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New Jersey Cultural Trust

The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State
Naval Air Station Wildwood

New Jersey Cultural Trust

Public Meeting Notice

In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act” (P.L.1975, c.231), this notice officially advises the public of the New Jersey Cultural Trust Executive Committee Meeting on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. via ZOOM. The proposed agenda for the meeting is attached.

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Below please find the Zoom information:
Topic: New Jersey Cultural Trust Executive Committee Meeting
Time: Dec 15, 2023 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The New Jersey Cultural Trust was created in July 2000 as a public/private partnership to help ensure a stable and healthy nonprofit cultural industry in New Jersey that is sustainable even in the toughest of economic times.

The Trust provides grants to support capital projects, endowments and institutional and financial stabilization of arts, history and humanities organizations in New Jersey. Funding for the grants comes from interest earned on the Cultural Trust Fund, which is a permanent investment fund.

The Mission

The mission of the Cultural Trust is to ensure a stable and healthy cultural industry in New Jersey that is sustainable under fluctuating economic conditions through the establishment of permanent, interest-generating funds to be an additional source of revenue to nonprofit arts, history and humanities organizations.

Board of Trustees

Bette C. Daniele, Chair
Carol Cronheim, Vice Chair
John Paul Nicolaides, Vice Chair for Finance
Jill Morton, Secretary
Deborah R. Bozarth, Board Member
Tom Carroll, Board Member
S. Nadia Hussain, Board Member
Rabiya S. Kader Esq., Board Member
Claire Knopf, Board Member


ex officio members
Tahesha Way, Secretary of State
Elizabeth Maher Muoio, State Treasurer
Elizabeth Mattson, Chair, NJ State Council on the Arts
Peter Lindsay, Chair, NJ Historic Trust
Maxine Lurie, Chair, NJ Historical Commission

Contact Us

General Contact
609-292-6403
cultural.trust@sos.nj.gov

Isabel (Izzy) Kasdin, Executive Director
609-633-0522
isabel.kasdin@sos.nj.gov

Avery Wehrs, Grants and Operations Coordinator
609-777-3657
avery.wehrs@sos.nj.gov

Press Releases

  • 12/07/23 - Cultural Trust Commission
    New Jersey Cultural Trust Celebrates Historic Appropriation, Interest Income at Annual Meeting

    The financial outlook for the New Jersey Cultural Trust is the strongest it has been in over a decade, Board members and staff said November 15, 2023, at the Cultural Trust’s Annual Meeting in Trenton.

  • 10/04/23 - Cultural Trust Commission
    New Jersey Cultural Trust to Adopt Expired Rules as New Rules; Public Comment Period Open

    The public comment period is now open for the New Jersey Cultural Trust’s proposed adoption of rules.

  • 02/07/23 - New Jersey Cultural Trust
    New Jersey Cultural Trust Approves Over $500,000 in FY 2023 Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants

    Funding to Strengthen Organizational Capacity of 16 Diverse Arts Organizations Statewide

    • Celebrating 20 Years of the New Jersey Cultural Trust

    2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the New Jersey Cultural Trust, a public/private partnership that works in harmony with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission, and the New Jersey Historic Trust. The Trust is the only state agency with a mission that encompasses the entire non-profit cultural community: the arts, history, and humanities. In the past two decades, $14,464,711 have been given out to more than 196 organizations to ensure that our cultural community continues to thrive so New Jersey can continue to flourish. Read more about the history of the NJ Cultural Trust in this special anniversary article by Dr. Carol Cronheim, NJ Cultural Trust Board Member and Former NJ Secretary of State.

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