Community Builders pledges $60K to Morris Arts

Morristown-based Community Builders has made a three-year commitment to Morris Arts totaling a $60,000 investment in the organization. This award makes Community Builders the founding supporter of Morris Arts’ Corporate Community Champions program.

Members of the program work closely with Dominique Tornabe, director of development and marketing, to allocate funds to programs aligned with their mission.

“Both of our organizations share a focus on community, making us natural partners,” Tom Werder, Morris Arts’ executive director said. Morris Arts has been building community through the arts for over 50 years by providing quality arts education programs, community arts events, and arts in health programming that make Morris County a great place to live, work, and play.

“Community is powerful. To know and be known authentically is powerful. We are in this community Sunday through Saturday, not just Monday through Friday during business hours. That’s powerful in that there is a higher degree of ownership to both the Morris Arts’ and Community Builders’ missions and approaches. And that mutual alignment is why it was an easy choice on where we would allocate our funding support. Morris Arts and Community Builders are in it, together,” Connor Evans, Community Builders’ founder and managing partner said.

Community Builders’ support ensures the continuation of key events and programs including Morris Arts’ annual Commercial Real Estate Breakfast, which has become an important forum on the integration of art in commercial development projects. Launched in 2025, this event raises awareness for the health benefits of engagement in the arts.

In addition to sponsoring the breakfast, Community Builders has pledged a $6,500 Community Builders Arts in Health Residency Award, to be presented at the event each year. This new award will be used for a project or program that creates a nurturing atmosphere for expressing health, wellness, art, understanding, and community building in Morris County.

As a Corporate Community Partner, Community Builders will also support Morris Arts’ annual gala, Great Conversations, and the Giralda Music & Arts Festival, an outdoor concert featuring the New Jersey Symphony.