The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund provides grants to support nonprofit organizations whose primary focus is Arts & Culture, Arts Education, and/or History.

The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund provides grants to support nonprofit organizations whose primary focus is Arts & Culture, Arts Education, and/or History. Read the Grant Guidelines.

GRANTS
The NJ Arts and Culture Renewal Fund makes grants to eligible nonprofit organizations on a fast, flexible basis with at least one round of grantmaking each calendar year.
IMPORTANT DATES

Spring 2024
Phase 8 application opens

PAST GRANTEES

Atlantic County

  • Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City Arts Foundation, Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City Ballet, Atlantic City
  • Bay Atlantic Symphony, Atlantic City

Bergen County

  • The Art School at Old Church, Demarest
  • Arts Horizons, Englewood
  • Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc., Fort Lee
  • Center for Modern Dance Education, Hackensack

Burlington County

  • Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Browns Mills
  • ArtPride New Jersey, Burlington
  • Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown
  • Moorestown Theater Company, Moorestown
  • Alice Paul Institute, Mount Laurel

Camden County

  • Mainstage Center for the Arts, Blackwood
  • Camden FireWorks, Camden
  • Camden Repertory Theater Community Development, Camden
  • Mighty Writers, Camden

Cape May County

  • Cape May Stage, Cape May
  • Historic Cold Spring Village Foundation, Cape May

Cumberland County

  • Millville Army Airfield Museum, Millville
  • Bayshore Center at Bivalve, Port Norris section of Commercial Township

Essex County

  • Friends of Yogi, Little Falls
  • Jazz House Kids., Montclair
  • Montclair Film Festival, Montclair
  • Music Beyond Measure, Montclair
  • Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts, Montclair
  • Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair
  • Vanguard Theater Company, Montclair
  • Arts Ed Newark, Newark
  • Gallery Aferro, Newark
  • Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District, Newark
  • Newark Arts, Newark
  • Newark Boys Chorus School, Newark
  • Newark School of the Arts, Newark
  • New Jersey Historical Society, Newark
  • Project for Empty Space, Newark
  • Trilogy: An Opera Company, Newark
  • University of Orange, Orange
  • Luna Stage, West Orange
  • Arts for Kids, West Orange
  • Pushcart Players, Verona

Hudson County        

  • Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken
  • Art House Productions, Jersey City
  • Educational Arts Team, Jersey City
  • Nimbus Dance, Jersey City
  • Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City
  • Union City Music Project, Union City

Hunterdon County

  • Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton
  • Roxey Ballet Company, Lambertville

Mercer County

  • Trenton Children’s Chorus, Ewing
  • Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton
  • Historic Morven, Princeton
  • The Princeton Festival, Princeton
  • Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania, Princeton
  • Artworks Trenton, Trenton
  • Capital Singers of Trenton, Trenton
  • Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts Society, Trenton
  • New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, Trenton
  • Old Barracks Association, Trenton
  • Passage Theatre Company, Trenton
  • Trenton Circus Squad, Trenton
  • Trenton Museum Society, Trenton
  • Trenton Music Makers, Trenton
  • Westrick Music Academy, Princeton Junction section of West Windsor
  • West Windsor Arts Center, West Windsor

Middlesex County

  • American Theater Group, East Brunswick
  • coLAB Arts, New Brunswick
  • Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick
  • Hub City Jazz Festival, New Brunswick
  • Dance New Jersey, Sewaren section of Woodbridge

Monmouth County

  • Asbury Park Music Foundation, Asbury Park
  • Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal
  • New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch
  • Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan
  • Rockit Live Foundation, Middletown
  • Middletown Township Cultural & Arts Council, Middletown
  • Monmouth Arts, Red Bank
  • The Garden State Film Festival, Sea Girt

Morris County

  • New Jersey Ballet Company, Florham Park
  • Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison
  • Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, Morris Plains
  • ARTS By The People, Morristown
  • Morris Arts, Morristown
  • New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Morristown
  • The Growing Stage Theatre for Young Audiences, Netcong

Ocean County

  • Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen’s Museum, Tuckerton

Passaic County

  • Botto House American Labor Museum, Haledon
  • Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Paterson
  • Inner City Ensemble, Paterson

