Deadline: 14-Jan-22
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) has announced the applications for the 2022 COVID-19 Grant Program that will build on existing support to not only benefit history organizations today, but to create stronger and more viable institutions in a post-pandemic environment.
The COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to have a profound effect on New Jersey’s history community. With the closing of sites and resulting loss of earned income, staffs have been reduced, budgets slashed, and programs cancelled or shifted to digital platforms. The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) will continue to work proactively to support history organizations and practitioners through this crisis. The supplemental COVID-19 Grant Program will build on existing support to not only benefit history organizations today, but to create stronger and more viable institutions in a post-pandemic environment.
Mission: To assist eligible organizations in sustaining essential full and part-time personnel, promoting virtual programming with an emphasis on reaching underserved audiences, and enhancing necessary health and safety protocols in response to the pandemic.
Funding Information
$5,000 single awards. The NJHC will not require an in-kind or cash match for this program.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be a documented 501(c)(3) nonprofit history organization based in New Jersey. Organizations must also have had at least one (1) year-round, part-time employee working a minimum of 20 hours per week in an administrative capacity prior to March 2020 or annual income of at least $30,000 in the last completed fiscal year prior to the pandemic. Prospective applicants must also be up-to-date and compliant with State of New Jersey commercial recording and charities registration requirements.
For more information, visit https://nj.gov/state/historical/his-grants.shtml
