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Zufall’s Eva Turbiner Joins Community Foundation Board

April 26, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Eva Turbiner, President and CEO of Zufall Health, has joined its Board of Directors. Zufall Health is a fully licensed Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides affordable medical and dental care to underserved New Jerseyans in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Somerset, and Essex counties.…

Branch Brook Park Alliance Fund

A Legacy Program of Branch Brook Park Alliance   To donate to the Branch Brook Park Alliance Fund, please click here.                                                     Photo credit: Joseph A.…

Community Foundation Supporting Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Minors

Latest Changemaker Project Offers Opportunity for Fundholders April 15, 2016 The crush of unaccompanied children at the United States’ Southern border may seem like a far-away problem, but it’s impact is being felt across New Jersey. More than five thousand of these children – from places like Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico that are facing pandemic violence – have come to New Jersey to stay with family or close friends and ultimately pick up the pieces of their lives.…

Morris Committee Funds Student Mural in Rockaway

April 13, 2016 Fifth grade students at the Dennis O’Brien Elementary School in Rockaway recently participated in an artist residency program with local artist Dan Fenelon. A grant from the Community Foundation’s Morris County Committee to our friends and partners at Morris Arts helped to make this project possible.…

New Giving Platform Launching April 20th

April 12, 2016 On Wednesday, April 20th we will be upgrading the platform on which you login to your fund to recommend grants. We think you will find the upgraded platform a lot more user-friendly. In addition to being able to review grant histories, check account balances, scan Changemaker Project giving opportunities, and make grants, you will also now have the ability to sort your past grants however you like, access investment options more easily, connect with like-minded fundholders in issue groups, and better understand the work of the Community Foundation and how it connects to your own philanthropic goals and priorities.…

Fundholder’s Mission: Elevating a Nation, One Man at a Time

April 11, 2016 In a nation founded on the equality of all men, African-Americans have faced countless roadblocks to realizing their full potential. From incarceration and unemployment rates, to teenage pregnancy and fatherlessness, African-Americans have for too long been near the bottom of nearly every measure of productivity and healthy living.…

Community Foundation Hiring Accountant

March 31, 2016 When fundholders come together to create $100 million in new philanthropy in a single year, you really have your work cut out for you. That’s why the Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to be growing once again.…

Arts Programs Inspire Students in Newark

March 30, 2016 Of the more than 44,000 students served by the Newark School of the Arts (NSA) since its 1968 founding are accomplished musicians, vocalists, dancers, painters, sculptors, photographers, and even cartoonists who have continued their studies at conservatories around the world.…