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Fundholder Brings Clean Drinking Water Around the World

With a donor advised fund at the Community Foundation, you can give beyond 501c3 organizations in the United States, to also support charitable projects around the world. It’s been our privilege to work with one fundholder family to bring clean water to communities half a world away.…

Jersey Gives a Damn: Episode 2 with Mark Dinglasan

The ‘Jersey Gives a Damn’ podcast captures conversation with the innovators, leaders, and changemakers making New Jersey’s communities stronger. It’s hosted by Aaron Turner, Chief Philanthropic Officer at the Community Foundation of New Jersey where it’s our privilege to help hundreds of philanthropically minded New Jerseyans have the greatest impact on the causes and communities they care about.…

Prudential Financial Launches Prudential Community Grants Program to Provide Micro-Grants to Local Individuals and Non-profit Organizations

March 1, 2023 Today, Prudential Financial announced the launch of the Prudential Community Grants Program to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth, with $500,000 in total funding. By working with Newark residents and organizations, Prudential aims to support neighborhood-based solutions and highlight community vitality.…

Jersey Gives a Damn: Episode 1 with Ryan Haygood

You read that right: we give a damn! And now we’re doing so on our very own podcast. Special thanks to our inaugural guest, Ryan Haygood of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Listen along as the Foundation’s Aaron Turner speaks with Ryan about specific social justice challenges facing the state, what his organization is doing to address them, and how others can get involved.…

The Gathering of Givers is Back!

The Gathering of Givers event is a unique experience, offering women from across our state the chance to gather, connect, heal, motivate each other and recommit their energies to the collective fight ahead. The Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to be a founding partner of this extraordinary event.…

Numerous Scholarship Opportunities Now Open to Students

The Community Foundation administers 140 scholarship funds benefiting college-bound graduating high school seniors, and in a few cases, students currently enrolled in first time undergraduate studies. Our scholarship opportunities run the gamut, from those exclusive to a local high school or specific geographic region to those supporting specific majors or career pursuits.…

Response to the Earthquake in Turkey & Syria

The earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday is a full-scale humanitarian disaster, with the death toll now exceeding 5,000. Many fundholders have reached out seeking guidance on the most effective ways to give. Below, we share several organizations in which we have high confidence.…

Community Foundation Fundholders Give More than $150 Million in 2022

The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its 1,160 fundholders for making 7,350 philanthropic gifts to worthy causes and communities in 2022 totaling approximately $153 million. The total dollar amount of grants is a record for the Community Foundation, following annual grantmaking of $103 million in 2021, $87.5 million in 2020, and $57.8 million in 2019.…