The Westfield Foundation has named Gerard P. ‘Jay’ Boyle, a lifelong resident of Westfield, as our Executive Director. Jay served on the board of trustees for the previous six years before taking this position. He succeeds Betsy Chance, who served as Executive Director for 26 years. Jay grew up in Westfield, attending Holy Trinity Grammar […]
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Westfield – For 45 years, the Westfield Foundation has provided funding support in the areas of the arts, health, aging, historic preservation, social services and civic projects. The Foundation has granted $7,200,000 to over one hundred local organizations in and around Westfield. For the first quarter of the 2020, the Foundation granted $104,200 from their […]
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In 2015, the Westfield Foundation distributed over $317,000 in grants benefitting many arts organizations, health related programs, social service agencies/programs and education. Grants from the Foundation help individuals and agencies launch promising civic projects so they can become sustainable agencies that meet a specific community need. The Board of Trustees will continue to seek projects that advance […]
November, 2015 Westfield – The Westfield Foundation is pleased to announce the board awarded $51,300 in grants to 6 worthwhile local organizations. These grants will be used to train crisis hotline volunteers, stock a food pantry with groceries for families coping with pediatric cancer, to underwrite 4 outreach ensemble concerts and 2 L.I.F.E. courses at […]
By THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF UNION COUNTY October 9, 2015 Union, NJ — Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County received a grant award from The Westfield Foundation of $20,000 to support their expanded Career Launch Program. Elizabeth Chance, Executive Director of The Westfield Foundation, along with Trustees Darielle Walsh and Claudia Andreski, […]
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