The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation was created in 1996 in honor of Jay McGillis.
Jay was a special young man who developed leukemia while a member of Coach Coughlin’s team at Boston College. In the eight months between Jay’s diagnosis and the day he lost his battle with cancer, the Coughlin family saw first hand the physical, emotional, and financial strains the illness caused the McGillis Family. After going through the tragic events with Jay’s family, Coach Coughlin vowed that if he ever had the chance, he would create a way to help families with children battling cancer.
Coach Coughlin kept his vow and started this foundation to be there in Jay’s honor. Since 1996 the Jay Fund has evolved in size and scope. We have helped over 5,000 families and given away over $11 million in grants helping thousands of families in Northeast Florida and the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area.
IN HONOR OF JAY MCGILLIS (1970-1992)
The Jay Fund Team
Tom Coughlin
President
Keli Coughlin
Executive Director
Lynn Chwatsky
Managing Director
Marissa Ierna
Communications and Adolescent Program Specialist
Rita Malie
Program Manager
Mary Jane Pulzello
Program Manager, NY/NJ Area
Julie Zapala
Special Projects Manager
Board of Directors
Tom Coughlin – President
Ernie Bono, Sr. – Vice President and Secretary
Dr. Michael Joyce – Medical Director
Lamar Wheeler – Treasurer
Ernie Bono, Jr.
Gary Chartrand
Brian Coughlin
John Crawford
Tina D’Alessandro
Susan DuBow
Tom Rackley
Sandy Ramsey
Joanne Robertson
Tom Scerbo
Barry Zeidwig
Advisory Board
Kristin Barbato
Maribel Carson
Tim Coughlin
Mark Herzlich
Dennis Kayser
Mike McGillis
Jon Miller
Sandy Montag
Tom Scerbo
Kate Snee
Allison Stangeby
Honorary Board Members
Judy Coughlin
Fran Foley
Ken Tonning
Tom Coughlin’s 2019 Leadership Team
Press Coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMRTaKwIvSc
https://www.jacksonville.com/lifestyle/20190722/art-program-jay-fund-team-up-for-remembrance-weekend
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/tom-coughlin-jay-fund-childhood-cancer#/
https://www.jacksonville.com/lifest…/20190607/will-to-thrive
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Selects Record Number of Scholarship Winners for 2019 17 cancer survivors in New York, New ...
Biden Cancer Initiative, Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation And Tyler Robinson Foundation Launch Joint PSA To Support National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Biden Cancer Initiative, Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation And Tyler Robinson Foundation Launch Joint PSA To Support National Childhood Cancer ...
On September 21st, Coach Coughlin was invited to take part in the Biden Cancer Summit in Washington, D.C. where he spoke about the importance of providing financial and emotional support to families tackling childhood cancer. Having the work of the Jay Fund be recognized by such an elite group of cancer advocates was humbling and he was honored to represent the foundation on a prestigious national platform.
https://www.childrenscause.org/blog/2019/3/29/it-takes-a-team-to-tackle-pediatric-cancer
http://stories.jaxcf.org/interview-wpi-alumna-keli-coughlin-joyce/?fbclid=IwAR23X8HPs7xF1wMZfh0WRJTknUTvLudj5ZFjYz_imxnv6pFHKV2SsSXO8Dc
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/tom-coughlin-jay-fund-hosts-vip-tailgate-for-pediatric-cancer-patients-before-jaguars-game/857148033
https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2018/09/15/justin-tuck-honored-hay-fund-foundation-champions-children-gala/
http://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/jay-fund-day-celebrated-sept-5-throughout-greater-jacksonville,7294
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/brian-coughlins-path-to-the-law
https://people.com/sports/tom-coughlin-jay-fund-childhood-cancer/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag&utm_source=twitter.com
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180714/jay-fund-helps-brave-kid-family-battle-leukemia-diagnosis
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180607/jay-fund-foundation-offers-program-for-cancer-patients-siblings
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/tom-coughlin-jay-fund-launches-sibling-support-program/767538027
https://www.news4jax.com/video/jay-fund-is-launching-a-new-sibling-support-program-for-those-diagnosed-with-cancer
Super Bowl Winning Coach Tom Coughlin and Beauty Expert Caitlin Kiernan to Appear on Frankly Speaking About Cancer
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3783010
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/tom-coughlin-jay-fund-hosts-23rd-annual-celebrity-golf-classic/753861626
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180517/jay-fund-helps-families-facing-unthinkable
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/tom-coughlin-visits-patients-at-wolfson-childrens-hospital-1/731880036https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/tom-coughlin-visits-patients-at-wolfson-childrens-hospital-1/731880036
http://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/tackling-cancer-one-glass-at-a-time,6105
https://www.jaxmomsblog.com/charity-spotlight/jay-fund-raises-record-300000-local-families-battling-childhood-cancer/
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/video?videoId=722606442&videoVersion=1.0
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/girl-battling-brain-tumor-receives-support-from-jacksonville-charity/709950385
http://www.philanthropyplaymakers.com/lynn-chwatsky.html
http://nonprofitleadershippodcast.org/keli-coughlin/
http://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2018/01/takes-team-tackle-cancer-coachs-perspective/
http://cuse.com/news/2017/7/26/football-tom-coughlin-to-receive-2017-arents-award.aspx
http://www.espn.com/blog/jacksonville-jaguars/post/_/id/22930/jaguars-cb-a-j-bouye-helping-fight-disease-that-took-his-mother
Michael Strahan and former Coach Tom Coughlin work together to tackle pediatric cancer. Click here to read the full story!
