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The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF)
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The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) improves community life through its work in education, public health, civic engagement, the arts, philanthropy, and the environment. Central to its success is fostering collaboration among local governments, school districts, businesses, non-profits, and citizen groups. Our partners are building stronger communities in Northern New Jersey by answering the question, "What can we accomplish together that we cannot alone?"
Recent News
Northern NJ Community Foundation's ArtsBergen Made a Splash at 10th Anniversary Bash Celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month and Jersey Arts Month
Bergen County, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, opened National Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month in October with a celebration of its…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Receives Association of NJ Environmental Commissions Award
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice program won a 2024 Environmental Achievement Award from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC).…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Launches “Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural” in Englewood
Bergen County, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the launch of “Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural”. The NNJCF’s ArtsBergen initiative developed the…
Read More »Green Infrastructure Guru to Present Proposed Strategies to Reduce Flooding at Environmental Justice Alliance’s Meeting in Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites the public to attend the Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance’s (HEJA) next community meeting. The meeting will take place in person at The Second Reformed…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation to Open National Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month Celebrating ArtsBergen’s 10th Anniversary at Connect the Dots’ Works on Water
Bergen County, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, opens National Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month in October with a celebration of…
Read More »Experiencing Flooding in Hackensack? The Environmental Justice Alliance Wants to Hear From You!
Hackensack, New Jersey – The Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance (EJA), a community group that focuses on helping people hit the hardest by environmental issues, seeks the public’s input with the completion of a survey about their…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's Montclair State University -PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies Team Builds Green Infrastructure Plan for City of Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) is partnering again with Montclair State University’s PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies (ISS) on a project to enhance the natural environment in the City of…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation Welcomes Two New Members From Stryker and Valley Bank to the Board of Trustees
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the addition of Enos Ntombura and Joseph Ferro to the Board of Trustees. Both hold leadership positions in their companies. Ntombura serves as Senior Director of Sales…
Read More »Community Rain Garden Installed and Mural Painted at Hackensack High School
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) installed successfully a community rain garden and held two interactive painting activities at Hackensack High School on June 1 at the Boost the Block Goes Green festival. The…
Read More »Volunteers Needed to Install a Community Rain Garden and Paint a Mural at Hackensack High School
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) is seeking volunteers to install a community rain garden and paint a community mural at Boost the Block Goes Green. Volunteers are needed to help with the following…
Read More »M&T Charitable Foundation Awards Northern NJ Community Foundation a First-Time Grant for $20,000
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces a grant award of $20,000 from M&T Charitable Foundation. This grant supports key programs and projects the NNJCF is undertaking: Green Infrastructure for…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Celebrates Earth Month and Announces Partnership With Hackensack Public Schools to Address Flooding and Water Pollution in the City of Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation celebrates Earth Month and announces a partnership with the Hackensack Public Schools district to address the problem of flooding and water pollution in Hackensack. The partners plan to…
Read More »Share Your Ideas at the Environmental Art Brainstorming Session
Hackensack, NJ -- Share your ideas at the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) Environmental Art Brainstorming session. The session will take place at the Hackensack Performing Art Center’s (HACPAC) gallery on the lower…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's ArtBergen Announces Call for Artists for Public Art Roster
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces a call for local, regional and national public artists for inclusion on its artist roster. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis now through June 30, 2024.…
Read More »Bring the Family to an Environmental Arts Workshop: Art Class and Community Conversation/ Clase de Arte y Conversacíon Comunitaria
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites the community to attend an environmental arts themed workshop, Art Class and Community Conversation/ Clase de Arte y Conversacíon Comunitaria. Bring the family to…
Read More »"Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural" to Launch During Women's History Month in Englewood
Bergen County, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) opens Women's History Month in March launching "Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural". The NNJCF's ArtsBergen initiative plans to…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Launches "Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural" in Englewood
Englewood, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) opens Women's History Month in March launching "Beyond the Wall: Developing Digital Content Illuminating The Black Women's Mural". The NNJCF's ArtsBergen initiative plans to…
Read More »Environmental Justice Alliance to Hold February Community Meeting in Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- If you are seeking solutions to flooding in Hackensack, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites the public to attend the Environmental Justice Alliance’s third community meeting. The meeting takes place at…
Read More »Environmental Justice Alliance Community Meeting to Take Place in Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites the public to attend the Environmental Justice Alliance’s second community meeting. The meeting takes place at The Second Reformed Church, and is free. This meeting…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Awarded First-Time PSEG Foundation Grant
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the organization was awarded a PSEG Foundation grant of $7,500 to support the Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice and Flood Mitigation Program. The project…
Read More »Mental Landscapes - A Conversation with Kelsey Zlevor
Hear Urban planner, Kelsey Zlevor, discuss in an online, live interview with the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s Executive Director, Leonardo Vazquez, her research, Mental Landscapes! Learn about her work to make public spaces be…
Read More »Late Wyckoff Resident Remembered With Foundation's Grant to Therapists for Armenia, Inc.
