Sponsorships

NJCH sponsorships support public humanities events, programs, and opportunities that help institutions serving the people of New Jersey explore the public humanities in our lives.

NJCH sponsorships are designed to fund activities that advance NJCH’s mission and strategic goals, with the aim of providing greater visibility and access to audiences that are not currently served by NJCH's grantmaking or other programs.

NJCH will provide funding up to $3,000 for an organization's event, in return for marketing visibility and exposure.

NJCH Sponsorships

At a Glance

  • Open to 501(c)(3) nonprofit or government organizations
  • Up to $3,000 for your organization's event or program
  • Activities must be open and accessible to the general public
  • Activities must primarily serve New Jersey audiences and/or organizations
  • Application deadline: rolling

Upcoming

RE-presentation through Community Narratives

A community-centered storytelling project documenting the challenges and opportunities of living a long, healthful life amidst social injustice.

Under the tutelage of applied anthropologist and FireWorks Executive Director Asiyah Kurtz, one apprentice will spend eight weeks interviewing, facilitating discussions, and documenting the personal narratives of community members to be used in a storytelling presentation of the apprentice's choosing. NJCH is honored to sponsor this apprentice’s work in our home city of Camden.

Title slide for "Reparations" film

Price of Liberty Film Series: Reparations Screening and Discussion

March 29 @ 7:00 pm
Cinema505
505 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States

NJCH is a proud sponsor of the Montclair History Center's screening of Reparations, which explores the four-century struggle to seek repair and atonement for slavery in the United States from the perspectives of Black and Asian Americans who believe that our collective liberation can only be achieved by standing with one another.


Patrick Rosal and Shawn R. Jones

Restoring Hope and Health Through Poetry

April 20 @ 5:30 pm
Camden Technology Center
601 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ, 08102, United States

Join acclaimed poets Patrick Rosal and Shawn R. Jones for a healing workshop that will encourage participants to take an unflinching look at personal and collective traumas and create a roadmap for hope.


Phillis Wheatley at the Old Dutch Parsonage

Living History Visit with Phillis Wheatley

April 23 @ 2:00 pm
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites
71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, 08876, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor this Living History Visit with poet Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved person who became one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America, as portrayed by Dr. Daisy Century.


Sojourner Truth at the Old Dutch Parsonage

Living History Visit with Sojourner Truth

May 21 @ 2:00 pm
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites
71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, 08876, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor this Living History Visit with Sojourner Truth, as portrayed by Dr. Daisy Century.


Sojourner Truth and Phillis Wheatley at Old Dutch Parsonage

Three Early Black American Women in Words: A Literary Historic Houses Tour

April 30 @ 3:00 pm
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites
71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, 08876, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor this tour of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage introducing the works of three early Black American women in words—Phillis Wheatley, Hetty Saunders, and Sojourner Truth.

Past Sponsorships

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International Diversity Fair

Stories Invincible Closing Ceremony

Price of Liberty Film Series: Free Renty Screening and Discussion

Sankofa Collaborative, Commemoration of Tulsa Massacre

Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series at Rutgers University-Newark

Art Pride New Jersey Thrive Arts Conference

Woodbury Hispanic Heritage Festival

Sponsorship Information

NJCH will provide funding up to $3,000 for an organization's event, in return for marketing visibility and exposure. Sponsorships can support a variety of formats, including events, conferences, scholarships, or awards.

How to apply

Organizations that are interested in applying for an NJCH sponsorship should review the sponsorship guidelines below. If your organization meets the eligibility requirements and you believe your work is a fit for our program, please contact Valerie Popp, Director of Strategic Initiatives, via email at vpopp@njhumanities.org or by phone (310-701-5203) to discuss your sponsorship idea. Applications submitted without prior communication with NJCH staff will not be considered.

NJCH gives priority to Sponsorship requests that:

  • Support areas that are underserved in the NJ humanities ecosystem (i.e., geographic, demographic, institutional type, humanities disciplines)
  • Support events/programs with a large number of attendees or viewership
  • Support activities with low-cost or free attendance
  • Provide equitable access to the humanities or educational/professional development opportunities for humanities-serving institutions
  • Support activities that meet NJCH’s strategic priorities, but whose structure is not suited to NJCH’s current grantmaking programs or initiatives
  • Support organizations not recently funded by NJCH grants
  • Demonstrate a clear sense of the activity’s marketing and visibility potential, including logo placement, digital promotion, program inclusion
  • Support rapid response programs that address recent events that have had a strong impact on New Jerseyans and that would benefit from a humanities perspective. In those cases, standard expectations about timing may be waived on a case-by-case basis.