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Our very own Keli Coughlin was featured in the Workspace section of the Jacksonville Financial News and Daily Record. A ...
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Special Thank You to NY Giants Zak Deossie for visiting pediatric cancer patients at Newark Beth Israel on behalf of the ...
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Jay Fund will forever remain dear to heart of ESPN's Mortensen by Gene Frenette Click here to read the full story
Thank you Steve Overmyer TV and CBS New York for spending the day with our families yesterday and doing a wonderful job capturing our ...
Thank you Syracuse University Magazine for the great Q&A about the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, Jay McGillis, and of ...
Thank you to Kristian Dyer and the Metro, New York for choosing to BE THERE for the Tom Coughlin Jay ...
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation provided financial help for eleven local childhood cancer survivors. Read more about them below. ...
Spirit of ex-BC player still helping families deal with cancer. Click here to read the full story
One of the area’s most highly anticipated events is once again a sellout! One thousand supporters will attend the 8th ...
The cast of “The Jersey Boys”, who are in town with the touring Broadway Production will make an appearance at ...
The 17th Annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic in partnership with THE PLAYERS will take place on ...
July 3rd, 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Jay McGillis’ death. On this solemn anniversary the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund ...
Jay Fund Foundation reaches major goal in 8th year New York, NY (October 17, 2012) – For the first time ...
New York Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin will host the Ninth Annual “Champions For Children” Gala, to be held on ...
Giants Stars Eli Manning, Victor Cruz Join 9th Annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Champions for Children Gala Friday, October 25th at Cipriani New York City
Giants Owner John Mara, Frank J. Bisignano, CEO First Data Corporation, to be Honored; Giants star players to attend “Champions ...
Jay Fund to offer thrilling experiences to pediatric oncology patients, families New York, NY (January 24, 2014) – The Tom ...
JACKSONVILLE, FL March 22nd, 2014 – The 10TH Annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Wine Tasting Gala took place on Friday night, March ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 14th, 2014 – The 19th Annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic in partnership with ...
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — North 6th Agency (N6A), an award-winning communications agency based in New York City, ...
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund is happy to introduce Bob VanLangen as our organization’s first NY/NJ area Financial Coach. As ...
New York, NY – October 1, 2014 — The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation will host its 10th annual Champions ...
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation to Disburse $500,000 to Support New York/New Jersey Families Tackling Childhood Cancer
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation today announced it will award grants totaling$500,000 to ...
NEW YORK, NY – April 8, 2015 – In conjunction with National Financial Literacy Month, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund ...
NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation today announced it has appointed Lynn Chwatsky ...
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Announces 20th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic Benefiting Families Tackling Childhood Cancer
Star-studded platinum anniversary event benefits NY Giants Head Coach’s Foundation and celebrates the life of Boston College star athlete Jay ...
Seven childhood cancer survivors from Florida, New Jersey, and New York prepare for a new challenge – college NEW YORK (June ...
Thanks to WJXT for having our very own Rudy Wells and Michelle McGriff as guests on the December 10 Morning ...
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement and pledges to raise $75,000 to provide financial, emotional ...
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by: Erica Bennett, Action News Jax Updated: Nov 29, 2016 - 8:26 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Every ringing phone and ...
By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on October 15, 2016 at 8:43 AM, updated October 15, 2016 ...
