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 has 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.
. For instructions on finding the DOI in SAGE, see page 8 of the grant guidelines. For instructions on completing the DOI, see the 鈥淚nstructions for Completing a Declaration of Intent鈥 document in the Important Documents section below.
DOIs will be due in SAGE on June 11, 2025, at 3 p.m. Full grant applications will be due in SAGE on July 17, 2025, at 3 p.m.
In order to be eligible for the FY 2026 IFS History/Humanities opportunity, organizations must first be designated qualified by the New Jersey Cultural Trust. For more information on qualification and the separate qualification application link, go to the Qualification page.
DOI and application assistance:
Live Workshops: Cultural Trust and New Jersey Historical Commission staff will hold a Zoom workshop on May 22 about the FY26 grant program. Participation is free, but registration is required.
Office Hours: Applicants can also participate in a Cultural Trust Office Hours session to ask questions pertaining to the DOI and/or grant application. Participation is free, but registration is required. Office hours will be held on the following dates:
Additional office hours sessions will be held in July; check this page for updates as those sessions are scheduled.
Recorded Mini-Webinars: Recorded technical assistance mini-webinars are available now on YouTube. They address the following topics:
All of the FY26 mini-webinars are available in the .
Self-Assessment Workshop: The Cultural Trust has also 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鈥檚 IFS grant programs. The webinar and an accompanying handout are available on the .
Important dates:
Important documents:
Alternating every other year with the Sexy真人 Historic Trust and the Sexy真人 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).
This grant program will next be offered in FY 2027..
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 鈥 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鈥檚 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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