June 4, 2014 We get this question a lot, so we turned to our friends, attorneys Lance Eisenberg and Sandy Sherman, and CFNJ Board member and financial advisor Michael Maglio for some answers. Click below to learn more.
April 22, 2014 The New Jersey Recovery Fund has now topped $4.2 million across roughly 86 grants to pursue smart recovery decisions that will help New Jersey avoid repeating the type of devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. The Fund has…
April 14, 2014 Our friends at Impact 100 Garden State might want to think about a name change… that’s because they’ve far outpaced their goal of having 100 New Jersey women participate in their giving. The group’s 2014 membership period…
February 25, 2014 Our friends over at Impact 100 Garden State have announced their schedule for accepting and reviewing 2014 grant applications. Scroll down for all the details. April 9. Announcement of the 2014 grant and posting of 2014 Grant…
February 21, 2014 The New York Times takes a look at David Rubenstein’s philanthropy which he dubs, “patriotic giving.” So what is it? We’ll let the giving tell the story… From the New York Times (link to full story here):…
January 23, 2014 Thanks to a $135,000 grant from our friends and partners at Impact 100 Garden State (learn more about them here), more New Jersey veterans will be able to “recover from the physical, emotional and psychological pain of…
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…
November 11, 2013 We’ve told you about our friends at Impact 100 Garden State, an aspiring nonprofit organization we house here at the Community Foundation. Click here for the story of their founding, here for the announcement of their grant…
October 21, 2013 The New York Times this week takes a look at the giving habits of donors. It’s an important subject, they argue, as we enter the so-called fourth quarter “giving season.” Included in the piece were several concerns donors often have…
October 9, 2013 KerstenDirect recently took a look at the biggest nonprofits in each of the 50 states, culminating in the release of the “United States of Nonprofits” map. For New Jersey, we came out on top! We love a…