FUNDED PROJECTS

Each year, NJCH receives Incubation and Action Grant funding requests from organizations seeking support for public humanities projects. Through a competitive application process, we award Incubation Grants and Action Grants, from $3,000 to $20,000, to further our mission - to harness the power of the humanities to strengthen our pluralistic society.

Prior grant recipients, including a brief project description for each organization, are listed below.

FY23 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, Newark ($15,000), to develop an oral history project that celebrates, uplifts, and connects women in New Jersey who are living at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence (HIV/DV).

American Littoral Society, Highlands ($15,000) to support “River Relationships,” a story-gathering project focused on Camden residents’ experiences in relation to pollution of the Delaware River.

Camden Repertory Theater, Camden ($14,400), to design a series of public programs and educational materials exploring the diverse and rich voices of Martie Evans, J.E. Franklin, and Barbara Ann Teer, three lesser-known Black women playwrights whose artistic importance are a part of an invisible yet nevertheless influential cannon of the American Black Arts Movement.

CivicStory, Summit ($12,210) to support the addition of a humanities journalist to the newsroom staff for a four-month evaluation period.

Classis New Brunswick Community Development Corporation, Highland Park ($15,000) to support the development of an interdisciplinary statewide project on art and mass incarceration.

coLAB Arts, New Brunswick ($12,000), to support an oral history and verbatim theater project comprised of oral histories with women, girls, and trans men in the U.S. who have medically self-managed their abortions with tele-medical support from international organization, Aid Access.

Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, Teaneck ($6,098), to explore the concept of “sacred” spaces in a variety of contexts and create resources that can be employed by environmentalists, human rights advocates, community groups to preserve and protect public places and spaces.

Gloucester County Department of Parks and Recreation, Sewell, ($15,000), to support community listening sessions to help inform the organization how to chronicle a recent archeological discovery at their site and shape future public programming.

Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury ($8,029) to support “History on the Road,” an inquiry-based “trunk show” to be made available for classroom use in Gloucester County schools.

Hudson County Community College, Jersey City ($14,960) to support an oral history project to document the dramatic changes that have impacted Jersey City and surrounding communities, including rapid real estate development, altered neighborhoods, and resident livelihoods.

Lost Souls Public Memorial Project, Somerset ($5,320), to develop a digital history trail mapping the story of the Lost Souls—137 African Americans from New Jersey who were kidnapped and sold into permanent slavery in the South by a ring organized by a corrupt Middlesex County judge in 1818.

Montclair State University, Montclair ($14,981) to support the Race and Regency Lab, an incubator for new ways to bring the public into community-based dialogues about trade and representation by tapping into renewed interest in the Regency period.

Raíces Cultural Center, New Brunswick ($8,000), to support the planning and development of a publicly accessible oral history library that seeks to document, preserve, and share family stories.

Ramapo College, Mahwah ($15,000) to support “Englewood Makes History,” an initiative to collect and digitize archival materials related to the vibrant history of the City of Englewood, in particular those of African American residents in the 4th Ward and immigrant communities in the 3rd Ward.

Rowan University, Glassboro ($15,000) to support the development of a community-engaged digital archive around celebrations of Juneteenth in New Jersey.

Sussex County Community College, Newton ($5,000) to support the Skylands Research Institute Innovation Lab, a hub for multidisciplinary research and scholarly activity in Northwest New Jersey.

Talking Eyes Media, Montclair ($15,000), to develop an exhibition and live storytelling events using personal narratives captured through The Newark Story Bus, a mobile audio-recording and photography studio that collects oral histories and portraits of the people of Newark.

Truehart Productions, Lambertville ($15,000) to support production of a new installment of “The Price of Silence,” a popular documentary TV series on NJ PBS exploring the history of slavery in New Jersey, which will focus on the Great Migration.

Willingboro Community Development Corporation, Willingboro ($15,000) to support ongoing research and public outreach around New Jersey’s only remaining Futuro house, one of just 19 of its kind in the country.

Action Grants

Asbury Park African-American Music Project, Asbury Park ($10,000) to support the continued documentation of the history and stories of Asbury Park’s Springwood Avenue, known as “Little Harlem,” once a vibrant center for music venues and businesses.

Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, Princeton ($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.

