Passaic County

Impact 100 Rings in 2018 with Major Grants in Sussex, Passaic

January 4, 2018 Members of Impact 100 Garden State and representatives of the group’s 2017 grant awards from Oasis – A Haven for Women and Children and Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County kicked of the new year together by gathering to sign the grant agreements at the Community Foundation of New Jersey’s offices.…

Impact 100 Awards Two Grants of $141,000 to Area Nonprofits

November 13, 2017 Never underestimate the power of a woman, and surely not the power of 282 women who share a common goal. These are the members of Impact100 Garden State who in five years have raised and distributed $1,051,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations in northern New Jersey.…

Paterson School #6 Leverages Funding for Four Field Trips

June 24, 2016 Paterson Public School #6 was able to take four field trips with funding from a recent Field Trip New Jersey grant. The first was to the Liberty Science Center where students participated in the Community Night (the one night per month when there is no entrance or activity fee).…

CFNJ Honors Jasmine Moreano as “Young Changemaker”

September 8, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Jasmine Moreano of Paterson as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Moreano is the director of community engagement for City Green, a Passaic County-based nonprofit organization that facilitates the creation of urban farms and gardens in northern New Jersey’s cities to create increased access to healthy, local food while cultivating education in food systems, nutrition and the environment.…

Turning a Fundholder Idea into Community Action: Summer Jobs

August 13, 2014 One of the things we at the Community Foundation are most proud of is our work with individual fundholders to turn ideas into action, and start the process of building a legacy. Take the example of a fundholder who wanted to make his hometown safer for pedestrians. …

Summer Job Programs Build Character & Confidence

August 24, 2011 For the last few summers, Community Foundation donors have approached us about how to help youth find summer work. Their interest was motivated by a simple belief that summer employment can accomplish a number of good things: for some, it is an opportunity to gain learning opportunities, confidence, and a set of new skills.…