Alternating every other year with the NJ Historic Trust and the NJ Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts accepts applications and recommends grants to the Cultural Trust for funding. For FY 2027, the Arts Council will accept applications from arts organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding. More details about this program, including grant guidelines and application deadlines, will be available in 2026.
Self-Assessment Workshop: The Cultural Trust has developed a recorded webinar that provides a framework for organizations to conduct a basic self-assessment to identify stability and capacity challenges that might be addressed through the Trust’s IFS grant programs. The webinar and an accompanying handout are available on the About Cultural Trust Grants page.
Alternating with the New Jersey History Trust and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission accepts applications and recommends grants to the Cultural Trust for funding.
For FY 2026, the New Jersey Cultural Trust Board authorized the New Jersey Historical Commission to accept applications from history and humanities organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding.
Applications for this grant opportunity closed on July 17, 2025.
Application assistance:Recorded Mini-Webinars: Recorded technical assistance mini-webinars are available on YouTube. They address the following topics:
All of the FY26 mini-webinars are also available in a YouTube playlist.
Important dates:
Important documents:
Alternating every other year with the NJ Historic Trust and the NJ Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts accepts applications and recommends grants to the Cultural Trust for funding. For FY 2025, the Arts Council accepted applications from arts organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding. Grant applications were due in SAGE on August 15, 2024 at 12 p.m. (noon).
Technical assistance mini-webinars:
Recorded technical assistance mini-webinars are available on topics including:
Important dates: The FY25 application is now closed.
Important documents:
FY 2025 New Jersey Cultural Trust Grant Guidelines — EnglishThe New Jersey Cultural Trust Capital Historic Preservation Grants Program is collaboratively administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust for and with the New Jersey Cultural Trust. All history, arts and humanities organizations with stewardship responsibility for historic resources that are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, and qualified by the New Jersey Cultural Trust, are eligible to apply for 2023 (FY24) capital historic preservation funding.
Priority: In 2023 (FY24), the New Jersey Historic Trust’s priority will be projects that can be completed for $100,000 or less. These projects will be carefully considered in relation to other criteria for funding.
Technical Assistance:
Qualification
Grant Application and SAGE
Important Dates: The FY 2024 application is now closed.
Important Documents:
FY2024 New Jersey Cultural Trust Capital Preservation Grant Guidelines
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