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Pet Therapy Program at Morristown Medical Center

August 18, 2014 Unconditional love has the power to heal, to strengthen, and to capture our hearts. The kind of love only animals can give. Just ask the thousands of patients at Morristown Medical Center who’ve participated in the hospital’s Pet Therapy Program.…

CFNJ Sends Best Wishes to Hunt Scholarship Recipient

August 18, 2014 The Community Foundation of New Jersey sends best wishes to Raina Dhir, recipient of the J. Oscar and Florence Hunt Scholarship, as she enters her senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. Raina is majoring in Bioengineering with minors in Asian American Studies and Engineering Entrepreneurship. …

Nepal Floods: How to Help

August 17, 2014 Monsoon rains triggered flash floods across Nepal this week, sweeping away several villages and contributing to a rising death toll. Many of our donors have expressed an interest in helping those impacted by the flooding, all thanks to a special relationship the Community Foundation of New Jersey has with the Kopila Valley School in Nepal’s Surkhet District.…

Turning a Fundholder Idea into Community Action: Summer Jobs

August 13, 2014 One of the things we at the Community Foundation are most proud of is our work with individual fundholders to turn ideas into action, and start the process of building a legacy. Take the example of a fundholder who wanted to make his hometown safer for pedestrians. …

Jewish Renaissance Medical Center Receives Grant to Provide Medical Care for Super Storm Sandy Survivors

July 31, 2014 In collaboration with Johnson & Johnson and the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center (JRMC) has received a grant of $40,000 from the New Jersey Recovery Fund to address the health status needs of residents of the communities most impacted by the Super Storm Sandy in Middlesex County.…

HIV diagnoses down a third in US

July 29, 2014 A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association has good news relating to the fight against HIV/AIDS. The rate of diagnoses for the disease in the United States are down by roughly one third over the past decade.…

What’s Going on in Middlesex County’s Juvenile Detention Centers?

July 23, 2014 If you’re looking for good news in the area of juvenile justice, look to Middlesex County. That’s where Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), a national nonprofit, has found a “bright spot” owing to the county’s emphasis on community-based alternatives to incarceration.…

What issues should you think about when structuring a bequest?

July 15, 2014 Many people ask the Community Foundation to help them build their charitable legacies. For those wishing to structure a bequest or other type of fund meant to last for generations, we offer a host of options and steward their legacies in line with their philanthropic intent.…

Should I stop being charitable in New Jersey if I’ve moved out of state?

July 15, 2014 It’s a question we get more often than you think, in part due to tax laws in New Jersey that were once confusing. But as we reported last year, those laws have been clarified and the answer is an easy one: you do not have to stop being charitable in New Jersey, even if you’ve established your residency elsewhere.…

PewResearch: America’s Shifting Statehouse Press

July 10, 2014 When the Community Foundation of New Jersey partnered with former Star-Ledger reporters to create NJ Spotlight, an interactive website that features high-quality, in-depth journalism that provides an understanding of the vital issues affecting our state, it was due to the relative lack of relevant and timely information about statewide and local issues.…

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