Rotating every year with the NJ Historic Trust and NJ Council on the Arts, FY 2020 is a NJ Historical Commission year for Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants. The program is designed to assist groups in addressing financial and operational challenges that threaten their stability and to help build greater operational capacity to manage and advance their work and achieve their missions. To be eligible, an organization must first be designated as "qualified" by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.

Important deadlines:

• June 14, 2019 – Deadline to be designated a Qualified Organization by the NJ Cultural Trust
• July 8, 2019 – Declarations of Intent to Apply due
• August 8, 2019 – Full Applications due

Important documents:

Application for Qualification

SAGE Guide for Completing FY 2020 Cultural Trust IFS Declaration of Intent

SAGE Guide for Initiating and Completing FY 2020 Cultural Trust History Institutional and Financial Stabilization Application

FY 2020 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