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Link up with your fellow Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy! Over refreshments, you will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and learn more about what is happening across New Jersey philanthropy. All emerging leaders who are relatively new...

New Jersey’s philanthropic community mourns the loss of Jeffery Vega, who passed away January 28....
The Ford Institute for Community Building, a program of The Ford Family Foundation, works to help community leaders ...
The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits, and Impala today announced the upcoming launch of the New Jersey Philanthropy Hub, a first-of-its-kind,...
Developed by and for philanthropy, CNJG events provide collaborative opportunities to enhance key skills and examine critical issues facing the state. Each year, CNJG provides philanthropy with practical,...
Despite a field replete with research, analysis, recommended policies and practices — not to mention an abundance of educational programs and frameworks for grantmaking to diverse communities — philanthropic leaders have been slow to advance these...
This report highlights three philanthropic efforts to build the capacity of local communities in the West - The Ford Family Foundation’s Ford Institute Leadership Program, the Northwest Area Foundation’s Horizons Program, and the Orton...
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The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers joins the Funders Census Initiative, United Philanthropy Forum, and philanthropy-serving organizations around the country in asking our members to support and encourage a fair and accurate Census in 2020.
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The CNJG board is comprised of 19 leaders who come from CNJG member organizations and are elected by the CNJG membership. Each board member provides guidance and leadership to CNJG by serving up to two 3-year terms.
...Theresa Jacks, President and CEO
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Shifting Power to Shift Systems: Insights and Tools for Funders is a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) that summarizes insights relating to power dynamics from leaders and experts on driving systems change.
Over the...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has released The Philanthropy Framework, a tool for analysis and planning to guide...
We are pleased to share Strengthening Philanthropy in Newark - Report to the Field 2013 –...
"Find people who will make you better."
—Michelle Obama
The day has arrived. It is my last day serving as President and CEO of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. In a few days, I will step over to your side of the aisle in...
Beginning in October 2023, a group of funders got together and commissioned the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) to facilitate a series of dialogues with Newark’s nonprofit community to learn how foundations can be supportive of their capacity...
We are witnessing an unprecedented transfer of wealth from one generation to the next. Historically, people lived their entire lives close to their birthplace and as wealth passed from one generation to the next, most stayed in the same community....

