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Plan Your Year-End Giving

As we head into the holiday season and look forward to the New Year, our entire team at the Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to celebrate you and all the families and businesses that contribute to the vitality and wellbeing of others throughout our state, the nation, and the world.…

Community Foundation to Participate in NJ Impact Investment Gathering

October 25, 2016 On November 4th, the Community Foundation of New Jersey will join with social entrepreneurs, investors, lenders, and funders for the second New Jersey Impact Investment Gathering. The event will raise awareness of social ventures in New Jersey and foster connections between them and the funding and support community.…

NJBIZ: Dekker, foundation advise ultra-wealthy on charitable efforts

The following article appeared in NJBIZ on June 27, 2016. For the direct link, click here. THE GIVING GURU: Dekker, foundation advise ultra-wealthy on charitable efforts By Martin C. Daks, for NJBIZ, June 27, 2016 at 3:00 AM Hans Dekker travels in well-heeled circles, speaking with millionaires and billionaires on a regular basis.…

Kean & Oroho Visit CFNJ to Pitch Charitable Deduction

June 7, 2016 On Friday, June 3rd, the Community Foundation was pleased to host Senators Tom Kean and Steve Oroho for a discussion on their legislation to create a state income tax deduction for charitable giving and their proposed elimination of the New Jersey estate tax.…

New Giving Platform Launching April 20th

April 12, 2016 On Wednesday, April 20th we will be upgrading the platform on which you login to your fund to recommend grants. We think you will find the upgraded platform a lot more user-friendly. In addition to being able to review grant histories, check account balances, scan Changemaker Project giving opportunities, and make grants, you will also now have the ability to sort your past grants however you like, access investment options more easily, connect with like-minded fundholders in issue groups, and better understand the work of the Community Foundation and how it connects to your own philanthropic goals and priorities.…

Community Foundation Week Celebrated in New Jersey

November 12, 2015 During the week of November 12-18, 2015, the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) will join more than 750 community foundations across America celebrating Community Foundation Week. For more than 25 years, the effort has raised awareness about the increasingly important role of these philanthropic organizations in fostering local collaboration and innovation to address persistent civic and economic challenges.…

Community Foundation Celebrates 35 Years

September 18, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey last night celebrated its 35th anniversary with a salute to the fundholders and stand-out philanthropists who have immeasurably made the Garden State a better place. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES >> Nearly 200 fundholders, partners, and nonprofit organizations joined the celebration at CFNJ’s Morristown headquarters.…

CFNJ Launches ‘Scholarship Opportunity Fund’

April 21, 2015 For too many of New Jersey’s young people, the dream of a college education is simply beyond their reach. In some of the state’s lowest income communities, not even 20% of high school graduates have the opportunity to attend college.…