The Monmouth County Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) announced it has allocated a total of $112,292 in grant monies to nine organizations thus far in 2013.
The Fund was created to distribute dollars from Legacy Funds given to CFNJ. Families who establish Legacy Funds can specify an issue, cause or hometown that they would like to have their charitable legacy impact. CFNJ can then respond quickly to ever-changing community needs through grants designed around the spirit of the donor’s wishes.
The Fund’s current focus areas include: education, general health, vision-related health, women’s welfare, child welfare, immigrant welfare, and music education, among others.
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Legacy Funds currently part of the Monmouth County Fund include:
· Carol & William Gardam Fund
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· Rose Anthony Howard Fund
· Elisabeth C. Brinley Fund
· Sheila Williamson Memorial Fund
· Svetlana Stalin Fund
· Diane Dixon Fund
· George & Yvonne Alkemade Fund
· Irene A. Van Deusen Fund
· Norene Quarado Fund for Monmouth County
· Gustave A. Kacsmarik Memorial Fund
· Jane Engelhard Fund
· John & Rose LaBrec Fund
· Henrietta McPherson Fund
· Margaret B. Thompson Fund
This year’s grant recipients include:1. Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office - $12,500, matched by an anonymous donor, to sponsor two gun buyback programs in the community
2. 180 Turning Lives Around - $10,000 for the Shore Outreach Program to support Latina victims of domestic violence
3. Asbury Park Concert Band - $3,500 to support the Summer Concert Series in Belmar and Asbury Park; the band includes professional musicians as well as a student musician section
4. Collier Youth Services - $8,900 for the Service Learning Program at Collier School for special children
5. Collier Youth Services - $8,562 for the Arts Program at the Kateri Day Camp for children from low-income Monmouth County families
6. Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office - $12,500 for the Gun Buyback program in Monmouth County
7. Healthy Eyes Alliance - $10,000 for preschool vision screening program for underserved preschool-age children in Monmouth Co. communities
8. Helen Keller International - $14,000 for the second year of the Monmouth County ChildSight program for underserved middle school youth in Monmouth Co. communities
9. Henry Hudson School Band in Highlands - $25,160 for band uniforms for the band’s competition in Williamsburg (which they won)
10. Hope Academy Charter School - $2,170 for after-school program for underserved children in Asbury Park
11. Lunch Break - $5,000 for the food service, food pantry and other outreach services in the Red Bank area
About the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Established in 1979, the Community Foundation of New Jersey’s mission is to support charitable giving that is inspired by our donors, targeted at making our communities stronger, driven by creative solutions, and effective in achieving lasting change. Through a combination of Legacy Funds and Donor Advised Funds, the foundation has granted an average of more than $25 million each year to charitable organizations and currently stewards over $250 million in charitable assets for current needs and future challenges.