Steve Tisch: Tom Coughlin '100 percent part of the Giants family' Oct 15, 2016 Jordan RaananESPN Staff Writer NEW YORK ...
How the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Helps Families Tackling Childhood Cancer 09/29/2016 12:07 pm ET Courtesy of the Tom ...
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Magician Teams Up with the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund to Help Kids with Cancer KAREN HART 09/20/2016 03:37 pm Artie ...
Special thanks to Action News for covering our adolescent cancer survivor event last night at Buca Di Peppo. 19 young adults ...
Shannon Heffernan is an important member of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation team. She is a social worker at ...
PGA Golfer Graeme McDowell and his partners at Nona Blue Ponte Vedra Beach chose the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund as ...
Our 2016 Camp Boggy Creek send off party was featured on News 4 Jax! Click here to see the story and ...
Click here to a see a fun slideshow of all of our Camp Boggy Creek send off party participants. Thanks ...
Tom Coughlin’s Defense for Childhood Cancer Patients Click here to read the full story.
August Williams, 2016 Scholarship Recipient featured on Action News Jax. Click here to read the full story.
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund 2016 Scholarship Recipients featured on NJ.com. Click here for full story.
Online bidding is now open for the 2016 Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Celebrity Golf Classic! The auction is open to ...
Click here to view video on Action News website. A local organization is making sure families battling cancer are getting ...
Thanks to Jacksonville.com for posting a great slide show of the 2016 Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Wine Tasting Gala! CLICK ...
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE. Tom Coughlin, president John Mara and general manager Jerry Reese addressed the media Tuesday after Coughlin ...
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North Jersey families battling cancer thank Tom Coughlin for his foundation's help JANUARY 6, 2016 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, ...
ESPN's Capital Games interviewed Coach Coughlin to get his thoughts and opinions on security at NFL events given the recent terror ...
Published on October 5 at Bergen.com Farrell Starker, Eli Manning (New York Giants), Tom Coughlin (New York Giant's Head Coach), ...
Published on NJ.com on October 2, 2015 By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com October 02, 2015 at 11:41 ...
DODLive Article published October 9, 2015 By Katie Lange DoD News, Defense Media Activity Former U.S. Army Chief of Staff ...
Matt Cohen, Social Media Coordinator Giants.com Now in its 11th year, the Champion for Children Gala has become the premier fundraising ...
People Magazine, October 11, 2015 There were celebrities. There was glamor. And most of all, it was all for a ...
Karen Hart, Huffington Post October 15, 2015 This past weekend the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, which provides financial, emotional, ...
By RON LAJOIE, Catholic New York Pat McGillis is probably the only New York Giants fan in New England Patriots-crazed ...
New York chefs John Villa and Josh Capon put on quite the tailgate party on Sunday during the New York ...
Jordan Raanan and the NJ.com staff joined the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund and the NY Giants for the 2015 Giants ...
CBS47/FOX30 and Action Sports' Dan Hicken caught up with Coach Coughlin during Sunday evening's Tom Coughlin Jay Fund 20th Anniversary ...
Courtesy of Garry Smits of jacksonville.com Curtis Dvorak is nearly a scratch golfer. He’s also pretty good when he suits ...
NEW YORK, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with National Financial Literacy Month, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation ...
Jacksonville, FL - Action Sports' Dan Hicken, long-time friend of Coach Coughlin and the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, caught up ...
Thanks to Channel 4's Bruce Hamilton, Jacksonville got a first-hand look at the way the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund helps ...
Courtesy of New Jersey Hills - The Progress' Nicole Bitette: ROSELAND — Meghan Gambichler of Roseland was diagnosed with cancer ...
From jacksonville.com's Teresa Stepzinki: PONTE VEDRA BEACH | One minute. Just 60 seconds. Doesn’t sound like much. Unless of course ...
From NJ.com's Naomi Nix - NEWARK — The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund hosted a Valentine's Day Party for pediatric oncology ...
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Jim Zerwekh, vice president and general manager of Cox Media Group (CMG) Jacksonville Television announced on February ...
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund's 11th Annual Holiday Party was our biggest ever; over 100 families had a "Frozen" experience! ...
Coach Coughlin returned to Jacksonville this weekend, as the New York Giants faced the Jacksonville Jaguars. Before the game, the ...
The 10th Annual Champions for Children Gala at Cipriani's 42nd Street was an amazing event, raising a record-breaking $1.4 million ...
