We celebrate our generous community.
In 2023, Community Foundation funds made grants totaling more than $15 million to support the critical work of nonprofits.
Community Foundation Operating Endowment Funds
An Operating Endowed Fund is a powerful, permanently restricted fund that provides critical annual operating support to the Community Foundation while producing investment returns growing the fund for the future. The following very generous endowed funds have been set up to support the Community Foundation in perpetuity:
PACF Future Fund (which includes these sub-funds):
- Blair – Reichelderfer Fund
- Alexander K. & Sara L. Buck Fund
- Judith & William Burks Endowment Fund
- Stuart Carothers Operating Endowment Fund
- Skip & Gail Cimino Operating Endowment Fund
- Gordon Danser Operating Endowment Fund
- Field Family Fund
- Robert Y. Garrett III Fund
- Moore Gates Jr. and Audrey W. Gates Operating Endowment Fund
- Thomas & Archer Harvey Fund
- Herbert and Mary Hobler Operating Endowment Fund
- Evelyn V. Johnson – Thomas Gardner Paynter Endowment Fund
- Nancy W. Kieling Fund
- McNeilly Family Fund
- PACF Future Fund
- Roddy Scott Fund
- John & Marcia Shackelford Operating Endowment Fund
- Ullmann Family Future Fund
- Jeffrey M. Vega Memorial Endowment
- William & Dorothy Noonan Fund
- Frank E. Taplin Jr. Fund
Donor Advised Funds
Fund donors make grant recommendations
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- 2125 Pelican Fund
- Herbert and Fay Abelson Fund
- Alberts Family Fund
- Alsup Family Fund
- Rebecca Annitto’s Service Opportunities for Students (SOS) Fund
- Anonymous
- Aprovecha Fund
- Susan and Charles Artandi Fund
- Gabriel Asfar Fund
- Aspire Fund
- David J. Bachner Memorial Fund
- Baldwin-Sieck Family Fund
- Nancy Becker Fund
- Katherine Benesch Charitable Fund
- B. S. Berlin Foundation Fund
- Richard & Jeanne Besser Family Fund
- Biggins Family Charitable Fund
- Joan M. Birchenall Fund
- Blair Family Fund
- Dr. Louis B. Boxer Memorial Fund
- Boyer-Rohlf Family Fund
- Henry and Barbara Broad Fund
- Bromley Family Fund
- Alexander K. and Sara L. Buck Fund #2
- Caroline G. Buck Fund
- H. R. Buck Fund
- Harrison and Nancy Buck Fund
- N. Harrison Buck Jr. Fund
- Bunbury Company Fund in Honor of Samuel W. Lambert III
- The Bunbury Fund
- Burke Foundation Fund
- Judith and William Burks Fund
- James and Kathleen Cahill Charitable Trust Fund
- Neville & Marjorie Campbell Fund
- Stuart Carothers Family Fund
- Bryce & Lex Caton’s Charitable Fund
- Tyler & Cheyenne Caton Charitable Fund
- Cedar Grove Fund
- Chandler Family Fund
- Change the World Fund
- Chiang and Chin Memorial Fund
- Stephanie Chorney Legacy Fund
- Circle of Anonymity Fund
- COALIA Charitable Fund
- Barbara Coe and Joseph Highland Fund
- Morton and Donna Collins Fund
- Jared Colon Memorial Fund
- Considine Family Fund
- Michael Robert Damato Memorial Fund
- D’Arcangelo and Dippold Family Fund
- Jim and Jean Davidson Fund
- Dawn Day Fund
- Ralph & Sari DeCesare Fund
- Deutsch Family Fund
- Denny Knight Family Fund
- David Dobkin and Suzanne Gespass Fund
- Dobson Family Fund
- Dodson Emerson Family Fund
- Douglas Family Fund
- Elizabeth J. Doverman & Ezra D. Rosenberg Fund
- Rittenberg Dyer Family Fund
- Egan Fund
- Ellerslie Fund
- Kurt W. Engelbert III Memorial Fund
- Erickson Family Fund
- Charles G. Ewing Charitable Fund
- F & K Fund
- Fedorko Macholdt Family Fund
- Ferencz Family Fund
- Fineburg Family Fund
