NNJCF News

• Northern NJ Community Foundation to Hold Summer Art Jam July 25, 2017
  Join the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) ArtsBergen’s Connect the Dots Outdoor Summer Art Jam at Overpeck County Park’s amphitheater in the Ridgefield Park area for a celebration of the arts in Bergen County. The third networking event of the 2017 Connect the Dot series will be held on Wednesday, July 26 on the […]
• NNJCF’S ArtsBergen Selects Artists for Creative Hackensack’s “Utility ARTBox Project” June 14, 2017
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen initiative announces the eight artists selected for Creative Hackensack’s “Utility ARTBox Project”. The artists will paint murals with anti-littering messages on eight utility boxes on Main Street and beyond in Hackensack, New Jersey.  The artists are:  Monica Chavarria of Teaneck, Lawrence Ciarallo from Hoboken, Tai Hwa Goh of […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Collecting Dental Products for Underresourced Residents January 13, 2017
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s Community Engagement Program is collecting dental products for Bergen County’s underresourced residents.  During January, the program is partnering with Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative (BVMI), a nonprofit based in Hackensack, New Jersey providing healthcare to uninsured residents, to collect and provide dental products to underresourced residents in the county. According […]
• Spark Connections at Northern NJ Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen Networking Event January 12, 2017
    The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen initiative kicks-off 2017 with a new Connect the Dots networking series.  The first event, Connect, Collaborate & Create, will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Student Union Building, the Rutherford Room, located at 1000 River Road in Teaneck, New Jersey, from 6:00 […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Celebrates Community Foundation Week and Helps Homeless Families November 13, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation joined more than 780 community foundations across the United States from November 12 to 16, 2016 to celebrate Community Foundation Week.  For more than 25 years, the effort created in 1989 by former president George H.W. Bush has raised awareness about the important role these philanthropic organizations are involved […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Collecting Laundry Products for Homeless Families October 12, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) ArtsBergen initiative is collecting laundry products for homeless families. People attending the organization’s Connect the Dots program on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 are asked to bring laundry detergent and related products that will be distributed to homeless families and children serviced by the nonprofit agency Family Promise of […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation to Spotlight Tactical Urbanism at ArtsBergen’s Connect the Dots September 23, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen initiative will spotlight tactical urbanism at the fourth Connect the Dots networking event on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The program will be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Giovatto Library, located at 1000 River Road in Teaneck, New Jersey, from 6:00 p.m.to 8:00 p.m. ArtsBergen, an initiative of the […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Awards Grant to Fund for Armenian Relief September 7, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund presented recently a grant of $1,000 to the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR). The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Andrea Tilbian Halejian and contributes to qualified charitable organizations she supported. “The Fund for Armenian Relief was chosen because Andrea supported the efforts of […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Awards Grant to Help Children August 20, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) charitable fund, Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund, awarded the Center for Food Action (CFA) a grant of $1,000. The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Andrea Tilbian Halejian and contributes to qualified charitable organizations she supported. “CFA was chosen for this grant because Andrea volunteered her time to this […]
• Northern NJ Community Foundation Announces The Class of 1964 Ralph Gregg Memorial Scholarship Recipient June 21, 2016
  The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s charitable fund, The Class of 1964 Ralph Gregg Memorial Scholarship Fund, announces Leonia High School senior Joseph Robinson was named the 2016 recipient. The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Leonia High School 1964 classmate Ralph Gregg. Robinson received the award on June 2 at the Leonia High School Senior […]