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CFNJ Grant Supports Mural at Boonton School

June 27, 2014 What once were standard white hallways are now beautiful murals at the John Hill School in Boonton, thanks to the hard work of students and a grant from the Community Foundation’s Morris County Committee. More than 600 students, teachers, staff, and other community members worked together to create the mural featuring uplifting words and artwork.…

FBI Sweep Rescues 168 Trafficking Victims

June 25, 2014 As part of a renewed focus on human trafficking, the FBI last week coordinated its eighth nationwide sweep of truck stops, casinos, and adult entertainment venues, this time across 106 cities. The results speak for themselves. Operation Cross Country VIII netted 281 arrests of suspected traffickers and led to the rescue of more than 168 victims – all children.…

Where Americans are Giving

June 17, 2014 Philanthropic giving in America jumped nearly 5% in 2013, according to the latest information from Giving USA and compiled by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.  Scroll down for more interesting tidbits from the group’s Annual Report or click here to purchase the full report.…

Horseshoe Crab Project Receives Grant

June 17, 2014 The Delaware Bayshore coastal restoration/horseshoe crab rescue project that the Community Foundation of New Jersey funded last year out the of the New Jersey Recovery Fund recently received a $4.7 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to continue and expand on the work.…

36,648 New Jerseyans living with HIV/AIDS

June 10, 2014 36,648. That’s the number of New Jersey residents living with HIV/AIDS according to the New Jersey Department of Health. An estimated 9,400 cases were reported in Essex County alone, making it the most prevalent area for the disease.…

Student with Questions on Scholarship Renewals?

We get a lot of questions from students, parents, and faculty on the requirements for receiving subsequent payments from a scholarship.  Please read the below information.  If you have additional questions, call Colleen Smith at 973-267-5533. If you are interested in setting up your own scholarship fund, that’s a different ball of wax, and we invite you to click here or give us a call at 973-267-5533!…

Author Argues Against Juvenile Incarceration

June 9, 2014 If it costs $88,000 per year to incarcerate one young person for one year, it’s worth asking the question, “what’s the return on investment?”  The question is one of many author Nell Bernstein asks – and attempts to answer – in her new book, Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison.…

New York Times: Solitary Confinement Needs to Go

June 9, 2014 The New York Times editorial board this week argues that “solitary confinement […] is especially damaging for children” and solitary policies must change to as to “humaniz[e] juvenile detention.”  Scroll down for the full editorial and be sure to click here for more on what the Community Foundation’s donors are doing to reform New Jersey’s juvenile justice system (and how you can help).…