Spring 2023 Grantees

T. Thomas Fortune Foundation
Red Bank (Action / $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.
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Asbury Park African-American Music Project
Asbury Park (Action / $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.
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Northern New Jersey Community Foundation
Hackensack (Action / $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.
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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.
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Returning Citizens Support Group Inc.
Newark (Action / $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.
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Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County Inc.
Bridgewater (Action / $12,628)
To support the next phase of a continuing project exploring topics related to the diverse cultures served by the organization.
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Jewish Community Center of Central New Jersey
Scotch Plains (Action / $3,600)
To support a three-part immersive series exploring the history and presence of racism and antisemitism in Scotch Plains.
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Save Ancient Studies Inc.
Teaneck (Action / $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.
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Gloucester County Library System
Swedesboro ($3,000 / Action)
To support a speaker series focusing on the history of New Jersey.
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CASA for Children of Essex County
Newark (Action / $15,000)
To support recorded 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.
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Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Flemington (Action / $15,000)
To support content creation and revision for the HuntHistory.org website.
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CivicStory
Summit (Incubation / $12,210)
To support the addition of a humanities journalist to the newsroom staff for a four-month evaluation period.
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Classis New Brunswick Community Development Corporation
Highland Park (Incubation / $15,000)
To support the development of an interdisciplinary statewide project on art and mass incarceration.
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Hudson County Community College
Jersey City (Incubation / $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.
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Rowan University
Glassboro (Incubation / $15,000)
To support the development of a community-engaged digital archive around celebrations of Juneteenth in New Jersey.
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Montclair State University
Montclair (Incubation / $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.
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Ramapo College
Mahwah (Incubation / $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.
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Sussex County Community College
Newton (Incubation / $5,000)
To support the Skylands Research Institute Innovation Lab, a hub for multidisciplinary research and scholarly activity in Northwest New Jersey.
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American Littoral Society
Highlands (Incubation / $15,000)
To support “River Relationships,” a story-gathering project focused on Camden residents’ experiences in relation to pollution of the Delaware River.
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Truehart Productions
Lambertville (Incubation / $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 Black New Jerseyans.
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Gloucester County Historical Society
Woodbury ($8,029 / Incubation)
To support “History on the Road,” an inquiry-based “trunk show” to be made available for classroom use in Gloucester County schools.
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Willingboro Community Development Corporation
Willingboro ($15,000 / Incubation)
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.
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Meet Our Spring 2023 Grantees

NJCH Announces $272,408 in Grant Awards to 22 Organizations

Featured Grantees

Returning Citizens Support Group Inc.

CASA for Children of Essex County

T. Thomas Fortune Foundation

Truehart Productions

American Littoral Society

CivicStory

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