The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants that fund state councils are being rescinded by DOGE. As a result, NJCH will be forced to significantly scale back or cut our grants, programs, and operations. Here are some steps you can take to help. To make an immediate impact, please donate to help us achieve a maximum matching grant of $50,000 from the Mellon Foundation.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants that fund state councils are being rescinded by DOGE. As a result, NJCH will be forced to significantly scale back or cut our grants, programs, and operations. To make an immediate impact, please donate to help us achieve a maximum matching grant of $50,000 from the Mellon Foundation.
The Mellon Foundation has announced a grant of emergency stabilization funds for all state humanities councils. We are profoundly grateful for this generous gift. However, these funds NOT a replacement of our federal funding, either in the short- or long-term.
Mellon will match your donation dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $50,000. Please maximize your impact by donating today.
We believe humanities fields such as history, literature, and philosophy are the best hope for our state and country's future. It's the humanities that help us break free from the limitations of our individual experience and see both the perspectives of others and the larger social forces that affect us all.
We work to bring the critical thinking and reflection the humanities spur to the Garden State's broad and diverse population, through programs and support for other humanities organizations.
We explore, cultivate, and champion the public humanities in order to strengthen New Jersey’s diverse community.
Through a competitive application process, we award Incubation Grants and Action Grants ranging from $3,000 to $15,000 to further the impact of the public humanities in New Jersey. Our COVID-19 grantmaking in 2020 and 2021 also helped pandemic-affected organizations recover and reimagine their work at a critical moment. Sponsorships are primarily aimed at greater visibility and access to audiences that are not currently served by NJCH through our grantmaking and other programmatic initiatives.
In January 2025, NJCH announced $205,716 in Grant Awards to 17 NJ Organizations Meet them »
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities will host a series of gatherings for organizations, professionals, and supporters across the state to discuss the current state of the humanities, funding, […]
Our monthly email newsletter for the NJ Humanities community with helpful information, including notifications of funding, professional development events, meetings, and conferences from both NJCH and the larger nonprofit community.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities will host a series of gatherings for organizations, professionals, and supporters across the state to discuss the current state of the humanities, funding, […]
The Jersey Devil is a distinctive piece of our state's lore, a mythical creature legendary enough to serve as both a symbol of the Pine Barrens region and the mascot of our NHL franchise. Scholars supported with NJCH funds have traced this strange creature's origins to a mish-mash of political, religious, and capitalist conflict over generations of early America.
Prime Time Family Reading is a national program serving 6- to 10-year-old kids and their families. Participating families build early literacy skills, engage in critical thinking, and connect with each other through literature and discussion. NJCH is excited to join the national network of this program in 2025!
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In addition to overseeing and administering NJCH’s grants, Community History program, and capacity-building workshops, Gigi Naglak is a theatre performer and producer, avid lover of the outdoors, and community advocate. Meet Gigi » |
