Organization Funding

February 7, 2025

Funding Opportunities

New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Creative Aging Initiative Grant | The Creative Aging Initiative Grant (CAI) provides $10,000 to eligible arts organizations, libraries, veterans homes, senior and community centers, colleges/universities, and units of government to cover costs for arts learning experiences with New Jersey older adults aged 55 and over. Successful applicants will receive $10,000 of funding for each year of the two-year grant cycle, pending available resources. A CAI project is defined as an arts-based learning experience that directly engages older adults for multiple sessions. Projects may be sequential and build to a project culmination (residencies) or include a series of individual workshops that focus on skill-building and development in the performing, visual, media, or literary arts. The CAI guidelines are now available on the Arts Council website. | Deadline: February 27, 2025 by 12:00 NOON ET. | More information.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts & NJDEP | 2025 Community-Based Art Grant Program Funding Available | Attention, New Jersey organizations! The NJ Department of Environmental Protection and the NJ State Council on the Arts are announcing a funding opportunity for the 2025 Community-Based Art Grant Program to raise awareness and start a conversation about flooding related to climate change in our coastal areas through art installations. For more information, and to apply, please email: njczm@dep.nj.gov | Deadline: February 26, 2025 | More information and application.

New Jersey Historical Commission | County History Grant FY25 Program Guidelines | The County History Partnership Program (CHPP) was created in 2015 to extend local regranting programs to all of the state’s twenty-one counties. The program enables the NJHC to support both existing and emerging local history organizations and practitioners serving diverse audiences. Through the partnership with county re-granting agencies, NJHC support can more effectively reach history organizations, and projects in communities throughout the state. In addition to re-grant funding, counties may apply for their operational costs and programming related to New Jersey history. | Application Deadline: April 3, 2025 | Guidelines available here.

New Jersey Economic Development Authority | Historic Property Grant Survey Program: Applications are OPEN | The Historic Property Survey Grant Program is a $400,000 pilot program that will provide grants up to $125,000 for the preparation of Historic Property Surveys throughout the state that include within the defined scope, properties located within a Government Restricted Municipality or that would be considered distress asset/s. | Application and Information.

NJ Center for Nonprofits | Funding Opportunities | NJ Center for Nonprofits has compiled an extensive list of funding opportunities. To view them, visit the website.

CAFE Group | 1954 Project Luminary Awards | Through the 1954 Project initiative, CAFE Group awards $1 million unrestricted grants to leaders and their organizations advancing educational equity for Black students and communities in the United States. The program is designed for leaders with a proven track record of success in education that are ready to scale their impact through solutions in the following areas: innovation in teaching and learning, with a focus on effective, equitable, and culturally affirming education models that center on Black students and ultimately serve all students; diversity in education, with a focus on increasing the number of Black educators and leaders; and pathways to economic mobility, with a focus on strengthening pathways from education to career to increase Black students' and families' economic mobility. In addition to the grants, selected leaders, known as Luminaries, receive leadership development support and membership in a network driving systemic change. Applicants should demonstrate proximity, lived expertise, and a deep commitment to advancing equity for Black students and communities most impacted by systemic inequities in education. | Deadline: February 23, 2025, for eligibility forms | More information and application.

National Fund for Sacred Places | Funding for Historic Houses of Worship | The National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, offers financial and technical support to community-serving historic houses of worship across the United States. Matching grants ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 are available for significant capital projects addressing urgent repair needs, improving accessibility, or making vacant or underused space usable for community outreach. Eligible properties must have been originally built to be a house of worship, be owned by an active community of faith, be occupied by a congregation that is community-minded and serves nonmembers, and possess historical, cultural, or architectural value or be listed on or be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Submissions are particularly encouraged from congregations that illuminate a unique or overlooked aspect of American history, as well as for historic sacred places of importance to historically and contemporaneously underrepresented communities. | Deadline: Applications will be accepted from January 10 to March 3, 2025 | More information and application.

Mellon Foundation | Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives will provide general operating support grants to community-based archives in the United States, including U.S. territories. The focus is on community-based archives that represent and serve communities marginalized due to oppression. These organizations gather and share materials as members of under-documented communities to preserve and celebrate their collective histories. Grants may support operational costs, collections care, and programming activities. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes are eligible to apply. Applicants must have an archive or an archiving initiative with an annual operating budget of at least $12,500 and no more than $1 million. | Deadline: March 12, 2025 | More information and application.