Camden County College, Blackwood ($6,125), to support a series public presentations on Colonial America and the American Revolution, with a specific focus on African Americans, Jewish people, and Indigenous Americans.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Essex County, Newark ($15,000) to support interviews conducted by and with individuals who have experience with the child welfare system to document the historic systemic problems that have led to disproportional representation of families of color and the impoverished.

Cranford Public Library, Cranford ($4,300), to host a series of quarterly author and artist talks with a focus on elevating the stories of underrepresented and marginalized voices.

Friends of Yogi, Little Falls ($15,000), to create a technology-driven data visualization exhibition that captures the story of Major League Baseball and COVID-19 as a window into the greater societal and cultural impact of the pandemic.

Gloucester County Library System, Swedesboro ($3,000) to support a speaker series focusing on the history of New Jersey.

Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Flemington ($15,000) to support content creation and revision for the HuntHistory.org website.

In FACT, Willingboro ($13,500), to conduct a broad examination of the R&B Urban Line dance culture and community in the New Jersey through oral histories with dancers, choreographers, DJ's, event producers and other practitioners.

Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark ($15,000), to create and operate a community archive for Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC), a community-based organization that has been organizing for justice and providing educational and family services to residents for more than 50 years.

Jewish Community Center of Central New Jersey, Scotch Plains ($3,600) to support a three-part immersive series exploring the history of racism and antisemitism in Scotch Plains.

Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Inc., Bridgewater ($12,628) to support the next phase of a continuing project exploring topics related to the diverse cultures served by the organization.

NJ YMCA State Alliance, Hamilton ($15,000), to support the implementation of a multimedia community engagement and dissemination strategy for a COVID-19 storytelling project that documented experiences from participants about impacts and perspectives of NJ residents during the pandemic.

Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, Hackensack ($8,000) to support the development of a website and digital content expounding on the meaning, significance, and process of The Black Women’s Mural in Englewood.

People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, Lawrenceville ($12,000), to support literature reading and discussion programs in English and Spanish at partner sites throughout NJ.

Returning Citizens Support Group Inc., Newark ($15,000) to support the implementation of Ritual4Return, an arts-based dialogic cultural program exploring the many dimensions of mass incarceration, reentry, and homecoming for citizens who have returned home from prison.

Save Ancient Studies Inc., Teaneck ($15,000) to support the “Archaeogaming Education Program,” which provides teachers with easy-to-use, engaging resources about the Ancient World for use in their classrooms.

T. Thomas Fortune Foundation, Red Bank ($15,000) to support the creation of a permanent exhibit highlighting Fortune’s leading role in the Black Press, including his final years as publisher of the New York Age.

Ukrainian History and Education Center, Somerset ($13,000), to create an exhibition that examines Ukrainian and Ukrainian American responses to the Holodomor, the genocidal artificial famine perpetrated against Ukrainians in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, through primary sources, art, and literature.

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit ($13,500), to support an interdisciplinary exhibition and accompanying humanities-based public programs that explore the visual art and folklife traditions of the Caribbean diaspora in NJ.

Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Browns Mills ($13,500), to collect oral histories from Whitesbog, Pemberton, and Browns Mills and to host public talks with community scholars on topics related to the history of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

FY22 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

Alice Paul Institute, Mt. Laurel Township ($15,000), for additional research and understanding needed to update a permanent exhibit on suffragist and New Jersey native Alice Paul with more inclusive narratives.

Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen’s Museum, Tuckerton ($15,000), to lay the framework for an oral history of Tuckerton Seaport that captures the story of its birth, rebirth, and unconventional approach.

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown ($15,000), to develop a public history-infused public high school curriculum for Thomas Nast’s caricaturamas "The Last Ditch" and "The Palace of Tears.”

Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton ($7,500), for a project that researches the history and genealogy of the people enslaved at Morven and lays groundwork to share these stories with the public.

Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison ($12,150), to create a museum civics literacy program that introduces students to core democratic principles and explores democratic ideals, values, and the role of citizenship.

New Jersey Orators, Bridgewater Township ($15,000), to bring workshops on the art of public speaking, reading and media arts literacy, civic engagement and college readiness, and life skills to youth in more school districts around New Jersey.

Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City ($10,500), to support research and planning for the development of a listening tour and performance piece on the cultural and demographic changes in and around the South Jersey Shore in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties.

Redhawk Native American Arts Council, South Amboy ($6,390), to support the planning stages of two Indigenous solstice celebrations, in collaboration with leaders of the Ramapough Lunnape and the Nanticoke Leni Lenape Nations in New Jersey and Indigenous student groups from Rutgers University and Ramapo College.

Trenton Historical Society, Trenton ($14,800), to develop and test a searchable electronic database for employee records from the John A. Roebling’s Sons Company, a producer of wire cable that employed thousands of Eastern and Southern European immigrants and African Americans at sites in Trenton and Roebling in the twentieth century.

Action Grants

Clinton Hill Community Action, Newark ($20,000), for a multi-year public history project that will create a collaborative history of Clinton Hill in multiple accessible formats.

Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May ($3,814), to support an art history-themed free hybrid speaker series held at the Cold Spring Brewery during the winter of 2022-2023.

Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken ($20,000), to support “The Hoboken Fires: A History of Gentrification & Arson for Profit,” a partnership with the artist Christopher Lopez that uses community engagement, social justice, and digital practice to revisit Hoboken’s history of the 1970s-80s.

Luna Stage Company, West Orange ($10,000), to support the design and implementation of humanities-based materials that complement creative productions about Underground Railroad Safe Houses and Freedom Routes in Essex County.

Mighty Writers, Camden ($20,000), for a series of activism workshops to teach middle and high school students the crucial power of writing and critical thinking skills to broaden the understanding of themselves, their communities, and their natural and social surroundings.

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair ($16,500), for a performance series to complement “My Home to Yours,” an immersive film and sound installation that centers local and regional Indigenous perspectives on the meaning of home.

New City Kids, Jersey City ($20,000), for professional development activities and workshops that integrate culturally rich humanities work into programming for teens.

New Jersey State Museum Foundation, Trenton ($15,732), to support the exhibition "History Beneath Your Feet: Archaeology in the Capital City,” which will explore the social, cultural, and environmental evolution of Trenton through archaeological artifacts.

The Petey Greene Program, Princeton ($20,000), to build upon its successful pilot of a humanities-based college bridge program for incarcerated and reentering students and expand the program to additional facilities.

Regional Plan Association, Newark ($18,000), to implement a centennial series of public engagement events that will celebrate park and open space initiatives at the Meadowlands, Nat Turner Park in Newark, and Paterson Great Falls.

Roebling Main Gate Museum, Roebling ($18,000), to create an immersive, learning-focused audio walking tour for an upcoming museum exhibit.

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Skillman ($20,000), to create a series of youth historical fiction books that will provide a unique firsthand account of life through the lens of African American children who grew up in the Sourland Mountain region of central New Jersey.

Summit Interfaith Council Anti-Racism Committee, Summit ($13,203), for a presentation and book discussions that use both fiction and non-fiction by authors of color to educate New Jerseyans on the economic, societal, and personal costs of racism.

Truehart Productions, Newark ($19,575), to produce a second 30-minute episode of the documentary series “The Price of Silence: The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People.”

Vietnamese Boat People, Montclair ($20,000), to build out the next phase of a collaborative digital map of stories from the Vietnamese diaspora with enhanced functionality and recruitment/ interactive workshops for users.

Seed Grants

Bloomfield College, Bloomfield ($5,000), to advance the Stories of Newark Oral History Project by focusing the work of this grassroots digital archive upon the theme of social mobility for the upcoming year.

Enslaved African Memorial Committee, Englewood ($5,000), to continue work that enlightens the public about the history of slavery in NJ and presents new findings and programming about recently discovered burial sites located in New Jersey towns, including New Milford, Bergenfield, and Jersey City.

The Jewish Community Center of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties, Inc, Bridgewater ($2,000), for free Holocaust education workshops that use creative and artistic mediums to teach students how to confront hatred and anti-Semitism and promote human kindness and dignity.

Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey, Fair Lawn ($2,500), to develop a multifaceted interfaith initiative focused on the history of Jewish/African American relations in Passaic, Bergen, and Hudson Counties, from the Civil Rights period and beyond.

Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum, Rahway ($5,000), to support the design and installation of a new permanent exhibit that interprets the almost-40 years during which the building served as a Girl Scout headquarters.

NJ YMCA State Alliance, Trenton ($5,000), to expand a statewide storytelling project on the impact of COVID-19 by documenting and digitally archiving oral histories about the vaccine.

Renaissance Newark Foundation, Newark ($5,000), to create a companion electronic curriculum guide for the critically acclaimed documentary film “Rust” by Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno.

Thomas Fortune Foundation, Red Bank ($3,250), to create a permanent exhibit highlighting journalist and publisher T. Thomas Fortune's leading role in the Black Press in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Ukrainian History and Education Center, Somerset ($3,600), to support an exhibition on Ukrainian and Ukrainian American responses to the Holodomor genocide, an artificial famine perpetrated against Ukrainians in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

FY21 COVID-19 RESPONSE GRANTS

FY21 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

The Center for Aquatic Sciences Inc., to record, produce, distribute, and preserve oral histories about the Delaware River and its tributaries, as told by the residents of Camden.
Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, to continue to develop a plan for compiling and sharing information about Munsee Lunaape (Lenape) Ceremonial Stone Landscapes across New Jersey.
Friends of Yogi, to develop a new data visualization project to capture the unique story of baseball during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, connecting that story to broader social narratives.
The Petey Greene Program, to develop a college-bridge program for incarcerated students in New Jersey, focusing on academic writing and critical thinking.
New Jersey Folk Festival, Inc., to begin work on a podcast, created by Rutgers University students and community scholars, to bring NJ folk cultures to a wider audience.
Ramapo College of New Jersey/Jane Addams Papers Project, to develop curriculum modules to introduce students to primary source research on the history of the Progressive Era.
Regional Plan Association, Inc.,to plan a series of public engagement events about park and open space initiatives in Northern New Jersey.
Roebling Main Gate Museum, to explore the history and interpretation possibilities for a newly acquired building, helping to connect community members to the organization’s history.
Southern Jersey Family Medical Center, to continue work on the Beyond Statistics program, which researches local philosophies behind healthy eating by examining foodways, health, and nutrition.
Truehart Productions, to conduct research for a documentary to explore the prevalence of slavery during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and its lasting effects throughout New Jersey during the 20th century.
Vietnamese Boat People, to digitally crowdsource a collaborative community journey map to explore Vietnamese diaspora stories and journeys.
Woodbury Public Library, to hire a public historian to perform thorough research on the early history of African Americans living in Woodbury.

Action Grants

Bayshore Center at Bivalve to produce a documentary video on the demographic shift of oyster shuckers in the Delaware Bay oyster industry.
Camden County College, to develop a lecture series that will analyze Hollywood films and their impact on politics and society, as well as library-based community discussion groups and a tuition-free course.
Cherry Hill Public Library, to host One Book, One Cherry Hill, a biennial community-wide book discussion and program series that explores topics relevant to the Cherry Hill community in order to bring people together and form connections.
Jazz House Kids, to facilitate free, multimedia videoconference presentations about the nation’s rich African-American musical tradition, focusing on how that history reflects social and moral values.
Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Inc., to launch a series of discussion-based webinars presented by LVSC students who hail from more than 40 different countries around the world, including the USA.
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, to implement an accessible, interpretive audio guide using technology designed to enhance the patron experience.
Newark Public Library, in collaboration with the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture & the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark, Aspira New Jersey, and Ironbound Community Corporation, to capture oral histories, artistic expressions, and poetry related to the COVID-19 experiences of Newark youth.
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation, Inc., to produce a series of interviews focused on a more inclusive narrative of the Vietnam War era, with a focus on the experiences of women and minorities and the impact of the war on the homefront through the experiences of military families during this period.
People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, to provide 8-week literature reading and discussion programs for disadvantaged NJ residents and a 2-day facilitator training workshop for 12 humanities scholars.
Piscataway Public Library, to host a series of public programs inviting participants to consider the concept of community to examine local history, diverse cultures, and shared beliefs and values.
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, to support education, community, and public programs for A New View – Camden, an outdoor exhibition of six public art sites in Camden that addresses civic and equity issues related to illegal dumping.
Rutgers University-Newark Queer Newark Oral History Project, to host panel discussions, an oral history bootcamp, and a community listening session to spread awareness of oral history methods and highlight the importance of preserving local LGBTQ+ history.
Save Ancient Studies Inc., to produce a series of archaeogaming video learning modules and pilot a humanities-based education program in New Jersey middle school classrooms.
Talking Eyes Media, to support screenings of and facilitated discussions about a documentary film featuring Maria Lopez-Nuñez, as she fights for environmental justice and works with her Newark community to build a just and sustainable future.
The Theater Project, to host a series of performances and facilitated discussions that explore concepts involving systemic racism from different perspectives, helping participants increase awareness and understanding within their own communities
Trent House Association, to engage teens and young adults in developing digital content about the lives of 17th and 18th century Lenape during colonization and 20th century African Americans who came to Trenton during the Great Migration.
Trenton Health Team, to document the relationship between historical redlining in Trenton and inequitable health outcomes today, including the disparate impacts of COVID-19.
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, to implement "Reflections and Expressions: Communities and Cultures of Central and South America", a project that will address the history and cultural heritage of Central and South American communities in South Jersey.
Whitesbog Preservation Trust, to collect oral histories from Whitesbog Historic Farm and Village workers, local neighbors, staff and farmers of the rural community of Browns Mills and Pemberton to enhance exhibit interpretation.

