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Morristown Medical Center: Working to Improve Mental Healthcare

November 4, 2013 Mental healthcare has and continues to be one of the most important – yet in some circles, least understood – part of medicine.  We’re impressed by the work of our friends at Morristown Medical Center who are taking concrete steps to improve the mental health services they provide.…

One Year Since Sandy…

October 29, 2013 On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, NJ Spotlight visits the places and talks to the people impacted most by the storm. Click below to read what they learned.…

Partnership Boosts Schools Post-Sandy

October 29, 2013 Our partnership with DonorsChoose.org is really having an impact on New Jersey classrooms.  So far individual New Jerseyans have donated more than $15,000 to projects, with the Community Foundation matching that amount.  In total, we’ve fully funded 40 classroom projects impacting 2,107 students in communities hit by last year’s storm.…

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.…