey philanthropist

January 25, 2019 The Community Foundation of New Jersey salutes Walter Shipley for his decades of effective philanthropy across our state and beyond, and we extend our condolences to the Shipley family on Walter’s recent passing. Walter Shipley was the former Chairman and CEO of both Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank .…

A “Gift” to Give to the Hungry

January 24, 2019 At a certain point in many relationships, the gift-giving gets a bit stale. There are only so many bouquets of flowers or pairs of socks we can give before the charm wears off. It’s why so many people are thinking differently about gift-giving, preferring experiences over things.…

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.…

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.…