Rotating every year with the NJ Historic Trust and NJ Council on the Arts, FY 2021 is a NJ Council on the Arts year for Capital Facilities & Institutional/Financial Stabilization Grants. To be eligible, an organization must first be designated as "qualified" by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.

For FY 2021, a qualified organization may submit an application for only one of the following two eligible projects:

1. Accessibility Project: a project that improves access to an arts organization’s facility or services for people with disabilities.
2. Institutional/Financial Stabilization Project: a project that addresses financial and operational challenges or helps build greater operational capacity.

Priority: For this round, the Cultural Trust is placing a priority on applications for projects that improve a qualified arts organization’s physical accessibility or patron services in support of its Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Plan.

Important deadlines:

• January 16, 2020 - Notice of Intent (NOI) available in SAGE.
• February 20, 2020 - Notice of Intent is due (required but non-binding). The Council will not accept a Cultural Trust Application that was not preceded by a NOI.
• February 20, 2020 - Deadline for applications submitted to the Cultural Trust for Qualification.
• March 12, 2020 - Application available in SAGE for eligible applicants.
• April 9, 2020 - Applications due from eligible applicants.
• May to June 2020 - Council convenes peer panels, craft recommendations.
• July 2020 - Council votes on award recommendations
• Fall 2020 - Cultural Trust will take action on and announce grants.

Important documents:

Application for Qualification

FY 2021 New Jersey Cultural Trust Grant Guidelines

DEADLINES:

Notice of Intent to Apply (required) : The Application Deadline has passed.
Please check back for information about future Folk Arts Apprenticeship grants.
Grants are for the period January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020

The NJ Cultural Trust and NJ Historic Trust are offering capital preservation grants in 2017 (FY18) up to $25,000.

Cultural Trust grants do not require matching funds, but if the project cost is greater than $25,000, the applicant must show sufficient funds or the ability to raise remaining funds to complete the project.

Application Deadline: The application deadline has passed.
This grant will not be awarded again until FY22

Download the Cultural Trust Capital Preservation Grants Guidelines.

Organizations must be designated "qualified" in order to be eligible to participate in the programs of the Trust and apply for grants.

Qualified Organizations list as of July 9, 2019

Qualification Guidelines and Application