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Staff and/or trustees from new CNJG members and new staff and trustees of veteran CNJG members are invited to this in-person meeting prior to the Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon to meet fellow new members, hear about each other’s funding strategies, and learn about the programs and services CNJG offers.
We provide space for our members to connect, learn and share together on how to effectively address racial equity in their work as philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs), and works to share our members’ learnings with the broader philanthropy field. As part of these efforts, we are pleased to share case stories from our members about their racial equity work.
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served and the communities impacted. That data should be used to assess practices and drive decision making.
Responding Post Sandy: Philanthropic Relief & Recovery
CNJG has long been committed to helping our members diversify the make-up of their boards. That’s why we initiated the Board Bank project in partnership with the American Conference on Diversity.
The Community Foundation of South Jersey formally launched in 2008 after three years of extensive planning through the efforts of CNJG and a number of Council members.
Looking to improve the collection and sharing of philanthropic data, the Foundation Center and the United Philanthropy Forum (of which CNJG is a member) have entered into a partnership.
We are pleased to share the Newark Philanthropic Liaison's latest Report to the Field. In 2023, we were proud of the multiple opportunities we had to spotlight the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers' leadership in starting and continuing this innovative model. Partners from across the country, from Philanthropy Serving Organizations (PSOs) to state and local governments, are considering the creation of a role similar to the Newark Liaison. Now more than ever, it is through partnerships that we will achieve our biggest collective goals in our sector.
Learn why your organization’s response to COVID must uplift immigrants and their families – now and for the future.
CNJG encourages its membership to participate in the Council on Foundations’ annual salary survey to help shape the future of philanthropic compensation.
Join your fellow corporate CNJG members for an online discussion about your volunteer programs; how they’ve changed, and how they continue to evolve as we emerge from the pandemic.
You don’t need to be a technologist to understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our world, including philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
Once again, we’re joining our colleagues from across the nation and visiting with our Congressional delegation – albeit virtually – as part of Foundations on the Hill.
The first session of this series will provide an overview of activities that constitute advocacy and public policy work; various advocacy roles for foundations; definitions of lobbying; and rules for private and public foundation grants to nonprofits that lobby, including general support, specific projects and multi-year grants.
I can’t believe October began last weekend. I honestly don’t know where the time goes. Before you know it, the new year will be here.
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.
In the second session of this series, Grantmakers will learn why advocacy and policy work are important to achieve their foundation’s mission and how to make a successful case to stakeholders and trustees.
We are pleased to share CNJG’s 2021 Newark Philanthropic Liaison Report to the Field. First established in 2007, the Liaison office represents one of the nation’s first formal partnerships between a city and the philanthropic community.
CNJG invites its members to register for and join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and the RISE Together Fund for a discussion on the rise of white nationalism, research and strategies on responding to hate, and how funders can support BIPOC communities that are working to build solidarity across movements.