The New Jersey Historic Trust is accepting applications for its Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund’s Capital Grants 2022 to assist with construction expenses related to the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic properties and associated non-construction expenses.
Donor Name: New Jersey Historic Trust
State: New Jersey
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $750,000
Details:
Funding Information
- For Level I capital grants the minimum request is $5,000 and the maximum request is $150,000.
- For Level II capital grants the minimum request is $150,001 and the maximum request is $750,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entities of county, municipal, or state government
- 501(c) tax exempt organizations that comply with New Jersey charity registration laws
Nonprofit organizations are not eligible to apply for projects that benefit churches and houses of worship.
Eligible Activities
The following types of preservation activities are eligible for funding through the Capital Preservation Grants program:
- Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration as defined by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards.
- Archaeology, meeting or exceeding the minimum professional qualifications as defined in the Secretary of Interior’s Standards.
- Alternative barrier-free access
- Improvements
- Reconstruction as defined by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. Up to 20% of the project budget requested may reimburse for this activity.
- New construction of a new free-standing or attached building or structure, of a pathway or walkway, or a substantial remodel of a space. Applicants must demonstrate that the new construction is necessary and appropriate for the resource and explain how the project will enhance the visitor experience.
- Project sign
- Interpretive or directional signs, plaques or literature approved by the Trust for funding as part of the historic preservation project. These items must relate specifically to the property for which the grant is received.
- Certain non-construction activities related directly to the development, implementation, and monitoring of historic preservation projects and post-construction interpretation of a historic resource. Up to 20% of the total amount of the project costs funded by the grant award may be used to fund such activities, which include:
- Architectural plans, designs, specifications, cost estimates, and other construction administration services
- Nominations to the State or National Register of Historic Places
- Feasibility studies
- Historic structure reports
- Historic landscape reports
- Engineering reports
- Historic research reports
- Material conservation analyses (paint, mortar, masonry, etc.)
- Interpretive materials
- Multi-Phase Funding Commitments are available for the 2022 grant round. Capital grant applicants can apply for phased, multi-year funding. These multi-phase funding commitments will be made to large-scale capital projects with a minimum request of $500,000 per grant round. A successful multi-phase grant applicant will receive a grant award of $500,000-$750,000 in 2022 with a commitment to fund subsequent capital phases in the following years. Multi-phase commitments are contingent on funding appropriations and on the applicant’s successful completion of each capital phase. Multi-phase applicants must submit project budgets for each phase, as well as for the project as a whole.
Criteria for Funding
The following criteria will be used to evaluate and rank applications for these grant funds:
- Historical significance of the resource
- Physical condition of the property
- Ability of the applicant to match the funds requested
- Ability of the applicant to complete the proposed work
- Potential of the project to foster preservation of the historic property; to promote other preservation activity or related cultural or economic activity; and to foster appropriate site management practices that sustain the long-term use of a property
- Appropriateness of project to meet the needs of the resource and quality of the work proposed for funding
- Degree to which the project represents innovative design or programming and reaches new audiences
- Degree to which the project contributes toward a balanced distribution of program funds
For more information, visit Capital Grants.
