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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.…

Impact 100 Rings in 2018 with Major Grants in Sussex, Passaic

January 4, 2018 Members of Impact 100 Garden State and representatives of the group’s 2017 grant awards from Oasis – A Haven for Women and Children and Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County kicked of the new year together by gathering to sign the grant agreements at the Community Foundation of New Jersey’s offices.…

RegentAtlantic: Tax Planning for 2018 and Beyond, Bunching Donations

January 2, 2018 See below for a detailed summary of recent tax changes from our friends and partners at RegentAtlantic. The recent tax law changes were the most disruptive changes to the tax code in more than 30 years.  The most impactful changes to personal income tax were the elimination and limitation of most major itemized deductions.…

Our opinion: Charitable giving an American institution

December 29, 2017 As appeared in the Daily Record As we end a year of heightened civic awareness and pointed civil discord — capped by a major overhaul to the U.S. tax code — we at the Community Foundation of New Jersey have heard the full range of concerns from current and prospective donors about what 2018 will bring.…

NY Times profiles work of Family Promise, a fundholder favorite

December 28, 2017 The nonprofits our fundholders have supported with more than $50 million in grants this year really run the gamut – from social services and scholarship programs to those doing important environmental work and healthy policy. One nonprofit many of our fundholders come back to year after year is Family Promise, which helps homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence.…

Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship Fund Accepting Applications

December 14, 2017 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2018 term. The merit scholarship will award $2,500 to a Union County resident attending a New Jersey law school on a full-time basis.…