The Historical Commission’s general operating support grants are designed to assist museums, historic sites, archives, libraries and similar organizations with collections or programming relating to the history of New Jersey.  These grants, which are determined by a peer review process, can be used to pay basic expenses such as salaries, hourly wages, utilities, leases and postage.   Funding for the grant program comes from a portion of the revenue produced by the state’s hotel and motel occupancy fee.    

Larry R. Greene, chairman of the Commission, pointed to the fact that the requests for funding exceeded the amount of dollars available in this grant program by a factor of 2.5 to 1.  “This reflects the growing interest in preserving our state’s history,” he said.  Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells thanked the Historical Commission for their support and their tireless effort to ensure that history in New Jersey continues to enrich our lives, today, tomorrow and for generations to come. 

Atlantic County Historical Society  $6,500

Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs  $17,000

Absecon Lighthouse  $39,000

South Jersey Cultural Alliance  $10,000

Meadowlands Museum $8,500

Water Works Conservancy, Inc. $16,000

Leonia Public Library  $8,000

Bergen County Dept. of Parks, Div. of Cultural & Historical Affairs  $26,000

Pascack Historical Society  $5,000

Friends of the Hermitage, Inc.  $53,000

Mahwah Museum Society  $6,000


Burlington  County

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Jersey  $15,000

Alice Paul Institute, Inc.  $46,800

Whitesbog Preservation Trust  $20,000


Camden  County

Camden County Historical Society  $24,000

Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.  $31,350

Lawnside Historical Society, Inc $5,000


Cape May County

Cape May County Division of Culture and Heritage $15,000

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts $376,000

Historic Cold Spring Village  $107,000

Center for Community Arts  $25,000

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum  $31,500

Avalon Museum and Historical Society  $5,000

Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society $16,200


Cumberland  County

Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission $12,000

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center  $67,000

Bayshore Discovery Project  $90,000


Essex  County

Branch Brook Park Alliance  $10,000

New Jersey Historical Society  $357,000

Newark Public Library  $80,000

Montclair Historical Society $21,000


Gloucester  County

Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission $12,000


Hudson County

Hoboken Historical Museum  $61,000


Hunterdon County

Readington Museums  $12,000

Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission $20,000


Mercer  County

Princeton University Library, Special Collections $36,000

Old Barracks Association  $42,300

Howell Living History Farm  $36,000

Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission $17,500

City of Trenton, 1719 William Trent House Museum  $34,000

Preservation New Jersey, Inc.  $54,000

Historical Society of Princeton  $91,000

David Sarnoff Library  $27,000

Trent House Association  $10,000

Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Inc.  $14,000

Trenton Historical Society  $7,000


Middlesex County

Special Collections, Rutgers University Libraries $125,000

Thomas A. Edison Papers  $120,000

Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission  $147,000

Genealogical Society of New Jersey  $10,000


Monmouth County

Monmouth County Historical Association $105,000

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation, Inc.  $10,000

Historical Society of Ocean Grove  $10,000


Morris County

Holocaust Council of MetroWest  $10,000

Morristown & Morris Township Public Library  $46,000

Morris Museum  $35,000

Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms  $25,000

Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest  $9,000

Save Ellis Island, Inc. $100,000

Morris County Heritage Commission  $26,000

Historic Sites of the Morris County Park Commission  $88,000

Morris County Historical Society  $31,500

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum $16,000

Museum of Early Trades & Crafts $54,800

Canal Society of New Jersey $6,000


Ocean County

Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission $18,000

Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum, Inc. (Tuckerton Seaport) $25,000


Passaic County

Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council $16,000

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark $24,000


Salem County

Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission  $18,000

Salem County Historical Society  $46,300


Somerset County

Heritage Trail Association  $18,000

Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House  $18,000

Meadows Foundation, Inc.  $16,000


Sussex County

Lenape Lifeways Educational Programs, Inc.  $6,750


Union County

Kenilworth Historical Society Incorporated  $7,000

Plainfield Public Library  $21,000

Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs  $101,000

Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum Association  $25,000

Reeves-Reed Arboretum  $27,000

Historical Society; Elizabeth, NJ, Inc.  $6,000


Warren County