Press Release

Community Foundation Grantmaking Way Up for 2018, Tops $66 million

The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today thanked its more than 1,100 fundholders for recommending a record 7,722 individual grants in 2018 totaling $66.7 million. This figure represents a $17 million increase in dollars going to worthy causes as compared to last year’s total of $49.5 million from 6,515 grants.…

Investors Bank CEO Joins Community Foundation Board

October 7, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Kevin Cummings, President and Chief Executive Officer of Investors Bank, has joined its Board of Trustees. The Bank’s outstanding level of performance was recognized as one of the top 25 performing, publicly traded, small-cap banks in the U.S.…

CFNJ Honors Dominique Lee as “Young Changemaker

September 11, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Dominique Lee of Newark as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lee is the founder and executive director of Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK), a school management nonprofit that is restarting two of the most challenged elementary schools in Newark’s South Ward.…

CFNJ Honors Aakash Shah as “Young Changemaker”

September 10, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Aakash Shah of Cliffside Park as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Shah is the founder and director of Be Jersey Strong, a new organization that is training and mobilizing over 1,000 college students to serve as community health workers and have more than 100,000 in-person, one-on-one conversations with the uninsured about their healthcare options.…

CFNJ Honors Adam Lowy as “Young Changemaker”

September 9, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Adam Lowy of Ocean Township as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lowy is the founder and executive director of Move for Hunger, a national nonprofit founded in Monmouth County that encourages families who are moving to donate their food to the hungry.…

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.…

Bank of America State President Joins Community Foundation Board

June 18, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that Robert Doherty, New Jersey State President of Bank of America, has joined its Board of Trustees. As State President, Mr. Doherty integrates the bank’s local resources to deliver one company to customers and clients, and also provides community outreach and leadership within the New Jersey market.…