Applicants are invited to apply for the Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage regranting program.
Donor Name: Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage
State: New Jersey
County: Cape May County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/13/2023
Size of the Grant:
- New Jersey State Historical Commission Total Annual Award to County- $60,781.50
- New Jersey State Council on The Arts Total Annual Award to County- $200,000.00
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The mission of the Division is to work in partnership with Cape May County cultural and heritage organizations to educate, encourage and inspire public participation in the cultural heritage of Cape May County. The Division serves as an advisory agency to the Cape May County Board of County Commissioners and aids the Commissioners in seeking available State and Federal funds to develop and support historical, arts and cultural programs.
Proposals must be for projects or organizations residing in Cape May County, New Jersey.
There are three categories of funding under the Division’s regrant program.
- Special Project: Funding is for any applicant, regardless of the intent of its charter, to sponsor a special arts or history related project. This Special Project funding is intended to allow, for example, a civic organization to present a music program as part of its annual holiday celebration; a social organization to mount an exhibit; or the local center to stage a theatrical performance. A single event.
- General Programming Support (GPS): Funding is for any applicant, regardless of the intent of its charter, to offset the expense of presenting major, on-going arts programs. These programs should have their own mission and goals and contain multiple events or activities. These activities could include a series of concerts, history lecture or other multiple events throughout the year and is distinguished from Special Projects by having multiple events rather than a single activity within a calendar year.
- General Operating Support (GOS): This funding is for applicants whose charter is primarily arts or history related. It is designed to provide general operating support for groups that increase exposure to art/history in the community. This would include, but is not limited to community theater groups, dance companies, museums or galleries, orchestras, and singing groups who exist primarily to create and/or perform art or history projects. General Operating Support funding is more stringent in its requirements and more detail is required in substantiating fiscal responsibility.
Funding Information
- New Jersey State Historical Commission Total Annual Award to County- $60,781.50
- New Jersey State Council on The Arts Total Annual Award to County- $200,000.00.
Grant Duration
Projects must commence no sooner than January 1, 2024 and must be completed on or before December 31, 2024.
The following expenses are eligible for Projects and Programs:
- Archival folders, boxes, and other materials for conservation of historical materials such as manuscripts, books, costumes, and photographs
- Archival or research library user fees
- Equipment purchases with the following restrictions: only institutions and organizations may use grant funds to purchase major items, such as computers or video cameras. All grant recipients, however, may use grant funds to purchase items such as inexpensive recording devices and computer software.
- Equipment rental
- Materials for fabricating and installing exhibitions
- Microfilming
- Oral history tape transcription
- Payment of exhibition loan fees and shipping costs
- Photography and photocopying
- Production of promotional or advertising materials
- Travel and maintenance for speakers and honoraria for speakers in the following amounts:
- Keynote speaker, up to $1,000; one keynote speaker per program. Main speaker, up to $500, Chairperson or moderator, up to $250, Panelist, up to $175, Additional funds for higher honoraria may be requested if you can demonstrate the speaker’s particular merits
- Supplies to be used in the project (such as storage materials, office supplies, display materials, and materials for educational projects)
- Travel and/or maintenance while conducting research
- Travel expenses with the following limits: a. Automobile travel: $.35 per mile b. Train or airplane fares (coach only; not first class) c. Food and accommodations: up to $100 per day
- Publication costs, such as typesetting, printing, copyright permission fees, and binding
- Wages or stipends for project personnel, such as conservators, curators, educational consultants, and researchers.
Eligible Expenses
The following expenses are eligible for General Operating Support:
- Salaries and wages
- Contracted services/outside fees and services
- Printing, publicity, marketing
- Postage and telephone
- Fundraising and development
- Staff training/capacity building
- Lease expenses
- Mortgage interest
- Equipment purchase, installation, and lease (e.g., computers, office furnishings, files)
- Utilities and HVAC (purchase, installation, and operational costs of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)
- Maintenance of collections and the interiors of structures (Note: Interior construction is not considered maintenance and is not an eligible expense.)
- Basic grounds maintenance
- Travel and transportation (automobile travel @$.31/mile, train, or air coach travel)
- Insurance
- Licensing and registration fees (e.g., New Jersey charities registration)
- Planning for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Long-term and strategic planning.
Eligibility Criteria
Arts: To be eligible an applicant must be incorporated in the State of New Jersey as a non-profit corporation or be a unit of government, college or university. For the arts re-grant, non-arts groups can apply for funding only to support arts-related programs. Any proposal that does not clearly support the arts, no matter how well prepared, will be denied funding. Arts as used in these guidelines include: visual arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, etc.), music, dance, theater, opera/music theater, crafts, media arts, photography, design arts and literature. The Division is open to other kinds of arts programming, but strongly recommends that you discuss the suitability of your project with the Division staff before beginning work on a proposal.
The State Council on the Arts does not permit county agencies to award fellowships. Any funding requested by an individual artist is considered a fellowship and is not eligible for Block Grant funding. Individual artists may apply directly to the NJSCA.
History: Any nonprofit, government or educational agency with a historic focus within Cape May County may apply for funding for itself or as the umbrella agency for an historical project that is largely the work of an individual. Work for which support is sought must be in some way related to Cape May County history.
Proof of nonprofit status must be provided. Recipients of grant funding must comply with the Fair Labor Practices Law in the payment of supporting personnel at least the minimum compensation level prevailing for persons employed in similar activities. They must comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The organization must clearly explain its mission relating to history.
For more information, visit CMCDCH.
