Action Grants

Action Grants support the implementation, continuation, or expansion of public humanities programs.

An Action Grant proposal will be able to clearly articulate a program’s objectives, plan, and timeline. We encourage you to set ambitious objectives for your program content and design. This funding stream can, for example, help you to implement new projects developed through previous Incubation Grants or other planning processes.

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At a Glance

Action Grants

Action Grants support the implementation of developed public humanities projects for New Jersey-based audiences.

  • Awards between $3,000-$15,000
  • Project period: Up to 12 months

NEXT ROUND (Projects beginning July-September 2024)

Grant Award Notifications
June 30

Questions?
Email us at grants@njhumanities.org

Meet Our Grantees

Graphic with information about Bayard Rustin and the namesake center

Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

Princeton, (Action / $15,000)
To support the development of a repository of the papers, artifacts, and ephemera of Bayard Rustin, chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and advocate in the civil rights, nonviolence, and gay rights movements. Read more

Mighty Writers

Camden, (Action / $15,000)
To support a teen fellowship program that, using social and emotional learning lenses, teaches resiliency, emotion regulation, and empathy through literacy and digital media skills. Read more
Preserve Shady Rest

Preserve Shady Rest

Scotch Plains, (Incubation / $15,000)
To support the development of an inclusive master plan for the historic interpretation and public experience of Shady Rest Golf & Country Club (1921), a National Historic Landmark. Read more
Turkish Cultural Center New Jersey logo, a red square with the organization name in white block lettering

Turkish Cultural Center NJ

Wayne, (Incubation / $15,000)
To support an exhibition taking visitors on an enlightening journey through the profound contributions of Islamic civilizations. Read more

Meet More Grantees

Header photo © Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center