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New Jersey’s housing, land use, and education policies are at a turning point. Decisions made today will shape how we grow, where we live, and how we prepare the next generation. The Fund for New Jersey and the Princeton School of Public and...
CNJG, in partnership with the Center for Nonprofits, is thrilled to invite you to a virtual launch event to celebrate the debut of the New Jersey Philanthropy Hub—a groundbreaking, one-stop platform for understanding and strengthening philanthropy in...
CNJG, in partnership with the Center for Nonprofits, is thrilled to invite you to a virtual launch event to celebrate the debut of the New Jersey Philanthropy Hub—a groundbreaking, one-stop platform for understanding and strengthening philanthropy in...
With the recent passage of the federal budget bill that slashed Medicaid and food assistance for millions of Americans while directing $170 billion to border militarization and the surveillance, detention, and deportation of immigrants, it is clear...
How can a place-based approach maximize philanthropic impact and drive meaningful, community-led progress?
In this session we will consider the power of place-based funding and the unique opportunities it presents for achieving impact at scale...
We know that funders face many challenges when attempting to make the case within their institutions for the value and importance of investing in immigrant communities. We also know that moving money to immigrant-led and immigrant-centered...
Now More than Ever
Don’t miss the premier conference for New Jersey nonprofits and allies, packed with the great insights, tools, and the super-charged networking you’ve come to expect. This full day event will also include...
How can philanthropic efforts go beyond addressing isolated challenges to fund the interconnectedness of social, economic, racial, and environmental disparities?
This webinar will explore how family philanthropy can play a pivotal role in...
Across the country, communities are facing waves of federal immigration enforcement actions featuring unprecedented new tactics, including the deployment of military personnel and other operations that heighten fear, surveillance, and instability. In...
In this final session of GCIR’s anti-authoritarian series, we will examine how front-line organizations and funders are responding in real time to increasingly oppressive state actions, including the militarization of Los Angeles and recent attempt to...
Narratives shape policy, sway elections, and determine whose voices are heard or silenced. Media is not just a communication tool: it is civic infrastructure, as essential to democracy as roads and schools. Yet the systems that shape our shared...
What do the latest trends in family philanthropy tell us about effectiveness and impact?
Join us to dive into select findings from the Trends 2025 report. You will hear from family foundations about how these trends relate to their impact and...
One of our longest and most successful public-private partnerships in Newark, the Summer Youth Employment Program empowers youth each year with a job, workforce training, financial literacy, and coaching and mentoring. Thanks to the support of more...
The NPL led a multi-year, cross-sector effort to explore, plan, and execute a guaranteed income pilot in Newark in partnership with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research. On June 17, we hosted a community...
These articles are curated from news sources, philanthropic-focused...
CNJG's special programming, “Race, Racism and Ramifications for Philanthropy” is a multifaceted, multi-...
In response to Hurricane Ida and the devastating impact it has had on many New Jersey communities, CNJG has gathered numerous resources, articles, and information on the philanthropic response. CNJG encourages you to share these with your nonprofit...
The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers joins the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation’s Funders Census Initiative, the United Philanthropy Forum, and philanthropy-serving organizations around the country in asking our members to commit to...
From February 26-28, 2023, members of the NLC’s Mayoral Network on Community Safety and Violence Prevention, city representatives and resource guests were welcomed by Mayor Ras J. Baraka in Newark, New Jersey. Attendees saw firsthand the strides made...
On March 9th, 2023, the City of Newark unveiled a Harriet Tubman monument in the newly re-named Harriet Tubman Square. The Newark Philanthropic Liaison played a key role on the monument project team for two years, ensuring that funds were available to...