- First Generation Fund
- Frith Fund
- Fred and Gael Gardner Fund
- Garimella and Dangi Family Fund
- The Edmond and Jessica Ghisu Fund
- Gibson Fund
- Chris Gibson and Katie Kwon-Brossman Fund
- Girgus/Chimacoff Family Fund
- Dr. Linda Gochfeld Charitable Fund
- Andrew and Carol Golden Fund
- Gordon Family Fund
- Gray Family Fund
- James Q. Griffin Memorial Fund
- Margaret Griffin & Scott Sillars Fund
- Gordon and Llura Gund Fund
- Gordon and Llura Gund #2 Fund
- Harlan Joseph Fund
- John and Margaret Harper Fund
- Harris Family Fund
- Harrison’s Smile Fund
- Harvey Fund
- Emily and John Harvey Fund
- Katherine Hatton and Richard Bilotti Fund
- Sylvia Taylor Healy Fund
- Katherine Hempstead and Andrew Haughwout Fund
- Elissa S. Herst Fund
- Herbert W. Hobler Fund
- Hodder Fund
- Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Fund
- Honu Nai’a Charitable Fund
- Jonathan Horner Memorial Fund
- Cynthia S. and William L. Horr Jr. Fund
- James & Lynn Hyman Charitable Fund
- J. B. Delta Fund
- Jackson Family Fund
- Jane James Charity Fund
- Allen N. and Ann L. Jones Family Fund
- Kestrel Fund
- Kieling Family Fund
- Norman and Nancy Klath Fund
- Klein Family Charitable Giving Fund
- Koch/Gelertner Family Fund
- The Kuau Hana Charitable Fund
- Jeanne A. LaPlaca Fund
- Michelle Larkin & Dawn Nee Family Fund
- LAWsgiving Fund
- Peter and Dorothy Lawson-Johnston Fund
- Leder Fund
- Lenel Education Fund
- Syril Lerner Fund
- Richard J. and Neil Ann S. Levine Fund
- William and Nancy Lifland Fund
- Lighte Grant Family Fund
- William W. Lockwood Jr. Fund
- Lumenaria Fund
- Christine Macken Memorial Fund
- Ronald and Helena Macklin Family Fund
- May and Billy MacMillan Fund
- Patricia & James Marino Foundation Fund
- Reverend Joseph P. Marron C. M. Fund
- Shirley and Art Martin Fund
- David Mathey Fund
- Mayhall Family Fund
- Doug McCune Fund
- Miller Family Fund
- D. P. Miller Fund
- Minter – Yuan Family Fund
- Meredith Moore and Steve Rabbe Fund
- Margaret Morgan Fund
- David S. Mulchinock Fund in Memory of Rolf & Margot Polack
- Alexandra Marty Murphy Fund
- Music Together Education Fund
- Martha L. A. Norris Fund
- Oakbank Giving Fund
- Ober Family Fund
- O’Hara Family Fund
- Olivia & Leslie Rainbow Fund
- Orchard Fund
- Otto Family Advised Fund
- Els and Peter Paine Fund
- Danielle and Jeremy Perlman Family Fund
- Physician and Patient Asthma Education Fund
- Plough – Valentine Family Fund
- Politziner Reitman Fund
- Poplar Avenue Fund
- Allen D. and Rhona W. Porter Fund
- Pratt Family Fund
- Princeton Hook & Ladder Company Fund
- PMRC Community Development Fund
- Princeton Partners Community Impact Fund
- Princeton September 11th Memorial Fund
- Princeton Transit Trust Fund
- Protage Charitable Fund
- Ravindranath Fund
- Reichelderfer-Blair Fund
- John & Kathryn Rizzo Fund
- Roberts Family Fund
- Robert’s Rule Fund
- Robichaud Fund
- Diana Rochford Memorial Fund
- Julie Luster-Roell & William Roell Fund
- Rosso-Maguire Fund
- Russo Philanthropic Fund
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President’s Grant Fund
- RWJF Rapid Response Fund
- RWJF Special Contributions Fund
- Ryan Donor Advised Fund
- Debbie Ryan Fund
- Sapoch Family Fund
- Schaeder/Batterman Family Fund
- Schwartz Family Fund
- The Shackelford Family Fund
- Reshmi & Mahmood Siddique Fund
- Martin Siegel Community Fund
- Sienkiewicz Family Fund
- Sigal Family Fund
- Simone Family Fund
- Spinner Family Fund
- Stark & Stark Philanthropic Fund