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joined more than 1,000 community foundations nationwide to celebrate National Community Foundation Week. During the week, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Awards Scholarships to Teaneck Grads and Announces 2023 Grants
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joined more than 1,000 community foundations nationwide to celebrate National Community Foundation Week. During the week, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Awards Grants to Creative Placemaking Communities of South Orange and CivicStory of Summit
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joined more than 1,000 community foundations nationwide to celebrate National Community Foundation Week. During the week, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Awards Scholarship to Leonia High School Graduate
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joined more than 1,000 community foundations nationwide to celebrate National Community Foundation Week. During the week, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization…
Read More »Community Leaders Honored at Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) honored community leaders in Bergen County, New Jersey at its 25th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at AURA Restaurant & Bar in Hackensack, New Jersey.…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation Opens National Community Foundation Week and Announces 2023 Grant Awards
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) joins more than 1,000 community foundations nationwide to celebrate National Community Foundation Week from November 12-18, 2023. During this week, the NNJCF, a not-for-profit,…
Read More »Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice Community Meeting to Take Place in Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites the public to attend the “Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice Community Meeting”. Join the NNJCF and find out about an exciting project to help…
Read More »Foundation Celebrates Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month With Free Public Art in Bergen County
Hackensack, New Jersey – In observance of National Arts and Humanities Month and Jersey Arts Month, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites people in the area to see public art and online programming available for free in…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation to Honor Community Leaders at 25th Anniversary Celebration
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) will honor community leaders at its 25th Anniversary Celebration. The celebration will be held at Aura Restaurant & Bar. The festivities feature a cocktail reception with…
Read More »Hackensack Stormwater Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflow Webinar Rescheduled to October 30
Hackensack, NJ -- What is the City of Hackensack doing to reduce flooding and overflows of its sewer system? Find out the strategies the city is using in the webinar, How Hackensack is Working to Reduce Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflow,…
Read More »Barrels O’ Art on Display in the City of Hackensack. Hackensack Residents and Organizations Invited to Sign up to Receive a Free Rain Barrel
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation- ArtsBergen (NNJCF) celebrates National Arts and Humanities Month throughout October. During the month, the NNJCF invites the public to see the “Barrels O’Art” exhibit,…
Read More »Foundation Opens October With Arts and Humanities Month Community Invited to See Public Artwork, Flood Theater, in Oradell
Hackensack, New Jersey – During October, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF)-ArtsBergen joins arts organizations and communities nationwide in celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month. The NNJCF-ArtsBergen initiative…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation to Celebrate 25th Anniversary With a Game Show Program Featuring Improv Comedy Group, Howdy Stranger
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) will hold its 25th Anniversary Celebration. The festivities feature a cocktail reception with appetizers, a wine/beer open bar, an interactive game-show style awards ceremony…
Read More »How Hackensack is Working to Reduce Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflow Webinar
Northern New Jersey Community Foundation and the City of Hackensack to Present Webinar: How Hackensack is Working to Reduce Flooding and Combined Sewer Overflow Hackensack, NJ -- What is the City of Hackensack doing to reduce flooding and…
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to the Board of Trustees
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the addition of Leslie J. Lipka, M.D., Ph.D., FACC and Mary Call Blanusa to the Board of Trustees. Lipka is a cardiologist now working as an Executive Director in…
Read More »Community Invited to Participate in Creation and See the Reveal of the Public Artwork, "Flood Theater", in Oradell
The public artwork, "Flood Theater", raises awareness about flooding in municipalities along the Hackensack River. Hackensack, NJ -- The community is invited to attend the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF)-ArtsBergen's unveiling of…
Read More »See Artists Paint Live in "Art Takes the Bench!" on National Night Out in New Milford
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) ArtsBergen invites the public to watch three artists paint live themed designs on benches in "Art Takes the Bench!" in New Milford on National Night Out. The fun takes place in…
Read More »AARP Awards Highly Competitive 2023 Community Challenge Grant to Northern New Jersey Community Foundation
The grant supports the foundation's initiatives to mitigate flooding in the City of Hackensack. Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the organization received a Flagship Grant through the 2023 AARP…
Read More »Visual Artists Wanted for "Barrels O' Art" in Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's Arts Bergen announces a call for ten visual artists and/or artist teams to design and paint murals on ten rain barrels in the City of Hackensack. Each rain barrel serves as a canvas…
Read More »Call for Artists Announced for 'Art Takes the Bench' in New Milford, New Jersey
Hackensack, NJ – The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's ArtsBergen and the Borough of New Milford announce a call for three visual artists or artist teams to design and paint murals on three public benches in three public parks for the…
Read More »Environmental Justice Documentary, American River, Coming to Hackensack Performing Arts Center. Discount Tickets for Students Announced.
Hackensack Riverkeeper's Captain Bill Sheehan to Participate in Talk Back After Film Screening Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites youngsters and young adults to attend and be inspired by the special…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation to Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Showing of Environmental Justice Film, American River, at Hackensack Performing Arts Center
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a screening of the documentary film 'American River', an inspiring and entertaining movie about the evolution of the troubled Passaic River. …
Read More »Northern New Jersey Community Foundation Names Leonardo Vazquez Executive Director
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's board of trustees (NNJCF) announced the appointment of Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP as the organization's Executive Director. Vazquez comes to NNJCF with more than 30 years of experience…
Read More »Public Invited to Help Create a Public Artwork to Raise Awareness About Flooding Along the Hackensack River
Hackensack, NJ -- Are you concerned about flooding from the Hackensack River? Attend the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's ArtsBergen initiative's Flood Theater Community Workshop to raise awareness about the devastating effects of flooding…
Read More »Northern NJ Community Foundation's Partnership Awarded $75,000 Grant for Community-Led Sustainability Project in Hackensack
Grant award provided by Partners for Places, a project of The Funders Network Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) in partnership with Greater Bergen Community Action (GBCA) and the City of Hackensack received a…
Read More »Black Women and Black Suffragists Mural Revealed in Englewood, New Jersey
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) ArtsBergen hosted the official public reveal of "The Black Women's Mural" painted by artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, in a celebration at the Women's Rights Information Center…
Read More »Foundation Spotlights Food Insecurity and Donates Turkeys to Help People in Bergen County
Hackensack, NJ -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) celebration of National Community Foundation Week from November 12 through November 18 and National Philanthropy Day on November 15 highlighted the escalation of food…
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