Community Foundation of New Jersey



The Community Foundation of New Jersey is an alliance of families, businesses, and foundations that work together to create lasting differences in lives and communities — today and tomorrow.


Donors who establish a charitable fund with us have the opportunity to focus charitable dollars on their timetable — on causes, organizations, and communities they believe in — to achieve their desired impact.

Web Address

www.cfnj.org/

Social Media Links

Twitter - @GivingNJ


Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of New Jersey

Assets

2019 - 530,172,076
2018 - 423,500,320
2017 - 467,622,757
Domestic Grants

2019 - 54,983,294
2018 - 65,040,673


    

Recent News from Community Foundation of New Jersey


NJ Philanthropists Celebrate International Women's Day
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

Lee's group makes that practice a purely philanthropic one: Everyone who ... among four women, each approaching philanthropy from a different place. ... career directing the philanthropic arms of...more

Community project seeks 'Stories of Atlantic City'
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

Stories of AC is supported with funding from the NJ Community News and Information Fund at the Community Foundation of New...more

CYO of Mercer County receives healthy lifestyle grant
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County recently received a $5,000 grant from the Mercer Fund of the Community Foundation of New...more

Community Foundation grantmaking tops $66 million
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

The Community Foundation of New Jersey's more than 1,100 fundholders recommended a record 7,722 individual grants in 2018 totaling...more

Holy Cross Alumnus Founds Nonprofit So Every Child Can Enjoy Winter Sports
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

Some partner with the Community Foundation of New Jersey's Warm Jacket Fund or others to provide supporting resources. Most participants...more

Community Foundation helps BD support its workers in hurricane-hammered Puerto Rico
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

So, the Community Foundation of New Jersey distributed grants on behalf of the company for those additional needs. “People do set up...more

TASK volunteers receive awards
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

Wooley is among 10 New Jerseyans to be honored in the Jefferson Awards' Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) Community Pillar...more

Nutley's 'Comunity Pillar' Walt Smith receives NJ Governor's Jefferson Award
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

... NJ Office of Volunteerism, NJ Advance Media, the Community Foundation of New Jersey, and corporate sponsors including PNC Bank and...more

Students in RVCC Service Learning Program earn NJ Gov.'s Jefferson Award
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey

... of Volunteerism, NJ Advance Media, the Community Foundation of New Jersey, and corporate sponsors, such as PNC Bank, PSEG, BD and...more

Chris Daggett, champion for local news, stepping down from Dodge Foundation
Foundation: Community Foundation of New Jersey, Knight Foundation

The biennial Dodge Poetry Festival has thrived as the nation's largest poetry festival. Working with the Community Foundation of New Jersey,...more



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Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however,  cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.




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