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PSEG Employee Crisis Fund

The PSEG Employee Crisis Fund provides short-term, emergency support to employees or eligible dependents that are experiencing a financial hardship resulting from a sudden, severe, overwhelming and unexpected event that is beyond their control. The event also results in significant pressure on the family’s financial resources.…

$1 Million Endowment Established to Support Field Trips for Newark Students

October 5, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, the Victoria Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Newark Public Schools today announced the creation of the Pi Chubb Newark Field Trip Fund, a $1 million dollar endowment ensuring Newark children get outside their classrooms to experience field trips that enhance learning for many years to come.…

Announcing $1 Million for Newark Field Trips

The Community Foundation of New Jersey will join the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, and Newark Public Schools at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5th at Central High School in Newark to the creation of the Pi Chubb Newark Field Trip Fund, a $1 million dollar endowment of Field Trip New Jersey named in honor of Percy “Pi” Chubb III.…

How to Help Haiti

October 4, 2016 The people of Haiti have already been through so much, and still haven’t fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake that leveled so much of their country, making the impact of Hurricane Matthew especially devastating. Many philanthropic New Jerseyans are asking how they can help the people of Haiti during this especially trying time.…

Monmouth Beach First Aid Squad Dedicates New HQ

September 27, 2016 On Saturday, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was pleased to attend the dedication of the Monmouth Beach First Aid Squad headquarters, which was restored after sustaining significant damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The Community Foundation’s Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund made a grant of $35,000 to assist with the restoration.…

10 Questions with Board Chair Tom Uhlman

August 29, 2016 Tom Uhlman will enter his fourth and final year as Chair of the Community Foundation’s Board, so we spoke with him about how the Community Foundation has evolved and grown over the past several years. A highlight of Tom’s tenure on the Board has been his focus on governance and leadership work, two areas in which the Community Foundation has built on past successes.…

‘Yellow Card’ Dating Violence Campaign Reports on Progress

August 25, 2016 When the Community Foundation’s Morris County Committee made a grant to Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS) to help launch the Yellow Card Campaign in 2014, it was with the goal of increasing awareness of dating-related violence and, importantly, supporting a culture of safety and respect.…

New Jersey Students to Participate in Mock Presidential Election

August 16, 2016 What do New Jersey’s middle and high school students think about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? And how are their opinions different from their parents’?  We will soon know, thanks to a unique philanthropic partnership. The New Jersey Center for Civic Education and the New Jersey Social Studies Supervisors Association today announced that the Community Foundation of New Jersey will fund the New Jersey Mock Election project.…

Community Foundation Bolsters Helpline to Fight Opiate Epidemic

August 12, 2016 By now, you’ve heard the statistic. If every New Jerseyan addicted to heroin today lived in one place, it would be New Jersey’s fourth-largest city. With a population of 128,000, “Herointown” – as the Star-Ledger dubbed it – would feature people of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds.…

Students learn through art and reading at Philadelphia Museum of Art

July 25, 2016 On July 14th, twenty-three Head Start students from Center For Family Services experienced a culturally and intellectually stimulating field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art thanks to a grant made possible by the Field Trip New Jersey Fund, a new fund and pilot program designed to support opportunities for students in underserved communities to experience field trips.…