Salem County

  • Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, Elmer

Somerset County

  • The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster
  • Frontline Arts, Branchburg
  • Arts Ed NJ, Warren

Sussex County

  • Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton

Union County           

  • Institute of Music for Children, Elizabeth
  • Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum, Rahway
  • Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble, Roselle
  • Continuo Arts Foundation, Summit
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit
  • Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Union
  • The Theater Project, Union

  • Atlantic County

    • Eagle Theatre, Hammonton
    • South Jersey Cultural Alliance, Hammonton
    • MudGirls Studios, Linwood

    Bergen County

    • CavanKerry Press, Fort Lee
    • Epitome of Soul, Ridgewood
    • Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, River Edge

    Burlington County

    • West Jersey Music Academy, Moorestown
    • Roebling Museum, Roebling section of Florence Township

    Camden County

    • Camden County Historical Society, Camden
    • IDEA Center for the Arts , Camden
    • The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association, Camden
    • Symphony in C, Collingswood

    Cape May County

    • Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, Cape May

    Cumberland County

    • Millville Development Corporation, Millville
    • Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville

    Essex County

    • ArtsPower, Cedar Grove
    • Montclair History Center, Montclair
    • Talking Eyes Media, Montclair
    • The Montclair Orchestra, Montclair
    • Montclair Art Museum, Montclair
    • Barat Foundation, Newark
    • Newark Performing Arts Corporation, Newark
    • Newark Print Shop, Newark
    • ValleyArts, Orange
    • Lydia Johnson Dance, South Orange
    • South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange

    Gloucester County

    • Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury

    Hunterdon County

    • ACME Screening Room, Lambertville

    Hudson County

    • Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken
    • Ariel Rivka Dance, Jersey City
    • Kennedy Dancers, Jersey City
    • RiverviewJazz.Org, Jersey City
    • Speranza Theatre Company, Jersey City
    • Surati for Performing Arts, Jersey City
    • Victory Hall, Jersey City
    • The Grace Theatre Workshop, Union City
    • Hudson Theatre Works, Weehawken

    Mercer County

    • Hopewell Valley Arts Council, Hopewell
    • People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, Lawrenceville
    • Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton
    • Princeton Ballet Society, Princeton
    • Storytelling Arts, Princeton Junction section of West Windsor
    • Preservation New Jersey, Trenton

    Middlesex County

    • George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick
    • Lazos America Unida, New Brunswick

    Monmouth County

    • Asbury Park Arts Council, Asbury Park
    • Holiday Express, Eatontown
    • Allaire Village, Farmingdale
    • Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold
    • Twin Lights Historical Society, Highlands
    • Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel
    • Monmouth Museum, Lincroft section of Middletown
    • Ocean Grove Historic Preservation / Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove section of Neptune
    • Jazz Arts Project, Red Bank
    • Phoenix Productions, Red Bank

    Morris County

    • The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Florham Park

    Ocean County

    • Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven
    • Brick Children’s Community Theatre, Brick
    • Exit 82 Theatre Company, Toms River

    Somerset County

    • All Children’s Art Center of NJ, Bound Brook

    Sussex County

    • Save Ellis Island, Augusta section of Frankford Township

    Union County

    • Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, Berkeley Heights
    • DuCretSchool of Art, Plainfield
    • People Helping People, Rahway
    • Music For all Seasons, Scotch Plains
    • New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, Summit
    • NJ Festival Orchestra, Westfield

    Warren County

    • Blairstown Live-Arts, Blairstown

Atlantic County

  • Atlantic City Arts Foundation, Atlantic City
  • South Jersey Cultural Alliance, Hammonton

Camden County

  • Superior Arts Institute, Camden

Essex County

  • Newark Arts, Newark
  • Project for Empty Space, Newark

Hudson County

  • Art House Productions, Jersey City
  • Riverview Jazz, Jersey City

Mercer County

  • Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania, Princeton

Middlesex County

  • Dance New Jersey, Sewaren section of Woodbridge

Monmouth County

  • Jazz Arts Project, Inc., Red Bank
  • Monmouth Arts, Red Bank
  • New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Allenhurst

Morris County

  • Art in the Atrium, Morristown

Somerset County

  • League of Historical Societies of NJ, Bridgewater

Sussex County

  • Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton

Atlantic County

  • Atlantic City Arts Foundation, Atlantic City
  • Inlet Public Private Association Inc., dba Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City
  • MudGirls Studios, Linwood