AARP | Apply for AARP Purpose Prize Award | The AARP Purpose Prize award supports AARP's mission by honoring extraordinary nonprofit founders 50 and older who tap into the power of life experience to build a better future for us all. Up to five winners will receive $75,000 for their organizations. Winners also have access to yearlong individualized supports to help further their organizational goals. Examples of current supports include one-on-one leadership coaching for founders, data and evaluation consulting, succession planning, prospectus development, social media and branding support, and more. | Deadline: February 28, 2025 | Rules and application.

Ocean First Foundation | JOIN! Initiative Grants | Ocean First Foundation consider requests for JOIN! Grants from nonprofits (501c3) that can demonstrate mission alignment with one or more of their Funding Priorities and a significant level of service and impact within OceanFirst Foundation’s footprint – Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Union counties in New Jersey. Applicants outside this footprint must contact the Foundation to be screened for eligibility prior to submitting a request. Additional grant eligibility requirements may be found here. | Application OPENS: February 17, 2025 | More information and application.

Brabson Family Foundation | Grants Provided for Arts, Science, and Education Initiatives | The Brabson Family Foundation supports bold and innovative ideas in education, sciences, and the arts in the United States. Successful grant applications demonstrate a novel or unique idea and clearly define the problem and proposed solution. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and organizations under the umbrella of another 501(c)(3) nonprofit are eligible to apply. Examples of past grants are available on the Foundation’s website. | Deadline: March 1, annually | More information and application.

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | Funds Advance Social Impact Organizations in the U.S. and Other Regions | Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK) is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems with bold, scalable approaches. Support is primarily provided in Africa, Europe, India, and the United States, although projects in Latin America and Israel may be considered in select situations. DRK seeks social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people. DRK supports these organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community. Capacity support includes operational and technical support, both through a hands-on board service role and specialist capacity-building resources. Capital of up to $300,000 USD over a three-year period is provided as either unrestricted grant funding or investment capital. Nonprofit organizations (U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and non-U.S. equivalents) and mission-driven for-profit entities are eligible to apply. | Deadline: Ongoing | More information and application.

Institute of Museum and Library Services | Grant Opportunities Available | The Institute of Museum and Library Services has several exciting grant opportunities available ranging from program support to preservation efforts and administrative support. Visit the website.

Arts Organizations

Mid Atlantic Arts | Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects Grants | Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects grants fund projects that support the vitality of traditional arts and cultures in the mid-Atlantic region. Non-profit organizations in DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, USVI, PR, or WV may apply for $1,000 to $7,000 grants. A 1:1 match is required. | Deadline: March 10, 2025 | More information and application.

The Milbank Foundation | Grants Facilitate Empowerment of People With Disabilities | The Milbank Foundation aims to integrate people with disabilities into all aspects of American life. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations in the United States working in the Foundation’s current priority areas: consumer-focused, community-based initiatives that empower people with disabilities and foster independence and self-sufficiency; rehabilitation and reintegration of veterans, especially veterans with disabilities; helping seniors to age in the place of their choice through non-institutional, community-based health and social services; market-oriented, patient-centered healthcare reforms across the country; and programs that address mental health issues and aim to prevent substance abuse and suicide, especially among young people. | Ongoing deadline. | More information and application.

MidAtlantic Arts | USArtists International Grants | USArtists International® supports in-person performances by artists from any state or territory in the U.S. at engagements at international festivals, global presenting arts markets, and other eligible engagements outside of the United States. The program funds individuals and ensembles across all performing arts practices and disciplines. Mid Atlantic Arts is committed to the development and expansion of both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections to audiences, presenters, curators, and their peers through the USAI program. By elevating the voices that reflect a vibrant array of creative expression, we are able to celebrate and share the diversity and imagination of the United States. | Deadline: February 26th, 2025. | Application and information.

Mid Atlantic Arts | Special Presenter Initiatives | The Special Presenter Initiatives provide additional opportunities for the support of small to mid-sized performing arts presenters in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and Native nations that share this geography. Fee support is available for engagements of performing artists based anywhere worldwide. Engagements include performances as well as community activities that offer meaningful exchanges between touring artists and a presenter’s community. Presenters based in partner states/jurisdictions listed above can receive up to 50% subsidy for the presentation of an artist/company plus support for other eligible project expenses. | Deadline: March 13th, 2025 | More information and application.

Mid Atlantic Arts | ArtsCONNECT | ArtsCONNECT supports performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region.The tours include performances as well as complementary engagement activities designed to create greater understanding or connections between artists, audiences, and communities. | Deadline: February 25th, 2025 | More information and application.

