The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce the 2026 Union County History Re-Grant Program for Special Projects and General Operating Support.
Donor Name: Union County Board of County Commissioners
State: New Jersey
County: Union County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/19/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs (UCOCHA), Department of Parks and Recreation, administers the history grant program, funded by the New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC).
The Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs affirms the priorities of the NJHC:
- Help strengthen and further develop existing New Jersey history organizations and programs
- Initiate new programming on New Jersey history
- Improve management and interpretation of historic sites and historical collections
- Expand public understanding and awareness of historical resources
- Increase public and organizational participation in historical programs and activities
- Increase accessibility of historical resources to diverse communities and encourage the exploration of understudied and multicultural aspects of New Jersey history
- Increase the body and quality of information on New Jersey history available to the public
- Preserve materials for the study or preservation of New Jersey history
The Re-Grant Program includes two types of grants:
- General Operating Support (GOS) grants provide assistance for the basic costs of operation such as programming, preservation of collections, salaries, marketing, and more. Funding is available to Union County based historical societies, house museums or historic sites only. The maximum GOS grant request is $7,500.
- Special Project (SP) grants support history organizations, museums, schools, libraries and similar organizations with collections or programming relating to Union County and New Jersey state history. The maximum SP grant request is $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Union County based, non-profit history organizations must
- have collections or programming relating to Union County or local history
- be incorporated in the state of New Jersey
- be defined as a non-profit organization under section 501(c) (3) or 501(c)
- by the Internal Revenue Service, or pending same
- have been in existence at least two years and demonstrate an ability to provide history programs and/or services to the public
- Units of government, including schools and libraries, must
- provide Union County or local history programs, services or activities
- describe in detail the portion of the applicant’s work related to the proposed history program/project
- Grant recipients must comply with all applicable state and federal laws and maintain good standing with all required state and federal filings. Applicants must show that grant funds will permit them to expand, enhance or introduce Union County and/or local history programs or services. You cannot use grant monies as a means to reduce their own expenditures on history programs or services by using these funds as replacement funds.
For more information, visit Union County Board of County Commission.
