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CFNJ Honors Dominique Lee as “Young Changemaker

September 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Dominique Lee of Newark as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lee is the founder and executive director of Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK), a school management nonprofit that is restarting two of the most challenged elementary schools in Newark’s South Ward.…

CFNJ Honors Aakash Shah as “Young Changemaker”

September 10, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Aakash Shah of Cliffside Park as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Shah is the founder and director of Be Jersey Strong, a new organization that is training and mobilizing over 1,000 college students to serve as community health workers and have more than 100,000 in-person, one-on-one conversations with the uninsured about their healthcare options.…

CFNJ Honors Adam Lowy as “Young Changemaker”

September 9, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Adam Lowy of Ocean Township as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lowy is the founder and executive director of Move for Hunger, a national nonprofit founded in Monmouth County that encourages families who are moving to donate their food to the hungry.…

CFNJ Honors Jasmine Moreano as “Young Changemaker”

September 8, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Jasmine Moreano of Paterson as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Moreano is the director of community engagement for City Green, a Passaic County-based nonprofit organization that facilitates the creation of urban farms and gardens in northern New Jersey’s cities to create increased access to healthy, local food while cultivating education in food systems, nutrition and the environment.…

Fundholders Focus on a Cure for Rett Syndrome

August 28, 2015 It’s likely you have never heard of Rett Syndrome, a severe neurological disorder that afflicts girls and women. But it’s top of mind for several fundholders at the Community Foundation of New Jersey; these fundholders have used their donor advised funds to make grants toward a cure for the often overlooked disease.…

Community Foundation Heralds New Juvenile Justice Law

August 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, on behalf of its fundholders with whom it has partnered to reform New Jersey’s juvenile justice system, said today it is gratified that Governor Chris Christie signed S2003/A429, a bill that a bipartisan group of legislators worked to make happen.…

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//   When the Community Foundation of New Jersey heard the story of L.B., a young man who experienced severe neglect in New Jersey’s juvenile justice system, and others like him, its Leadership Committee decided to act. With a grant to the Post-Disposition Advocacy Project at Rutgers Law School-Newark, the Community Foundation in 2014 brought legal services to more incarcerated youth who so desperately need rehabilitation.…

Fundholder-Sponsored Buyback Nets 428 Guns

August 4, 2015 For a little over $30,000, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office purchased 428 unwanted firearms at a two-day Monmouth County gun buyback. Asbury Park and Keansburg were the two locations where individuals could sell their weapons with no questions asked.…

Fundholder Sponsors Monmouth Gun Buyback

July 30, 2015 Gun buyback programs are a safe and effective tool for removing unwanted firearms from homes and communities. Best of all, according to one of our fundholders who is particularly passionate about the issue, they are “above the fray” of politics.…

Memorial Gift Provides Educational Opportunity

July 28, 2015 Joan and Katie never met and they probably never will. They come from different backgrounds and different parts of New Jersey. But after Joan’s friend passed, and Katie’s job was reduced to part-time, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was able to align the two women’s unique goals for a common and important purpose.…