Bergen County

  • Arts Horizons, Englewood
  • CavanKerry Press, Fort Lee
  • Epitome of Soul, Ridgewood
  • MarbleJam Kids Inc, Hackensack
  • Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc, Fort Lee
  • The Art School at Old Church, Demarest

Burlington County

  • ArtPride New Jersey, Burlington
  • Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown
  • Roebling Museum, Roebling
  • West Jersey Music Academy, Moorestown

Camden County

  • Camden FireWorks, Camden
  • IDEA Center for the Arts, Camden
  • Ritz Theatre Company, Inc, Haddon Township
  • Superior Arts Institute, Camden

Cape May County

  • Greater Cape May Historical Society, Cape May

Cumberland County

  • Bayshore Center at Bivalve, Port Norris
  • Levoy Theatre Preservation Society, Millville
  • Millville Development Corporation, Millville
  • Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville
  • Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville

Essex County

  • Arts Ed Newark/Newark Arts, Newark
  • Arts for Kids Inc, West Orange
  • Barat Foundation, Newark
  • GlassRoots, Newark
  • Ivy Hill Vailsburg Center for Arts Culture and Community Activism, Newark
  • Jazz House Kids Inc, Montclair
  • Luna Stage, West Orange
  • Montclair Film, Montclair
  • Newark Boys Chorus School, Newark
  • Newark Public Radio, Newark
  • Newark School of the Arts, Newark
  • Project for Empty Space, Newark
  • Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc, Montclair
  • Trilogy an Opera Company, Newark
  • University of Orange, Orange
  • Vanguard Theater Company, Montclair

Hudson County

  • Art House Productions, Jersey City
  • Educational Arts Team, Jersey City
  • Jersey City Arts Council, Jersey City
  • Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City
  • Kennedy Dancers, Inc., Jersey City
  • Nimbus Dance, Jersey City
  • Riverview Jazz, Jersey City
  • Speranza Theatre Company, Jersey City
  • Surati for Performing Arts, Jersey City
  • The Grace Theatre Workshop, Inc, Union City
  • Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, Hoboken
  • Union City Music Project, Inc, Union City
  • Victory Hall Inc, Jersey City

Hunterdon County

  • ACME Screening Room, Lambertville
  • Roxey Ballet Company, Frenchtown

Mercer County

  • Art Against Racism A NJ Nonprofit, Princeton
  • Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton
  • Artworks Trenton Inc, Trenton
  • Capital Singers of Trenton, Trenton
  • Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts Society, Trenton
  • Hopewell Valley Arts of Council, Hopewell
  • James R Halsey Foundation of the Arts, Trenton
  • Passage Theatre Company, Trenton
  • Storytelling Arts, Inc, Princeton Junction
  • Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra, Princeton
  • Trent House Association, Trenton
  • Trenton Circus Squad, Trenton
  • Trenton Music Makers, Trenton
  • West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton Junction
  • Westrick Music Academy, Princeton Junction
  • Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania, Princeton

Middlesex County

  • American Theater Group, East Brunswick
  • coLAB Arts, New Brunswick
  • Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick
  • Raices Cultural Center, New Brunswick
  • American Theater Group, East Brunswick

Monmouth County

  • Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park
  • Jazz Arts Project, Inc., Red Bank
  • New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Allenhurst

Morris County

  • ARTS By The People, Morristown
  • Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown
  • The New Jersey Play Lab, Randolph
  • The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Florham Park

Ocean County

  • Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen’s Museum, Tuckerton
  • John F Peto Studio Museum, Island Heights

Passaic County

  • Friends of Yogi, Inc, Little Falls
  • Inner City Ensemble, Paterson

Salem County

  • Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, Elmer

Somerset County

  • Arts Ed NJ, Warren

Sussex County

  • Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton

Union County

  • Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Union
  • Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, Summit
  • Institute of Music for Children, Elizabeth
  • Keys 2 Success, New Providence
  • People Helping People, Inc, Rahway
  • The Theater Project, Union
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit
  • Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, Berkeley Heights

Atlantic County

  • Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation Inc., Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City Arts Foundation, Atlantic City
  • South Jersey Cultural Alliance , Hammonton

