Th Burlington County is excited to announce the 2026 Local Arts Grant.
Donor Name: Burlington County
State: New Jersey
County: Burlington County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Local Arts Program (LAP) provides funding to local nonprofit organizations (501 (c) (3), 501 (c) (4), and 501 (c) (6)) from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA)/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. General Operating Support and Special Arts Project grants are available to qualified organizations.
Types of Grants
There are two categories of funding under the Local Arts Re-grant Program. Applicants may apply in only one category. Local governments and colleges are not eligible to apply.
- Special Project (SP): Funding is for any nonprofit group, regardless of the intent of its charter, to sponsor a special arts project. This Special Project funding is intended to allow, for example, a civic organization to incorporate the arts into its economic development promotions, a social service organization to develop an arts enrichment program for young people, or a library to sponsor a special exhibition. Maximum award is $16,000.
- General Operating Support (GOS): This funding is for groups whose charter is primarily arts related. It is designed to provide general operating support for groups that increase exposure to art in the community. This would include, but is not limited to community theater groups, dance companies, not for-profit museums or galleries, orchestras, and vocal groups who exist primarily to create and/or perform arts programs. General Operating Support funding is more stringent in its requirements and more detail is required in substantiating fiscal responsibility. Maximum award is $16,000.
Grant Period
Projects must commence no sooner than January 1, 2026 and must be completed on or before December 31, 2026 for compliance with the NJSCA grant cycle.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any non-profit group is eligible, including libraries, civic organizations, Y’s, educational institutions (for non-standard extracurricular funding only), museums, historical groups, festival programs, arts councils and commissions, and creative groups in all disciplines. Non-arts groups can apply for Special Project, but only to support arts-related projects. Any proposal that does not clearly support the arts, no matter how well prepared, will be denied funding.
- Arts as used in these guidelines includes visual arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, mixed media, etc.), music, dance, theater, opera/music theatre, crafts, media arts, photography, design arts, folk/traditional arts and literature.
- The State Council on the Arts does not permit County Arts Agencies to award fellowships. Individual artists should apply directly to the NJSCA.
- All proposed projects must take place within Burlington County.
For more information, visit Burlington County.
