NIAF Welcomes Two New Jersey Italian American Non-Profits to its Affiliate Organization Program
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that The Columbian Foundation and The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean have joined the Foundation's Affiliate Organization Program.Launched in 2022, the purpose of the NIAF Affiliate Organization Program is to partner with local and regional charitable and f...
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Provost Passerini to be Honored at Columbian Foundation 2021 Gala
Seton Hall Provost Katia Passerini has been selected as a 2021 honoree by the Columbian Foundation and will be recognized at the group's annual black tie gala on October 23. Founded in 1941 in Newark, the Columbian Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that has awarded well over a million dollars in scholarships to hundreds of New Jersey college students...
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The Columbian Foundation Supports COVID-19 Frontline Workers
To Our Frontline Heroes, I send this letter on behalf of the officers and members of the Columbian Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1941. The Foundation is an Italian-American philanthropic organization dedicated to serving the needs of our community for nearly 80 years. The Columbian Foundation is comprised of...
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Prominent Italian-American Organization awards scholarships to NJ medical school, Seton Hall law school students
The Columbian Foundation will host their 78th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President’s Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 19 at 7:00pm in Birchwood Manor, 111 North Jefferson Road Whippany, NJ 07981. Honorees include Edward Cetnar, Superintendent/Director of Public Safety, Port Authority of NY/NJ; Jack Ciattarelli, former New Jersey Assemb...
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DeCroce received the Humanitarian and Presidents Award from the Columbian Foundation
Assistant Minority Leader/Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce received the Humanitarian and Presidents Award from the Columbian Foundation on Saturday, October 13. “The Columbian Foundation is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3), charitable organization founded in 1941 by business and professional men of Italian descent. Our primary objectives are to promote the c...
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Prominent Italian-American organization awards scholarships to NJ medical school, law school students
The Columbian Foundation hosted their 76th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President’s Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 14 at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Honorees included Christopher A. Capuano, president of Fairleigh Dickinson University; Anthony P. Colandro, founder & owner of Gun for Hire; Peter F. DiPaolo, M.D., board certifie...
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