We celebrate our generous community.

In 2022, Community Foundation funds made grants totaling more than $19 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 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
  • William & Dorothy Noonan Fund
  • Roddy Scott Fund
  • John & Marcia Shackelford Operating Endowment Fund
  • Frank E. Taplin Jr. Fund
  • Ullmann Family Future 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
  • Alsup Family Fund
  • Rebecca Annitto’s Service Opportunities for Students (SOS) Fund
  • Anonymous (20)
  • Aprovecha Fund
  • Susan and Charles Artandi Fund
  • Gabriel Asfar Fund
  • Aspire Fund
  • David J. Bachner Memorial Fund
  • Baldwin-Sieck Family Fund
  • Barbara Coe and Joseph Highland Fund
  • Nancy Becker Fund
  • Katherine Benesch Charitable Fund
  • B. S. Berlin Foundation Fund
  • Richard & Jeanne Besser Family 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
  • Vincent and Sonia Canterelli Charitable Fund
  • Stuart Carothers Family Fund
  • Gilbert/Castellana Family Fund
  • The Champ’s Corner Fund
  • Chandler Family Fund
  • Change the World Fund
  • Chiang and Chin Memorial Fund
  • Stephanie Chorney Legacy Fund
  • Circle of Anonymity Fund
  • Morton and Donna Collins Fund
  • Jared Colon Memorial Fund
  • Connolly Taft Family Charitable Fund
  • Considine Family Fund
  • Michael Robert Damato Memorial Fund
  • Dawn Day Fund
  • D’Arcangelo and Dippold Family Fund
  • Giulana Grace D’Aria Memorial Fund
  • Jim and Jean Davidson Fund
  • David Dobkin and Suzanne Gespass Fund
  • Denny Knight Family Fund
  • Dobson Family Fund
  • Dodson Emerson Family Fund
  • Douglas Family Fund
  • Elizabeth J. Doverman & Ezra D. Rosenberg Fund
  • Egan Fund
  • Ellerslie Fund
  • Kurt W. Engelbert III Memorial Fund
  • Erickson Family Fund
  • F & K Fund
  • Fineburg Family Fund
  • Food for Thought – Haiti Fund
  • Ferencz Family Fund
  • The Fred and Gael Gardner Fund
  • Garimella and Dangi Fund
  • Gibson 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
  • 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 Mahmoud 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
  • Janssen Pharmaceuticals Bridge to Employment Fund
  • J. B. Delta Fund
  • Jackson Family Fund
  • Allen N. and Ann L. Jones Family Fund
  • Harlan Joseph Fund
  • Pamela S. and John F. Kelsey III 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
  • Olivia Michelle Kuenne Rainbow 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
  • Lumenaria Fund
  • Christine Macken Memorial Fund
  • Ronald and Helena Macklin Family Fund
  • May and Billy MacMillan Fund
  • Maggion Family Fund
  • Patricia & James Marino Foundation Fund
  • Reverend Joseph P. Marron C. M. Fund
  • Shirley and Art Martin Fund
  • Wade & LeeAnn Martin & Family Fund
  • David Mathey Fund
  • Mayhall Family Fund
  • Doug McCune Fund
  • Sean McGrath Fund
  • Hella and Scott McVay 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
  • O’Hara Family Fund
  • Oakbank Giving Fund
  • Ober Family Fund
  • One Vet @ A Time Fund – Project OVAT
  • Otto Family Advised Fund
  • J. A. Padhoven Fund
  • Jeremy & Danielle Perlman Family Fund
  • Els and Peter Paine Fund
  • Parmar Family Fund
  • Wallace Pelican 2125 Fund
  • Poplar Avenue Fund
  • Elly and Giorgio Petronio Fund
  • Physician and Patient Asthma Education Fund
  • Plough – Valentine Family Fund
  • PNC Fund
  • Allen D. and Rhona W. Porter Fund
  • Pratt Family Fund
  • PMRC Community Development Fund
  • Princeton Hook & Ladder Company Fund
  • Princeton September 11th Memorial Fund
  • Princeton Transit Trust Fund
  • Protage Charitable Fund
  • Ravindranath Fund
  • Reichelderfer-Blair Fund
  • Politziner Reitman Fund
  • Rittenberg Dyer Family 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 Special Contributions Fund
  • Ryan Donor Advised Fund
  • Sanderson Family Fund
  • Sapoch Family Fund
  • Schaeder/Batterman Family Fund
  • Bill & Ashley Schofield Family Fund
  • Schreyer Fund
  • Schwartz Family Fund
  • 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
  • Fritz Stern Fund
  • Doris Stewart McDaniel Family Fund
  • Warren and Andrea Stock Family Fund
  • Stone Family Fund
  • Bill Stowe & Karin Trainer Fund
  • Penny and Ted Thomas Fund
  • Troll Family Fund
  • Twenty-Five Dollar Fund
  • Ullmann Family Fund
  • Vakkas Fund
  • Anne VanLent Fund
  • Martha and George Vaughn Fund
  • Wailoo-Isenberg Fund
  • David and Karen Waldman Fund
  • Wallace Fund
  • John D. Wallace Jr. Memorial Fund
  • Wallace-Gibson Grandchildren’s 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
  • Wingmead Trust
  • Myra and Van Zandt Williams Jr. Fund
  • Donald and Susan Wilson Fund
  • Winant Family Fund
  • Bob and Barbara Wolfe Charitable Fund
  • David T. Zing Memorial 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
  • Rush Holt & Margaret Lancefield Designated Fund #2
  • 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
  • Wallace 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.