MidAtlantic Arts & US RAO | Walking Together: Investing in Folklife Communities of Color Grants | Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color supports folklife and traditional arts rooted in communities of color by investing in artists/practitioners and the community organizations that care for them. It is a national funding program managed by the six U.S. regional arts organizations (RAOs). The program provides funding of $15,000 each to traditional artists, practitioners, and keepers of traditional knowledge, as well as $50,000 each to community organizations and collectives that support folklife in communities of color. Organizations may include non-profits, local and Tribal governments, businesses, and more—non-profit status or fiscal sponsorship is welcome, but not required. | Deadline: March 19, 2025 | More information and application.

MidAtlantic Arts | Performing Arts Global Exchange Grants | Performing Arts Global Exchange provides fee support directly to nonprofit presenters programming artists from an annually curated roster. Presenters host both public performances and community engagements in achieving the program’s goals of cultural exchange and understanding. PAGE will support tours of performing artists from Morocco and South Africa in the 2025-26 performance season. | Deadline: Thursday, March 27, 2025 | More information and application.

New England Foundation for the Arts | National Dance Project | The National Dance Project (NDP) supports the creation and U.S. touring of new dance projects and connects artists, cultural organizations, and audiences across the nation. Now in its third decade, National Dance Project is widely recognized as one of the country’s major sources of funding and field building for dance. NDP has invested more than $38.5 million in funding primarily to support the creation and touring of new dance works, as well as other initiatives, including production residencies and regionally focused professional development for dance artists. | Deadline: Preliminary application - February 28, 2025 at 11:59pm EST | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Arts | Challenge America Program | The Challenge America program offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to populations that are underserved. The focus is on populations whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economic status, or disability. Possible projects include, but are not limited to, arts programming, including commissioning or presentation of artists or artwork; audience and community engagement, including educational activities; marketing and promotional activities; and organizational planning. | Deadline: April 24, 2025 | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Arts | Grants for Arts Projects | The NEA is committed to supporting arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets. | Deadline: February 13, 2025 | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Arts | Research Awards Grant Program | The National Endowment for the Arts invites applicants to engage with the agency’s five-year research agenda through two funding opportunities for research projects: Research Grants in the Arts, NEA Research Labs. | Deadline: March 24, 2025 | More information and application.

History Organizations

New Jersey Economic Development Authority | History Property Grant Survey Program: Applications are OPEN | The Historic Property Survey Grant Program is a $400,000 pilot program that will provide grants up to $125,000 for the preparation of Historic Property Surveys throughout the state that include within the defined scope, properties located within a Government Restricted Municipality or that would be considered distress asset/s. | Application and Information.

Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | Succession Planning for Cultural Institutions: 2 Webinars Available | This program of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts is provided with generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2 webinars are now available to view: Part One | Research Findings | Part Two | Resource Roadmap | More information available here.

USDA | Department of Agriculture Heritage Site Protection Program | The Heritage Site Protection program seeks assistance in the protection and management of significant cultural resources on public lands. This initiative aims to foster co-stewardship between USDA Forest Service and historic preservation-focused partners to assist the agency in managing, preserving, and sharing history for public enjoyment and professional use. | Deadline: February 7, 2025 | More information.

National Trust for Historic Preservation | African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grants | The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has 5 grant opportunities available: Action Fund National Grant Program, Descendant and Family Stewardship Initiative, Conserving Black Modernism, HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, Preserving Black Churches with deadlines beginning February 14, 2025. | More information and applications.

Northeast Document Conservation Center | Funding Resources | The NEDCC has compiled a list of funding opportunities and resources pertaining to museums and cultural institutions. Fore more information, visit their website.

Humanities

National Endowment for the Humanities | Landmarks of American History and Culture for Higher Education | Landmarks of American History and Culture programs for higher education, advanced graduate students, and humanities professionals situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions. | Deadline: February 12, 2025 | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Humanities | Landmarks of American History and Culture for K-12 Educators | Landmarks of American History and Culture programs for K-12 educators situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions. | Deadline: February 12, 2025 | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Humanities | Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities | The program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. Through this program, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities. | Deadline: February 13th, 2024 | More information and application.

National Endowment for the Humanities | Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages Senior Research Grants | The Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of the 6,000-7,000 currently used languages, this effort aims also to exploit advances in information technology. Awards support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. | Deadline: February 18, 2025 | More information and application.

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