February 5, 2018 On January 28th, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was proud to join other funders, nonprofits, and motivated New Jerseyans at the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking‘s ‘Liberator Awards’ ceremony, and to recognize the work of so…
November 28, 2017 Today – November, 28th – is Giving Tuesday, and with it, an opportunity to kick off the holiday season with a gift to your favorite cause or community. We will be in the office all week to…
January 25, 2017 As we close out the first month of this New Year, we are proud to share a few highlights of our fundholders’ extraordinary philanthropic impact across New Jersey in 2016. The numbers tell the story. $108 million…
November 29, 2016 Giving Tuesday has become a national day of philanthropy – a day to think about organizations doing great work to make our communities and the world we live in a better place. This Giving Tuesday, there are…
November 2, 2016 Last night, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was pleased to host an engaging roundtable discussion for fundholders with three experts working to improve the well-being of the more than 7,000 unaccompanied immigrant children who call the…
August 12, 2016 By now, you’ve heard the statistic. If every New Jerseyan addicted to heroin today lived in one place, it would be New Jersey’s fourth-largest city. With a population of 128,000, “Herointown” – as the Star-Ledger dubbed it…
Latest Changemaker Project Offers Opportunity for Fundholders April 15, 2016 The crush of unaccompanied children at the United States’ Southern border may seem like a far-away problem, but it’s impact is being felt across New Jersey. More than five thousand…
February 16, 2016 *We are pleased to share the below release from our friends and partners at Advocates for Children of New Jersey* New Jersey advanced to 23rd in the nation for increasing the percent of low-income students who receive…
February 8, 2016 In a time of heated political rhetoric, NJ Spotlight has a unique opportunity for supporting in-depth coverage of a topic sorely in need of nuanced reporting: immigration. Today, NJ Spotlight — in partnership with Montclair State University’s…
January 26, 2016 This morning, President Obama announced that he would direct the Justice Department to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal facilities and as a response to low-level infractions. In a Washington Post op-ed announcing…