NEH is being gutted, and New Jerseyans will suffer as a result.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants that fund state councils are being rescinded by DOGE.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.
We explore, cultivate, and champion the public humanities in order to strengthen New Jersey’s diverse community.
What that means
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.
Our programs, grants, resources, and convenings foster appreciation for the public humanities in every district in the state. Explore our impact >>>
Our Mission
We explore, cultivate, and champion the public humanities in order to strengthen New Jersey’s diverse community.
Grants & Sponsorships
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.
Grantee Spotlight
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
Meet all of our grantees
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In January 2025, NJCH announced $205,716 in Grant Awards to 17 NJ Organizations Meet them »
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News
A look back at the inaugural South Jersey Community Reporters initiative
In January 2024, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Center for Cooperative Media (CCM) at Montclair State University embarked on a collaborative project known as the “South Jersey Community Reporters” initiative.
Resource Roundup March 2025
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.
NJCH-funded History Project Celebrated at Library of Congress and on GMA
“Community on the Line,” an oral and archival history project to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the New Jersey Area funded by an NJCH grant, was recently celebrated at the Library of Congress and on Good Morning America.
Ever wonder: what's the story behind the myth of the Jersey Devil?
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.
Program Spotlight
Prime Time Family Reading
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!
Resource Roundup
Looking for other grant funding sources in New Jersey? Professional development opportunities? Networking? A new job?
Subscribe to the Resource Roundup, our monthly e-newsletter geared toward those working in humanities and nonprofit organizations.
Humanities People
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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 » |
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