News

Alphabet soup: QCDs, CRTs, and CGAs

If you or a family member has reached the age of 70 ½, you might have heard of a tax benefit known as the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), which allows you to direct up to $100,000 annually from your IRA to a qualified charitable organization (which includes a designated or field-of-interest fund at the community foundation).…

Recognition or Anonymity: Which One’s for You?

The Community Foundation is committed to working with you and your family to fulfill your charitable goals, whether those goals relate to making an impact, leaving a legacy, saving money on taxes, expressing gratitude, or a combination of objectives. If you have not yet established a fund at the Community Foundation (and even if you have!),…

Philanthropy Among Different Generations

Different generations do things differently. This is not a surprise to those who have watched their parents, children, or grandchildren in action! Catch up on how generational differences flow through to charitable giving. In particular, note that the donor advised fund is popular across generations, not just with Gen X and Baby Boomers.…

Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods

Sponsored by the Victoria Foundation and Citizens Bank, the Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods Grant Program was created by LISC Greater Newark to support resident-led ideas and collaborative project solutions that can ensure our communities thrive. Since its 2018 debut, LISC has awarded nearly 50 Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods projects totaling over $200,000 for projects created by residents, for residents.…

The Wilhelmina Holder Student Assistance Emergency Fund

Wilhelmina Holder believed that we all have a role to play in changing the world around us. As a Newark resident, education advocate, parent organizer, and co-director of an after-school college access and prep program, her no-nonsense and energizing approach made her a community mom to many.…

First Aid Scholarship Open to Sussex Students

The Hardyston Township First Aid Squad Scholarship Fund honors a graduating high school senior of Hardyston or the greater Hardyston area including Stockholm, Hamburg, Oak Ridge, Sparta, Ogdensburg, Glenwood, Vernon, Wantage, Franklin, Sparta and Sussex. The student will be attending a four year college/university within the United States as a first time incoming freshman.…

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.…