May 18, 2022 Impact 100 Jersey Coast, a women’s grant-making collective and fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, today announced it has successfully rounded out its seventh annual member drive at 435 women strong, and with $435,000 in…
January 24, 2020 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that more than 1,100 New Jersey women have joined one of the four women’s giving circles the Foundation hosts and have made nearly $3.5 million in philanthropic gifts…
Tuesday, December 3rd is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage charitable giving worldwide. Here in New Jersey, we’d like to celebrate the work of our four Impact…
May 17, 2018 Charitably minded women who participate in the Impact100 model of collective grantmaking are changing the face of philanthropy in New Jersey, and they are enthusiastic about what they are accomplishing in their respective communities and statewide. That…
April 11, 2018 Impact 100 Jersey Coast, a women’s philanthropic group that collectively funds high-impact grants to qualified nonprofits in Monmouth County, has announced they will award three grants, each for $112,000 in 2018. Since its inception in 2015, the…
Below are remarks from Margarethe Laurenzi, the Community Foundation’s Director of Leadership Grantmaking & Engagement, at Bell Works’ International Women’s Day forum on March 8, 2018. I’m delighted to be here with you on International Women’s Day to celebrate…
November 28, 2017 In just two years, the philanthropic women behind Impact 100 Jersey Coast, a volunteer-driven organization, have awarded grants totaling $391,000 to nonprofits serving Monmouth County. At its 2017 Annual Meeting held on November 15th, nearly 250 women…