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For Bouras Scholar, Service Comes First

February 21, 2018 For Melanie Tanis, there has always been one goal: to someday become a nurse. Well, sort of. As Melanie explained in her scholarship application to the Community Foundation of New Jersey, “a nurse is a person dedicated to the care and welfare of the lives of others… so in actuality, my goal in life isn’t just to become a nurse, but rather to dedicate my life to helping others.”…

Partners for Health Foundation Seeking Nominations

February 12, 2018 As part of their 10-Year Anniversary celebration, our friends at the Partners for Health Foundation will recognize people and individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to health and well-being in their 15 service area communities. Up to $100,000 will be distributed among 10 award winners in 2018.…

Impact 100 Garden State Recruits 2018 Members

February 8, 2018 These are busy weeks for members of Impact 100 Garden State.  The organization, which funded more than $1,000,000 in grants in its first five years, has just announced details about its 2018 grant process.  And because the organization’s grants are based on the number of members who join by March 31 each year, membership recruitment is also in high gear.…

Honoring the Life & Accomplishments of Steve Wiley

The Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to host the Steve Wiley Memorial Fund, in honor of one of Morristown’s longtime and most effective champions. Click to donate to the Steve Wiley Memorial Fund.   About Steve Wiley Steve Wiley was a New Jersey State Senator, community advocate, veteran, attorney, and poet who laid the foundation for the Morristown we enjoy today.…

Community Foundation Tops $500 Million in Philanthropic Assets

February 1, 2018 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today thanked its more than 1,000 fundholders for new philanthropic gifts to CFNJ totaling $78.5 million in 2017. CFNJ currently stewards roughly $500 million in charitable assets, making grants to nonprofit organizations in line with the advice of active fundholders or the philanthropic goals of those who leave bequests.…

Investing In and For Good

January 12, 2018 The word “philanthropy” usually brings to mind the act of giving in support of a worthy cause. And this description is, of course, true. At its core, however, philanthropy is much more. As entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad famously said, “Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged.…

Field Trip New Jersey Announces 2018 Grant Cycles

January 5, 2018 Field Trip New Jersey is pleased to announce that it will have two grant application cycles this year. Below are the dates for which the application will be open to applicants to complete online at fieldtripnj.org. Winter Cycle 2018 Dates to apply: January 1,2018 – February 16, 2018 Award Announcements: March 16, 2018 Fall Cycle 2018 Dates to apply: September 3, 2018 – October 15, 2018 Award Announcements: November 15, 2018 The FTNJ team asks that schools submit bus transportation invoices no later than July 2, 2018 to receive reimbursement for field trip grants awarded between the months of September 2017 and June 2018.…