The Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission is accepting grant applications for the 2023 County History Partnership Program Grant (CHPP).
Donor Name: Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission
State: New Jersey
County: Somerset County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/15/2022
Details:
The County History Partnership Program (CHPP) enables the New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) to support both existing and emerging local history organizations serving the public. Funds granted are used to support local history organizations and other non-profit organizations and municipalities within Somerset County that provide history programming, services and development. Grant awards are competitive and seek to encourage excellence in history programming at the local level.
Funding is competitive and will be awarded to organizations that demonstrate managerial competency, fiscal stability, excellence in history programming, and the organizational capacity to execute a proposed program or project. Some of the requirements for eligibility are:
- Funds may be awarded for New Jersey history programs and projects that are accessible to the general public or for general operating support in the 2023 calendar year.
- For general operating support, the organization’s mission must be solely history dedicated.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization must be Somerset County-based, operating as a:
- Non-profit organization – 501(c)3 or 501(c)4
- Unit of local government
- Institution of higher education or
- Faith-based organization
- Non-profit organizations must be incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a non-profit organization and submit a copy of this ruling from the Internal Revenue Service documenting tax exempt status as a 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 and must be current with their 990 filing; OR a unit of local government, institution of higher learning or faith-based organization providing proof of tax exempt status.
- Programs in educational or religious institutions that do not actively seek a wide general public audience are ineligible. However, afterschool programs utilizing school or faith-based facilities, broadly advertised as open to and welcoming the general public are eligible for funding.
- Organization must provide a program or service that increases public access to New Jersey history and/or expand upon the knowledge of New Jersey history, or seek to improve management of a local history organization.
- Organization must have provided public history programs and/or services in Somerset County for the benefit of the general public for at least two years prior to application.
- Organization must provide proof of stability and fiscal responsibility
For more information, visit County History Partnership Program Grant.
