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Johnson & Johnson: A Partnership for the Community

Johnson & Johnson’s credo is: “We are responsible to the communities in which we live and work, and to the world community as well.” Because six of its operating companies are a major presence here, the Johnson & Johnson New Jersey Community Fund (which also covers Hunterdon County) supports dozens of worthwhile organizations here.…

The New Jersey AIDS Partnership

About New Jersey AIDS Partnership Grantees 2011–2012 Funders 2011–2012 Steering Committee The New Jersey AIDS Partnership is the collaborative effort of private and corporate foundation leaders, public health officials, service providers, people living with HIV/AIDS and other community leaders who believe that HIV/AIDS is fought most effectively at the community level.…

Focusing Help on People with Vision Loss

February 6, 2013 Over 950,000 people in New Jersey are at risk for eye disease In New Jersey, an estimated 950,000 people over the age of 40 have potentially blinding eye diseases. Additionally, over 75,000 residents are visually impaired and 35,000 are blind.…

PSEG’s Employee Crisis Fund Allows Them to Help Colleagues in Need

February 6, 2013 PSEG is a company known for its commitment to service — ensuring that power flows to NJ homes and businesses every day by taking care of its plants, pipes and wires; helping people in need by responding to natural disasters; and investing in nonprofit organizations that strengthen communities and contribute to education, the environment and community and economic development.…

NJ Spotlight: A New Website Where Issues Matter

February 6, 2013 Because there is a lack of relevant and timely information about state-wide and local issues that affect all residents of New Jersey, the Community Foundation of NJ partnered with former Newark Star-Ledger reporters to create an interactive website that features high-quality, in-depth journalism that encourages civic and community participation and provides an understanding of the vital issues affecting our state today in education, the environment, and public finance.…

CFNJ Helps Fund New Report on New Jersey’s Fiscal Challenges

February 6, 2013 CFNJ, in partnership with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Fund for New Jersey, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was instrumental in the inclusion of New Jersey in the State Budget Crisis Task Force that examined the threats to near and long-term fiscal sustainability in six states.…

The Family Hand-Up Fund

February 6, 2013 The Community Foundation of NJ, in partnership with Family Services of Morris County (FSMC), created the Family Hand-Up Fund to assist under-served Morris County families during these difficult economic times. Thanks to the generosity of our CFNJ Donors, we were able to provide funding to Family Services so emergency funds could be directly provided to designated families who are experiencing financial hardships due to the economy.…

Helping Foster Kids Travel with Dignity

February 6, 2013 For a child, being removed from their home to be placed in foster care is a traumatic experience. With hopes of easing their pain a little, the Community Foundation has been working to eliminate one small thing that makes the move even more upsetting: the use of large black garbage bags to transport their belongings.…

100 Women Impacting Hundreds of Others

February 6, 2013 All grant-making organizations must raise funds, manage their boards, evaluate applications, and administer grants. But it is those organizations that make a discernible impact in the community that are the true exemplars. No one knows that better than the six New Jersey women working through the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) to start their own grant-making organization, and it’s why they’ve made impact the name of the game — literally.…