Alternating every other year with the New Jersey Historic Trust and the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts accepts applications and recommends grants to the New Jersey Cultural Trust for funding. For FY 2027, the Arts Council will accept applications from arts organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding.
Grant applications will be due in SAGE on July 30, 2026 at 12 p.m. (noon).
In order to be eligible for the FY27 IFS Arts grant opportunity, organizations must first be designated qualified by the Cultural Trust. Organizations who are not currently designated qualified or whose qualification status will expire before January 2027 must submit a separate application for qualification by June 8, 2026 at 12 p.m. (noon). The list of currently qualified applications, the qualification guidelines, and the online qualification application are available on the Qualification page of the Cultural Trust’s website.
Important Documents
Important Dates
Resources for Applicants
Virtual Office Hours: Virtual office hours are informal drop-in sessions held on Zoom. Cultural Trust staff will be available to provide live technical assistance related to the grant program and qualification. Participation is free, but registration is required. Virtual office hours sessions have been scheduled on the following dates:
Additional sessions will be scheduled for July and posted to this page.
Recorded Mini-Webinars: Recorded technical assistance mini-webinars are available now on YouTube. This five-part series addresses the following topics:
Self-Assessment Workshop: IFS applicants must clearly identify a major stabilization or capacity challenge and propose an appropriate and specific strategy to address it. Identifying the organization’s major stability or capacity challenge is key to an eligible and successful application. The Cultural Trust has developed a recorded webinar that provides a framework for organizations to conduct a basic self-assessment to identify stability and capacity challenges that might be addressed through the Trust’s IFS grant programs. The webinar and an accompanying handout are available on the About Cultural Trust Grants page.
Alternating with the New Jersey History Trust and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission accepts applications and recommends grants to the Cultural Trust for funding.
For FY 2026, the New Jersey Cultural Trust Board authorized the New Jersey Historical Commission to accept applications from history and humanities organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding.
Applications for this grant opportunity closed on July 17, 2025.
Application assistance:Recorded Mini-Webinars: Recorded technical assistance mini-webinars are available on YouTube. They address the following topics:
All of the FY26 mini-webinars are also available in a YouTube playlist.
Important dates:
Important documents:
The New Jersey Cultural Trust Capital Historic Preservation Grants Program is collaboratively administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust for and with the New Jersey Cultural Trust. All history, arts and humanities organizations with stewardship responsibility for historic resources that are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, and qualified by the New Jersey Cultural Trust, are eligible to apply for 2023 (FY24) capital historic preservation funding.
Priority: In 2023 (FY24), the New Jersey Historic Trust’s priority will be projects that can be completed for $100,000 or less. These projects will be carefully considered in relation to other criteria for funding.
Technical Assistance:
Qualification
Grant Application and SAGE
Important Dates: The FY 2024 application is now closed.
Important Documents:
FY2024 New Jersey Cultural Trust Capital Preservation Grant Guidelines
Page Last Updated: 03/18/25
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