The New Jersey Historical Commission is accepting applications from history and humanities organizations for Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding.
Donor Name: New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC)
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
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.
Institutional/Financial Stabilization Project Categories
The purpose of Cultural Trust funding is to provide financial support to assist qualified organizations in addressing the financial and institutional challenges that threaten their stability and to help build greater operational capacity to manage and advance their work. Awards may support a wide variety of expenses, including immediate response activities, costs associated with planning or assessment, and investment strategies that reimagine work and build resiliency. Institutional/financial stabilization projects are limited to the following categories:
- Establishing or growing a working capital fund/cash reserve
- Debt/deficit reduction
- Strategic planning/assessment
- Technology upgrade
- Capital equipment purchase
- Staff/board development
- New staff position.
Funding Information
Organizations may apply for grant funds up to $40,000. While there is no minimum award amount, requests typically range from $10,000 to $40,000.
Grant Period
The grant period for successful projects is January 1 to December 31, 2026. All project activities must occur and all grant funds must be expended during the grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funds in this grant round, an organization must:
- Be a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that has been qualified by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.
- Be registered as a charity in New Jersey with the Division of Consumer Affairs and have a Charities Registration number.
- Have a primary history- and/or humanities-focused mission. (Organizations with a primary artsfocused mission are eligible to apply for Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants for Arts Organizations, which the Cultural Trust expects will next be offered in FY27.)
- Not have another active Institutional and Financial Stabilization grant from the Cultural Trust. NOTE: If an organization has an active Historical Commission grant or CHPP re-grant, the organization is still eligible to apply for a Cultural Trust grant. If an organization has an active Cultural Trust Capital Historic Preservation grant, that organization is also still eligible to apply.
- In order to become qualified, an organization must demonstrate that it:
- Is a New Jersey-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization (no colleges, universities, or units of government).
- Fulfills a primary arts, history, or humanities mission in New Jersey through active programs and services.
- Has been incorporated for a minimum of four years and has been in operation for a minimum of four years.
- Has a functioning board that provides financial oversight to the standards set by the Cultural Trust?
- Is current with Charities Registration and Division of Revenue filings.
- Is able to submit the required support material as described in the qualification application.
For more information, visit NJHC.
