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Fundholder Provides Football Uniforms for Alma Mater

October 23, 2013 One of the many benefits of a donor advised fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey is how it can facilitate personalized, inspired giving whenever and wherever the need arises. Whether it’s providing relief in the wake of a storm or scholarships for summer camp, a donor advised fund makes it easy to step in and make a difference quickly.…

New Jersey Registers High Cancer Rate

October 18, 2013 According to NJ Spotlight, the incidence of cancer in New Jersey is quite high.  Give us a call if you’d like to do something about that. From NJ Spotlight: New Jersey’s rate of cancer is high — 48,207 incidences were reported in 2010.…

Turning Lives Around 180 Degrees

October 18, 2013 Turning one’s life around – if necessary, a full 180 degrees – can be difficult, particularly for victims of domestic and sexual violence.  180 Turning Lives Around seeks to help individuals do just that, providing services to women, men, and children throughout Monmouth County.…

Two and a Half Staff Changes

October 16, 2013 Please join us in welcoming Karen Arias to our team. Karen will serve as CFNJ’s new Philanthropic Services Assistant while Madeline Rivera, who has been a mainstay with us for nearly a decade, will be moving to our grantmaking office.…

CFNJ Ranked as Top Nonprofit in New Jersey

October 9, 2013 KerstenDirect recently took a look at the biggest nonprofits in each of the 50 states, culminating in the release of the “United States of Nonprofits” map. For New Jersey, we came out on top! We love a good map, so check it out by clicking here.…

Monmouth Gun Buyback Nets Over 200 Guns

September 30, 2013 Earlier this year we told you about the anonymous donor who worked with us to sponsor a gun buyback program in his home county of Monmouth.  That article, available here, described how the Community Foundation of New Jersey matched the donor’s $12,500 grant and allowed the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to hold buybacks in Rumson and Asbury Park.…

CFNJ Congratulates Monmouth Prosecutor on Buyback

September 30, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today congratulated the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for the success of last month’s gun buyback program, which paid $15,000 to purchase 218 guns in Rumson and Asbury Park. Five handguns and 126 assault weapons were turned in as a result of the buyback, illustrating the fact that there are unwanted and potentially dangerous guns in every type of community.…

Lend a Hand to Colorado

September 26, 2013 The recent flooding in Colorado has been truly unprecedented and has devastated many communities in the northern and central parts of the state.  With more than 10,000 residents evacuated and tens of millions of dollars worth of roads destroyed, Colorado now faces the tough task of rebuilding.…

Researchers Weigh in on Flood Mitigation

September 18, 2013 Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation’s New Jersey Recovery Fund, a team of researchers is now sharing their findings on ways to prevent future flooding in New Jersey.  Scroll down for an article from the Sayreville Suburban:     A team of academics investigating the future of flood-prone areas in Sayreville has entered the preliminary stages of what could be done to prevent superstorm Sandy levels of flooding — or worse — in the future.…