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For Immediate Release
November 11, 2008
Media Contact
- Allison Tratner
- 609.292.4524
- allison@arts.sos.state.nj.us
Arts Grants for Organizations Now Available through State Arts Council
Series of Grant Application Workshops to be Offered Across New Jersey
(Trenton, NJ) The New Jersey State Council on the Arts announces the availability of guidelines and applications for the fiscal year 2010 (7/1/09 – 6/30/10) Organizational Grant Program. Through this program, informed by the needs of the arts community and the public, the Council assists eligible organizations in serving the people of New Jersey through arts programs and projects. The following types of support are available:
General Operating Support is available for NJ based, nonprofit, arts-missioned organizations to help support their overall operations.
General Program Support is available for NJ based, nonprofit organizations, colleges, or units of local government to help support on-going public arts programs.
Arts Education Special Initiatives help support school-based projects of arts non-profits that make substantial contributions to quality arts education.
Arts Project Support is available for NJ based, nonprofit organizations, colleges or units of local government to help support an arts event.
Building Arts Participation helps support projects that identify and address barriers to broadening, deepening and/or diversifying arts participation.
Notices of Intent to Apply must be submitted through the Arts Council eGrant system by December 12, 2008. Complete applications must also be submitted via the eGrant system and are due by February 4, 2009 for General Operating and General Program Support, and Arts Project Support. The deadline for Arts Education Special Initiative and Building Arts Participation applications is February 18, 2009.
In order to be eligible for Arts Council grants, applicants must be a private nonprofit organization incorporated in New Jersey, a unit of local government, or a college/university; be tax-exempt as determined by the IRS; be registered with the New Jersey Charities Registration Bureau; be in existence and providing public programs or services for at least two years; and demonstrate that its activities serve an audience in a multi-county region of the state. Applicants with a primarily local audience from a single county may apply for support through their designated County Arts Agency. Interested organizations can access complete information about applying for these grants on the Council’s web site at www.njartscouncil.org.
Workshops conducted by Arts Council staff will be offered in various regions of the state for groups seeking assistance with the application process. A schedule of workshops, intended to furnish applicants with technical assistance and guidance, is as follows:
Click here
for a complete list of workshops.
To reserve a space at a workshop please email carmen@arts.sos.state.nj.us. All workshop sites are accessible to persons with disabilities. Applicants in need of special assistance in regard to the workshops should contact the Arts Council office at 609-292-6130 or 609-633-1186 (TTY) or Access Coordinator Don Ehman at don@arts.sos.state.nj.us no later than two weeks prior to the workshop date.
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