Environment

Community Foundation of New Jersey Announces Energy Services Program

March 7, 2014 Recognizing that nonprofit and faith-based organizations frequently miss opportunities to make their facilities more energy efficient, the Community Foundation of New Jersey, along with the George A. Ohl, Jr. Trust, the Steven and Mary Birch Foundation and the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, have provided funding to support the launch of the Energy Services Program.   …

New York Times: National Park a Hard Gift to Give

January 21, 2014 It’s hard work creating a National Park, or at least so says the New York Times in its recent story on a Maine family trying to do just that.  Local opposition, economic impacts, and distrust of the federal government are just a few of the factors that can seriously slow down an otherwise well-intentioned philanthropic gesture.…

Wildlife Conservation Deemed a Success at Jersey Shore

September 10, 2013 Earlier this year, the Community Foundation of New Jersey made a grant through its Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to Conserve Wildlife, a nonprofit organization that sought to restore critical habitat along New Jersey’s beaches.  Our staff even visited the areas being restored by the group and got a firsthand look at their important work. …

Hurricane Irene Hardly Forgotten

September 4, 2013 It’s been two years since Hurricane Irene made landfall in Atlantic County.  Fourteen months after Irene hit, Hurricane Sandy stole the show – leaving an indelible wake of damage in the Garden State and across the Eastern Seaboard. …

Fundholder Supports Rehab for New Jersey’s Birds of Prey

July 12, 2013 New Jersey is home to a broad variety of raptors including osprey, owls, and the iconic bald eagle. Many of these birds are listed as endangered or State Threatened species and some are even facing extinction. As natural habitats are lost or fragmented, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection calls on biologists, conservation groups and citizens alike to help protect NJ’s native bird species.…

Cicadas Swarm CFNJ

June 4, 2013 Hear that buzz?  If you’re at the Community Foundation’s offices in Morristown or countless other places in the northeast, it’s the swarm of cicadas sitting outside your window. Since mid-May, “swarmpedes” of Magicicada septendecim – the 17-year cicadas – have taken over much of the East Coast with their sonorous mating buzz. …

Spotlight on Newark

May 29, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey has long worked with the City of Newark – as well as other partners in Newark – to improve the city’s quality of life.  In fact, when we were founded in 1979 it was as the Community Foundation of Greater Essex County. …

Experts Weigh in on Sandy Response

May 17, 2013 NJTV’s Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall had government officials, nonprofit leaders, and viewers from New Jersey and New York discussing the highs and lows of the response to last year’s natural disaster.  The Community Foundation’s New Jersey Recovery Fund was a supporter of the live special. …

CFNJ-Sponsored Town Hall on Sandy Airs Thursday

May 13, 2013 This Thursday, May 16th, NJTV will broadcast what it calls “a special, [two-hour] multi-platform live Town Hall event.” Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall will air at 8:00pm on NJTV as well as WLIW21 on Long Island, WHYY TV in Philadelphia, and THIRTEEN in New York City.…

Hurricane Sandy’s Impact on the Environment

April 1, 2013 We’ve seen the devastating impact Hurricane Sandy has had on countless New Jerseyans, their homes, and their communities.  But just what impact did the storm have on our state’s natural environment?  What wildlife was impacted the most?  And what is the likelihood that different habitat will return? …