FY20 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

Alice Paul Institute, to convene scholars, community, and prison representatives to develop a humanities program for prison inmates
Bloomfield Public Library, to foster opportunities for civic engagement among patrons
Into French Translation, in conjunction with University of Orange, to create written and oral Haitian Creole translations of archival materials
Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum, to research and plan for “The Girl Scout House,” a new permanent exhibition
Monmouth County Historical Association, to conduct research and benchmarking as part of the reinterpretation of museums
Rutgers University-Newark, Clement A. Price Institute, to plan for the Homelands Cultural, Archives, and Intepretive Center
Southern Jersey Family Medical Center, to pilot the “Beyond the Statistics” program

Action Grants

Hoboken Historical Museum, to launch a lecture and performance series to honor the lives of women impacted NJ
Isles, Inc., to develop “Reflecting Trenton,” a photo-history project that displays Trenton’s varied transformations and growth
Lake Hopatcong Foundation, to design an exhibition to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic flood in northwest NJ
Montclair State University, Sprague Library, to explore NJ's role in providing talent & resources for the creation of the atomic bomb
Rutgers University-Camden, Writers House, to continue work with Warrior Writers to engage veterans
Seton Hall University, Department of English, to continue work on “The Digital Citizenry Project”
Stockton University, Alliance Heritage Center, to produce a documentary about Alliance Colony, an 1882 settlement founded in SJ
TRUE Mentors, to engage mentors and mentees in the “Humanities Impact Project”
Ukrainian History & Education Center, to create an exhibition and programming about events in Ukrainian Orthodox religious history
Visual Arts Center of NJ, to further the public’s understanding of Native American art, culture, history and beliefs through an exhibition

FY20 COVID-19 RESPONSE GRANTS

FY19 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

African American Cultural Collaborative, to host public gatherings to prepare for African diaspora programming
City of Paterson, to rebuild Paterson's Grassroots Arts Commission
James R. Halsey Foundation of the Arts, to pilot a 6 week collaboration between at-risk students and humanities professors
Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum, to conduct a survey of objects in their collection and convene focus groups
Montclair History Center, to continue the work of the Many Voices Oral History project
Montclair State Univerisity Library, Sprague Library, to expand the relationship between MSU and the local school district
Morris Arts, to develop a social media component for local Latinx populations
Nimbus Dance Works, to create an event series that pairs humanities scholarship and arts events
Seton Hall University, Department of English, to expand the "Civic Engagement in the Digital Age" program
6th Regiment US Colored Troops, to conduct planning and design for the Locust Hill African Cemetery and Interpretive Center
Bayshore Center at Bivalve, to create an action plan for a video and book about the demographic shift of oyster shuckers
Free Public Library of Audubon, to develop a Teen Advisory Board to determine how to better engage that student population
Historical Society of Hamilton Township, to develop an annotated bibliography of best practices for working with diverse audiences
Ironbound Community Corporation, to develop a plan for the creation of a digital and physical archive for the city of Newark
Piscataway Public Library, to conceptualize and develop their local history collection
Seabrook Education and Cultural Center, to rewrite the Seabrook Farms narrative
Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, to enhance and expand the curriculum of their “Floating Classroom” tour
The Unitarian Society, to continue work on the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project
Vietnamese Boat People, to develop materials that will help members of the Vietnamese disapora
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, to plan humanities programs to expand the public's understanding of Native American communities
William Trent House Association, to reach and engage teenagers and young adults with historical content through digital media
Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, to support testing and refinement of a middle and high school field trip curriculum

