March 1, 2023 Today, Prudential Financial announced the launch of the Prudential Community Grants Program to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth, with $500,000 in total funding. By working with Newark residents and organizations, Prudential aims to…
September 24, 2019 Despite granting more than $1 million in scholarships every year, the Community Foundation of New Jersey knows there is still tremendous need among New Jersey’s aspiring learners. It’s why, in 2017, we launched the Scholarship Opportunity Fund with…
October 9, 2017 On October 4th, the Community Foundation of New Jersey, with partner U.S. Trust, hosted an engaging conversation with four diverse stakeholders in the economic transformation underway in Newark, NJ. Ommeed Sathe, who leads impact investments for Prudential…
June 1, 2017 We’re proud to announce that our friends and partners at Grameen America have reached several milestones at its newest branch in Newark, New Jersey. Opened in November 2016 with funding from the Community Foundation of New Jersey…
May 1, 2017 Student members of the New Jersey Future Educators Association chapter at Newark’s American History High School recently spent a few days in Washington, DC and Baltimore thanks, in part, to funding from Field Trip New Jersey and…
NJTV takes a look at our recently announced $1 million endowment for Newark field trips. Click below for the video (starts at 7:49):
October 5, 2016 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, the Victoria Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Newark Public Schools today announced the creation of the Pi Chubb Newark Field Trip Fund, a $1 million dollar endowment ensuring Newark…
The Community Foundation of New Jersey will join the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, and Newark Public Schools at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5th at Central High School in Newark to the creation of the Pi Chubb…
June 8, 2016 Last month, students from Newark’s Central High School traveled all the way to Salem County to see firsthand PSE&G’s Energy and Environmental Resource Center. Here’s how PSE&G describes the innovative center: The Energy & Environmental Resource Center,…
May 23, 2016 Students from Ivy Hill Elementary School in Newark learned how to walk like an Egyptian, among other things, during an educational field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The students toured many of the museum’s exhibits…