Donor Stories

We needed an organization whose collective judgment we could trust to put our money to its best use locally …  (Gail Ullman)

Gail and Dick Ullman

Giving through our fund is value-added.  (Liz Erickson)

The Erickson Family Fund

The Community Foundation is the iCloud for charity—what a bargain!  (Mung Chiang)

The Chiang and Chin Memorial Fund

“I wanted to help ease financial pressure and provide an opportunity for young artists to concentrate on their craft.”   (Thomas George)

Thomas George Artists Fund

“My fund is fulfilling my dream that one day I would be able to help kids in Trenton go to college, just like someone in Trenton helped me.”   (Debra Joy Perez)

The Twenty-Five Dollar Fund

“An advised fund is easy to create. As a flexible option, it’s hard to beat.”   (Patty & Adolf Herst)

Herst Family Fund

I wanted to do something permanent so that the Community Foundation could spend more of its time and talent on their core philanthropic work   (Ken Field)

The Field Family Fund

“We started the Mary Lynne Mount Reading Fund to help teachers help students read and succeed…”   (Ingrid Benson)

The Mary Lynn Franks Mount Reading Fund

“Honor my love of travel, sports, children and the Princeton Community”   (Henry Rosso Jr.)

The Rosso-Maguire Fund

“People can go the Community Foundation and create whatever they want to create.”   (Miki Saraf)

The Rebecca Annitto Service Opportunities for Students (SOS) Fund

“At the Community Foundation, everything was in place for me.”   (Pat Roberts)

Jim Roberts Jazz Scholarship Fund

“The Foundation has an enlightened outlook that really takes care of this community in a very generous way…”  (Ronnie Ragen)

Dr. Louis D. Boxer Memorial Fund

“Learning to view yourself as a philanthropist, with whatever money you have, and trying to do some good in an impactful way, is something we really want to teach our children”   (Michelle Minter)

The Minter-Yuan Family Fund

“We put our funds in the Community Foundation and we’ve been very happy ever since.”   (Nicole Jannotte)

The Friends of the NJ State Museum Fund

“Diane Dixon wanted to make a name for the arts in New Jersey. She didn’t have time to do all that on her own, but the Community Foundation is going to make sure that it happens.”   (Lydia Kugler)

The Diane Dixon Fund

“For a potential donor new to philanthropy, for someone with a sense of wanting to do something for their community but not sure how, the Community Foundation is an excellent place to start.”   (Keith Wheelock)

Keith Wheelock on Planned Giving