- Ellen and Albert Stark Foundation Fund
- Austin C. and Ann P. Starkey Fund
- Sandra Starr Local Journalism and Research Fund
- Warren and Andrea Stock Family Fund
- Hunt & Margaret Stockwell Fund
- Stone Family Fund
- Bill Stowe & Karin Trainer Fund
- Strong Dutaud Fund
- Sajid & Simin Syed Family Fund
- Penny and Ted Thomas Fund
- Troll Family Fund
- Ullmann Family Fund
- Vakkas Fund
- Anne VanLent Fund
- Wailoo-Isenberg Fund
- David and Karen Waldman Fund
- John D. Wallace Jr. Memorial Fund
- Wallace Pelican 2125 Fund
- Cathryn and Roger Waters Fund
- Theodora and Fong Wei Fund
- Weidner Family Fund
- Virginia L. & Jonathan Weiner Charitable Fund
- Karen Wells Family Fund
- F. Helmut and Caroline S. Weymar Fund
- Myra and Van Zandt Williams Jr. Fund
- Donald and Susan Wilson Fund
- Winant Family Fund
- Wingmead Trust
- Bob and Barbara Wolfe Charitable Fund
- David T. Zing Memorial Fund
- Zvilin Fund
Designated Funds
Providing recurring gifts to one or more nonprofits
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- Alicia Cascallar Memorial Fund
- Alexander Michael Dodson Memorial Fund
- Liz Gray Erickson Fund of the Fund for Women and Girls
- Hamilton Park Montessori School Fund
- Hobler Tribute Fund
- J. Seward Johnson Sr. Environmental Education Fund
- J. Seward Johnson Sr. Princeton Recreation Scholarship Fund
- Carol A. King Fund
- Chris Lokhammer Fund of the Fund for Women and Girls
- MacMillan Fund for the Arts
- Martin Family Fund
- Shirley Martin Fund
- Margaret Mayhall Moore Fund
- PHS Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund
- Aimee Eve Polak Memorial Fund
- Province Line Fund
- Religious Ministries PHCS, Inc. Endowment Fund
- Arnold E. Smolens Memorial Fund
- Lloyd H. Snyder Music Fund
- Martha MacGoey Sollenberger Memorial Fund in Honor of Marcia Wood, Founder, Trenton Community Music School
- Spirit of Princeton Fund
- Leslie “Bud” Vivian Memorial Fund
Field of Interest Funds
Supporting specific areas of charitable interest, such as health, the arts, education or the environment
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund
- Fund for Women and Girls
- Glass Impact Fund
- Kuser Arts Fund
- Mental Health Fund
- Minter-Yuan Family Endowment for Community Places
- Next Gen Giving Circle Fund
- George W. Prall Fund
- Princeton Youth Fund
- Trenton Arts Fund
Scholarship Funds
Tuition support and recognition to area students
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- A. Myrtle Hensor Teaching Scholarship Fund
- Bethany Scholarship Fund
- Frank Clark Memorial Fund
- Frank, Ada, and Elizabeth Compton Scholarship Fund
- Lion Woodward Education Fund of the Rotary Club of Trenton
- Louise Maas Allied Health Professions Scholarship Fund
- M. Elizabeth Cordwell Scholarship Fund
- Mary Elliott Wislar Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Michael McGarry Skowronek Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Princeton Post No. 76, American Legion Dr. Henry J. Frank Scholarship Fund
- Ronald and Helena Macklin Scholarship Fund
- Sandra M. Glazier Memorial Fund
- Shirley Irons Forrest, Class of 1938 and John R. Forrest, Class of 1937 Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Thomas George Fund
- William F. Johnson Jr. Fund
Nonprofit Funds
Enabling nonprofits to partner with us and benefit from our investment experience and capacity-building guidance
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- 101: Inc.