Action Grants

Cherry Hill Public Library, to organize a community-wide book discussion and program series
City Of Jersey City, to host a series of discussions about the evolution of feminism
coLAB Arts, Inc., to create an exhibition exploring restorative justice and juvenile sentencing
County College of Morris, to broaden the scope of The Legacy Project, a CCM interdisciplinary initiative
Isles, Inc., to foster historic and cultural tourism in two sections of Trenton by developing tours
Lake Hopatcong Foundation, to develop and offer programs featuring humanities scholars on local history topics
Mighty Writers Camden, to bring GirlPower!, one of Mighty Writers most popular programs, to Camden
Morven Museum and Garden, to create an exhibition, Dreaming of Utopia in Roosevelt, New Jersey, that explores cultural history
Newark Performing Arts Corporation, to pursue research and interpretation of the African-American experience at Symphony Hall
People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, to support their Enriching Lives Through Literature project
Perkins Center for the Arts, to create "Upon Our Authority: 100 Years of Women’s Empowerment in New Jersey through Oral Expression and Folk Tradition"
Rowan University, to create a digital exhibition to explore and capture human connections to water in NJ
Rutgers University Camden, Writers House, to host six generative writing workshops for veterans
Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture, to explore the histories of the Ringwood Mines Superfund Site
Thomas Edison State University, to host dinners and cultural simulations to encourage participants think deeply about race relations
Woodbury Community Pride, to engage with local audiences and facilitate informative community conversations

FY18 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, to introduce the historic Apple Tree House to the public
Lake Hopatcong Foundation, to conduct an evaluation study to learn about programming needs for the community
Mahwah Museum, to digitize newspaper articles from museum archives
The Muse Collaborative, to develop a discussion-based series around hip-hop and rap
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, to research topics and themes to replace an exhibition
Rowan University, to engage community in place-based connections around water
Rutgers University, Agriculture and Urban Programs, to spark conversations with stakeholders around agriculture
Township of Teaneck, to coordinate talks around two memorial projects
University of Orange, to train resident musicians to investigate musical communities
coLAB Arts, to conduct interviews and create a theater for the project "Banished: Children on the Sex Offender Registry"
Gloucester County Historical Society, to expand prior Woodbury-based Juneteenth events
Mile Square Theatre, to support preliminary content research on a documentary about gentrification in Hoboken
Rider University, to engage HomeFront NJ clients in writing workshop experiences
Rutgers University-Camden, MARCH, to explore the history of Cooper Street through community involvement
Social Justice Matters, to develop "Dialogue Circles on Race," a series of faciliated community discussions
Unitarian Society, to gather community feedback on the "Lost Souls Public Memorial Project"
Woodbury Community Pride, to engage local audiences in Woodbury Community Pride's first LGBTQ Film Festival

Action Grants

Bongiorno Productions, with Renaissance Newark Foundation, to explore intergenerational poverty in Newark through film
Camden County College, to examine the lasting impact of the year 1968
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, to increase awareness of Paterson's global trade role
Kidsbridge Tolerance Center, to educate non-native communities about indigenous experiences
McCarter Theatre Center, to commission plays for a project focusing on migration
Morven Museum & Garden, to reinterpret and reinstall its permanent history exhibition
Newark Public Library, to host a summer poetry workshop for teens and young adults
Passaic County Department of Cultural and Historical Affairs, to develop inclusive exhibitions and programming
People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, to bring six literature and reading programs to vulnerable populations
Perkins Center for the Arts, to continue efforts for Tastefully South Jersey
Rutgers Camden, Writers House, to deepen connections with veterans and active military through the "Letters Home" project
Sankofa Collaborative, to develop workshops and resources for others addressing difficult topics in African American history
Stonybrook-Millstone Watershed Association, to further engagement of community members on the "Kwel' Hoy" project
William Trent House Association, to expand the interpretation of slavery in the Trent House