Scholarship Funds

Tuition support and recognition to area students

*Bold type designates endowed funds set up to support our communities today and forever.

 

  • Princeton Post No. 76, American Legion Dr. Henry J. Frank Scholarship Fund
  • Bethany Scholarship Fund
  • Frank Clark Memorial Fund
  • Frank, Ada, and Elizabeth Compton Scholarship Fund
  • M. Elizabeth Cordwell Scholarship Fund
  • Shirley Irons Forrest, Class of 1938 and John R. Forrest, Class of 1937 Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Thomas George Fund
  • Sandra M. Glazier Memorial Fund
  • A. Myrtle Hensor Teaching Scholarship Fund
  • Institute for Advanced Study Pre-School Scholarship Fund
  • William F. Johnson Jr. Fund
  • Lion Woodward Education Fund of the Rotary Club of Trenton
  • Louise Maas Allied Health Professions Scholarship Fund
  • Ronald and Helena Macklin Scholarship Fund
  • Michael McGarry Skowronek Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Mary Elliott Wislar Memorial Scholarship 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
  • Anonymous (2)
  • ARC Mercer
  • Arm in Arm
  • Arts Council of Princeton
  • Association of Black Princeton Alumni Adam C. Henry ’91 Fund
  • B. Richard & Mary R. Benioff Fund
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County
  • David & Stacey Anderson Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Hilton & Lorraine Anderson Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Lewis & Carolyn Coleman Family Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Lois Dilts Coleman Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Reginald & Victoria Coleman Family Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • David Der-Arakelian Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Moore Gates Jr. Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Sheehy & Molinelli Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Herbert F. Moore Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Princeton Soccer Association Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Mary Reed Boys & Girls Fund
  • Thomas Edison State University Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • James A. Vinson Family Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Capital Harmony Works
  • Capital Philharmonic Endowment Fund
  • Charles L. Galbraith Fund
  • D&R Greenway Land Trust
  • Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey
  • Grounds For Sculpture
  • Historic Morven
  • HomeFront
  • Junior League of Greater Princeton
  • Stanley Katz Prize Fund for Excellence in the Public Humanities
  • Lawrence Township Education Foundation
  • Lead New Jersey
  • Mercer Street Friends
  • NAMI Mercer
  • National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton
  • New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
  • New Jersey Council for the Humanities
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • New Jersey Press Foundation
  • Friends of the New Jersey State Museum
  • Anthony F. Miskowski Education Fund
  • 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 Ballet Society Board
  • Princeton Charter Foundation
  • Princeton Community Housing
  • Princeton Education Foundation
  • Princeton Festival Endowment Fund
  • Princeton Festival Luna Fund
  • Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad
  • Princeton Nursery School
  • Princeton Pro Musica
  • Princeton Public Library
  • Friends & Foundation of the Princeton Public Library
  • Princeton Recreation Department
  • Princeton Senior Resource Center
  • Princeton Symphony Orchestra
  • Rotary Club of Princeton Foundation
  • SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals
  • Senior Care Services of NJ
  • SERV Behavioral Health System
  • J. Seward Johnson Sr. Assistance Fund at PSRC
  • Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
  • The Suppers Program
  • Trent House Association
  • Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
  • Trenton Cyrus Foundation
  • Trinity Church
  • United Way of Greater Mercer County
  • Van Harlingen Historical Society
  • The Watershed Institute
  • Waldorf School of Princeton
  • Waxwood Fund
  • 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
  • Anonymous
  • 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
  • Liz Gray Erickson Fund of the Fund for Women & Girls
  • Esther Y. Eure Fund
  • Fannie and Jim Floyd Fund
  • Founders’ Fund
  • Fund for Mercer County
  • Archer and Thomas Harvey Fund
  • Eleanor V. Horne Special Community Needs Fund
  • J. Seward Johnson Sr. Fund
  • McAlpin Fund
  • Nancy’s Fund
  • Nancy W. Kieling Fund II
  • LVC 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