- Abilities of Northwest Jersey Fund
- American Repertory Ballet
- Anonymous (2)
- ARC/Mercer, Inc.
- Arm in Arm
- Arts Council of Princeton
- Association of Black Princeton Alumni Adam C. Henry ’91 Fund
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County
- Capital Harmony Works
- Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey
- Center for Modern Aging Princeton
- D&R Greenway Land Trust
- Eating for Your Health
- Eden Autism Services Inc.
- Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
- Friends & Foundation of the Princeton Public Library
- Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey
- Grounds For Sculpture
- Historic Morven
- HomeFront
- Junior League of Greater Princeton
- Lawrence Township Education Foundation
- Lead New Jersey
- Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
- Mercer Street Friends
- NAMI Mercer
- National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton
- New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
- New Jersey Policy Perspective
- New Jersey Press Foundation
- New Jersey State Museum Foundation
- PEI Kids
- People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos
- Plainsboro Free Public Library Foundation
- Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central & Southern New Jersey
- Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey
- Princeton Charter Foundation
- Princeton Community Housing
- Princeton Education Foundation
- Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad
- Princeton Nursery School
- Princeton Pro Musica
- Princeton Recreation Department
- Princeton Symphony Orchestra
- SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals
- Senior Care Services of NJ
- SERV Behavioral Health System
- Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
- The Foundation of the Rotary Club of the Princeton Corridor
- Trent House Association
- Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
- Trenton Cyrus Foundation
- Trinity Church
- United Way of Greater Mercer County
- Van Harlingen Historical Society
- Waldorf School of Princeton
- Westrick Music Academy
- Work Environment Council of New Jersey
- Young Audiences Art for Learning New Jersey & Eastern PA
Community Grantmaking Funds
Sustaining our Community Grantmaking program
*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.
- All Kids Thrive Fund
- Tristan Beplat Fund
- Charles L. and Ann Lee Brown Fund
- James E. and Diane W. Burke Fund
- Judith & William Burks Community Grantmaking Fund
- Jane M. Campbell Fund
- Community Impact Grants Fund
- Diane Dixon Fund
- Educational Initiatives Fund
- Environmental Fund
- Esther Y. Eure Fund
- Fannie and Jim Floyd Fund
- Founders’ Fund
- Archer and Thomas Harvey Fund
- Eleanor V. Horne Special Community Needs Fund
- J. Seward Johnson Sr. Fund
- Nancy W. Kieling Fund II
- LVC Fund
- McAlpin Fund
- Doris Stewart McDaniel Family Fund
- Fund for Mercer County
- Nancy’s Fund
- Leroy E. “Brick” Purvis Charitable Fund
- Robert Wood Johnson III Fund
- Barbara B. Smoyer Memorial Fund
- Marjorie R. Smoyer Fund
- Stanley C. Smoyer Fund
- Speir Fund
- Trenton Fund
- Weymar Fund
- Whitehead Fund
- Willy N. Fund
For more information or support, please contact:
Marcia Shackelford
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Email Marcia Shackelford