FY17 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

Historic Morven, Inc., to develop an internal strategy for involving community in reinterpretation
William Trent House Association, to develop new programming about enslaved people
William Paterson University Galleries, to pilot a new program, "The Human Library"
Kidsbridge Tolerance Center, to to begin work on an educational program about indigenous communities
Bergen Community College, to explore culture and identity through food
Cherry Hill Public Library, to pilot a One Book, One Cherry Hill summer reading program
Writer's Theatre of New Jersey, to initiate a series of discussions and workshops around incarcerated juveniles
West Orange Public Library, to create an inclusive series of library-based events
Montclair State University, to create written and oral Haitian Creole translations
Bloomfield Public Library, to examine the narratives the shape LGBTQ+ experiences in Bloomfield and beyond
Isles, Inc., to conduct planning and research to develop tours of Trenton
coLAB Arts, to produce a series of workshops about American communities see how murderers are punished
Atlantic Health System, to expand the Healing Voices workshop series
Perkins Center for the Arts, to examine folklore, art, and culture through food traditions
Bongiorno Productions, with Renaissance Newark Foundation, to assemble a think tank to develop film curriculum
Montclair History Center, to conduct a series of community oral history interviews
Roebling Museum, to explore ways to develop meaningful collaborations
NJ Historical Society, to further develop programming around difficult issues in African American history

Action Grants

Bethel AME Church, to organize a series of public programs about past and present race relations in Morris County
Bloomfield College, Division of the Humanities, to connect writers and community audiences through workshops
Grounds for Sculpture, to create in-gallery programming space supported by a scholar-in-residence
Montclair State University, to create a 90 minute documentary exploring recovery
Montclair State University, Harry A. Sprague Library,, to offer a series of free public programs about AI and robotics
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, to recreate a smaller version of a WWII-era spotter tower
Ocean City Historical Museum, to fund an ASL interpreter for exhibit tours
Old First Historic Trust, to develop an oral history project around Cuban immigrants
PCK Media, in conjunction with Stockton University, to support the creation of a documentary about Kea Tawana
Ramapo College of New Jersey, to further the use of digital collection of the papers of Jane Addams
The College of New Jersey, to create humanities-based disability and cultural studies curriculum for high school students
Whitesbog Preservation Trust, to create a series of films for the Cranberry and Blueberry Museum
Who is My Neighbor, Inc., to support the efforts of the Highland Park film students as they explore race in their town

FY16 GRANTS

Incubation Grants

Camden Repertory Theatre, to develop a reading and discussion program for youth in Camden
Bongiorno Productions, with Renaissance Newark Foundation, to support documentary work about poverty in Newark
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, to explore how to incorporate oral histories into exhibitions and programming
Atlantic Health System, to develop a series of workshops for the Healing Arts program
Raritan Valley Community College, to work on a storyboard and script for a planetarium program that examines mythology
Who is My Neighbor, Inc., to pilot a digital storytelling curriculum for their oral history project
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, to develop and beta test a digital resource center
Alliance Center for Independence, to host two workshops that examine how disabled persons were targeted in Nazi Germany
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education, to explore a pilot environmental humanities program
Scotch Plains Public Library, with CHHANGE, to develop a multidisciplinary program on race and ethnicity
Fairleigh Dickinson University, to research and plan for diversifying audiences at WAMFEST

Action Grants

Sourland Conservancy, to support the creation of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
Thomas Edison State University, to host two discussion based workshopsabout reintegration for veterans
People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, to support a short story reading and discussion program for new audiences
McCarter Theatre Center, to support the commission and public reading of 7 plays inspired by Princeton and Slavery project
Arts Council of Princeton, to investigate and preserve the history of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton
Newark Museum Association, to develop programming for the "Native Artists of North America" exhibition
Middlesex County College Foundation, to create public programming for the Holocaust and Human Rights Center
George Street Playhouse, to explore issues of race and social justice in connection with their production of "American Son"
Two River Theater, to create programming for military and veteran families for the production "The Women of Padilla"

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