Health

COVID-19 Response: Real-Time Philanthropic Updates

All across New Jersey, our fundholders, clients, and other partners are using their own philanthropy to make a meaningful difference in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will utilize this page as a frequently-updated collection of these ideas and projects,…

Welcoming the Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation

March 3, 2020 Please join us in welcoming The Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation as an affiliated fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey! Through this new partnership, The Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation will utilize the grantmaking and administrative support…

For Bouras Scholar, Service Comes First

February 21, 2018 For Melanie Tanis, there has always been one goal: to someday become a nurse. Well, sort of. As Melanie explained in her scholarship application to the Community Foundation of New Jersey, “a nurse is a person dedicated…

Partners for Health Foundation Seeking Nominations

February 12, 2018 As part of their 10-Year Anniversary celebration, our friends at the Partners for Health Foundation will recognize people and individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to health and well-being in their 15 service area communities. Up to…

Fundholder in Focus: Preventing Stillbirths

October 10, 2017 Every year in the United States, more than 25,000 babies are lost to stillbirth. Despite this staggering statistic, the topic of stillbirth remains a taboo subject. Thousands of families endure the pain and trauma of stillbirth every…