Community Foundation of New Jersey NEWS

NJ’s 6th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Event is January 29th

This event, sponsored by the NJ Office of the Attorney General, will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment at the NJ Statehouse (125 W State St, Trenton, NJ). The event is free; there is no registration. …

RWJ Human Trafficking Forum on January 27th

The NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking along with Robert Wood Johnson and its community partners are hosting a forum addressing human trafficking on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 to increase awareness and knowledge of this modern day slavery. Click here for more info.…

Madison Rotary Foundation Announces “End Hunger 3.6” project

January 21, 2016 The Madison Rotary Club and Foundation is seeking the community’s support of their recently announced End Hunger 3.6 Project of 2016. The number 3.6 indicates that every 3.6 seconds, someone dies of malnutrition or starvation. The project’s goal is to prepare and package between 100,000 – 150,000 meals to be distributed to various non-profit, hunger-focused organizations throughout New Jersey and New York City.…

New Jersey Herald: Educational ski center up and running at former Hidden Valley Ski Resort

The following was printed in the New Jersey Herald on January 20, 2016. For the article on NJHerald.com, click here. January 20, 2016 By Eric Obernauer VERNON — A new educational ski center, which includes more than $12 million in upgrades and renovations, has opened at the 140-acre former site of the Hidden Valley Ski Resort off Breakneck Road.…

Community Foundation Celebrates $100 Million in New Philanthropy

More than $44 Million Given by CFNJ Fundholders to Nonprofits in 2015 January 13, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its more than 1,100 fundholders for new philanthropic gifts to CFNJ in excess of $100 million in 2015.…

SHWF & CFNJ Fund New Bancroft Disabilities Wellness Center

January 13, 2016 The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey announced today a grant to Bancroft for $197,548 to establish a Health and Wellness center at its Lakeside campus in Pittsgrove, NJ. Bancroft, a leading nonprofit provider of specialized services for children and adults with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, and those in need of neurological rehabilitation, received the grant to enhance access to quality medical care for adult residents by bringing medical specialists together under one roof.…

Introducing Field Trip New Jersey

New fund will help bring learning to life with more field trips at schools in under-served communities January 6, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are excited to announce the launch of Field Trip New Jersey, a new fund to support opportunities for students in under-served communities to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences.…

Celebrating a Life of Philanthropy: Jim Kellogg

January 4, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey mourns the loss of James C. Kellogg, whose extraordinary vision and diligent stewardship of the Foundation as its president from 1994 to 2003 fundamentally transformed our mission, expanded our reach, and deepened our impact.…

Lend a Hand to North Texas Communities

December 28, 2015 Communities across northern Texas experienced devastating storms the day after Christmas, and our friends at the Communities Foundation of Texas are helping to corral support. Please consider giving to help these families.…

Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship Fund Accepting Applications

December 2, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced that the Honorable Ann P. Conti Scholarship is accepting applications for the Fall 2016 term. The merit scholarship will award $2,500 to a Union County resident attending a New Jersey law school on a full-time basis.…

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