On Sunday, October 12th, CBS2's Diane Macedo interviewed childhood cancer survivor and Jay Fund volunteer Meghan Gambichler. During the interview, ...
On the October 8th edition of SiriusXM-NFL's "Opening Drive", hosts Bob Papa and former Giant David Diehl welcomed Tom Coughlin ...
With the #GoGold Initiative, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund set out to accomplish two goals during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: ...
In this story from Fox5NY's Joel Waldman, Coach Coughlin and NY Giants' linebacker Mark Herzlich talk about the Tom Coughlin ...
June 27th-29th, 2014, The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund welcomed thirty families who had lost a child to cancer to the ...
NY Giants head coach Tom Coughlin sat down with Fox5NY's Ryan Asselta to share the story of the Jay Fund ...
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund and Bonfire Funds have partnered to create a limited edition t-shirt for you, but it ...
If you're a Jacksonville Jaguars fan AND a Jay Fund Friend, we've got the perfect way for you to support ...
The 2014 Draft Drive is underway, thanks to Bigblueview.com and Bigcatcountry.com and their desire to BE THERE for the Tom ...
The NYU Graduate Sports Business Society will present the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation with the Lauren Beam Philanthropy Award at ...
Today we celebrate the legacy of Jay McGillis, one of Tom Coughlin's players during his tenure at Boston College. Jay ...
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Coach Coughlin tells how meeting the Burchnell Family greatly impacted him.
This video, which aired at the 2013 Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Celebrity Golf Classic at TPC Sawgrass, poignantly illustrates what ...
In this widely-acclaimed ESPN piece which first aired on November 25th, 2012, Coach Coughlin and the McGillis family share the ...
This year’s golf tournament, which features 32 celebrities playing the Stadium Course with mostly corporate-sponsored foursomes, raised over $500,000 for ...
He may have a knack for winning Super Bowls, but football is not the only passion of New York Giants ...
Keli Coughlin, Executive Director of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund (TC Jay Fund), and Rita Malie, Program Manager, brought volunteers ...
Twenty-one years ago this month, Boston College's Jay McGillis lost his fight against cancer, but his legacy lives on for ...
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University honored the Jay Fund's very own Coach Tom Coughlin last week ...
Coughlin: Helping families tackling childhood cancer 'puts things in perspective' The Florida Times-Union Beth Reese Cravey March 16, 2013 3:14 ...
by Alexi Strong, Staff Writer The Beaches Leader, Inc. More than seven months have passed since 5-year-old Elizabeth Forte completed ...
JACKSONVILLE - The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit founded by former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach and current New ...
On Monday, January 7th, the Jay Fund was a feature on TLC's Cake Boss! Members of Carlo's Bakery of Hoboken, ...
Thanks to our amazing 2012 donors, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund was able to BE THERE for over 18 families ...
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is most known for standing on the sidelines, leading the defending Super Bowl ...
Every year, for the last seven years, Tom Coughlin has hosted the “Champions for Children Gala," a fundraiser for his ...
Justin Strada, wearing a No. 10 Eli Manning jersey, had a question for the Giants quarterback: "Are you guys going ...
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Sports talk radio station WJXL 1010 AM pushed aside a majority of its sports talk Wednesday and paid tribute to ...
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin made a surprise visit to the Valerie Fund Children's Center for Cancer and ...
Executive Director Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Mission To provide financial and emotional support for families who have a child ...
Brumos Motor Cars and Mercedes-Benz of Orange Park’s recent sponsorship of the 16th Annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Celebrity Golf ...
Tom Coughlin and his linebacker, Marck Herzlich share a special bond. CLICK HERE to see the full article.
Both Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and linebacker Mark Herzlich remained busy enough during the past two months that they ...
GIANTS LINEBACKER Mark Herzlich never met Jay McGillis, the late Boston College safety who died of leukemia and inspired Tom ...
Tom Coughlin is doing more than getting the New York Giants ready for the Miami Dolphins this week. This is ...
The cause hit home for Mark Herzlich, struck a deep-seated chord. When the Giants rookie linebacker was enduring six-hour chemotherapy ...
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Tom Coughlin’s Year to Remember got even more memorable here last night when the Giants’ admittedly star-struck coach was honored ...
Memory of Boston College's Jay McGillis lives on in the hearts of NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin and other loved ones
Twenty years after Boston College safety Jay McGillis died of leukemia, his memory remains intertwined in countless lives, most notably ...
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