Cape May County

  • Harriet Tubman Museum, Cape May
  • Center for Community Arts, Inc., Cape May

Burlington County

  • Alice Paul Institute, Mount Laurel
  • Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Browns Mills section of Pemberton

Camden County

  • Lawnside Historical Society, Inc., Lawnside
  • Camden County Historical Society, Camden
  • Camden Fireworks, Camden
  • Superior Arts Institute , Camden

Cumberland County

  • Millville Army Airfield Museum, Inc., Millville

Essex County

  • Montclair History Center, Montclair
  • New Jersey Historical Society, Newark
  • Newark Arts, Newark
  • Dance New Jersey, Verona

Hudson County

  • Surati for Performing Arts, Jersey City
  • Jersey City Arts Council, Inc., Jersey City

Mercer County

  • Sixth Regiment of the US Colored Troops Civil War Re-actors, Trenton
  • Young Audiences NJ and Eastern PA, Princeton

Middlesex County

  • Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc., East Brunswick
  • Redhawk Indigenous Arts Council, South Amboy

Monmouth County

  • New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Allenhurst
  • Jazz Arts Project, Inc., Red Bank
  • Monmouth Arts, Red Bank
  • T. Thomas Fortune Foundation, Red Bank

Somerset County

  • Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Skillman section of Montgomery

Sussex County

  • Sparta Historical Society Inc., Sparta
  • Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton section of Sandyston

Union County

  • Institute of Music for Children, Elizabeth

Atlantic

  • Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation Inc.

Burlington 

  • Alice Paul Institute
  • Whitesbog Preservation Trust Inc.

Camden 

  • Lawnside Historical Society, Inc.
  • Camden County Historical Society

Cape May

  • Harriet Tubman Museum
  • Center for Community Arts, Inc.

Cumberland 

  • Millville Army Airfield Museum, Inc

Essex 

  • Montclair History Center
  • New Jersey Historical Society

Mercer 

  • Sixth Regiment of the US Colored Troops Civil War Re-actors

Middlesex 

  • Lost Souls Public Memorial Project Inc.

Monmouth 

  • T. Thomas Fortune Foundation

Somerset 

  • Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

Sussex 

  • Sparta Historical Society Inc

Atlantic
• MudGirls Studios
• South Jersey Cultural Alliance

Bergen
• Arts Horizons
• CavanKerry Press
• MarbleJam Kids Inc.
• The Art School at Old Church

Burlington
• Arts Ed NJ (formerly NJ Arts Education Partnership)
• West Jersey Music Academy

Camden
• Camden FireWorks
• Camden Repertory Theater Community Development
• Ritz Theatre Company, Inc.
• Superior Arts Institute
• Symphony in C

Cumberland
• Levoy Theatre Preservation Society, Inc.

Essex
• GlassRoots
• Ivy Hill Valisburg Center for Arts Culture and Community Activism
• Keys 2 Success, Inc.
• Luna Stage
• Montclair Film Festival, Inc.
• Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc.
• Newark Arts Council
• Newark Arts Council: Fiscal Sponsor for Arts Ed Newark
• Newark Arts Council: Fiscal Sponsor for Yendor Productions
• Project for Empty Space
• Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc.
• Trilogy An Opera Company
• University of Orange
• Vanguard Theater Company
• West Orange Arts Council

Hudson
• Ariel Rivka Dance
• Art House Productions
• Educational Arts Team
• Jersey City Theater Center
• Kennedy Dancers, Inc.
• Nimbus Dance Works Inc
• Surati for Performing Arts
• United Children’s Music Project (formerly Union City Music Project, Inc.)
• Victory Hall Inc.

Hunterdon
• Roxey Ballet Company

Mercer
• Art Against Racism A NJ Nonprofit
• Artworks Trenton Inc
• Capital Harmony Works (Trenton Music Makers and Trenton Children’s Chorus)
• Capital Singers of Trenton
• Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra
• James R Halsey Foundation of the Arts
• People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos
• Princeton Symphony Orchestra
• Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
• Trenton Civil Circus Project Inc. dba Trenton Circus Squad

Middlesex
• coLAB Arts
• Princeton Ballet Society
• Raíces Cultural Center

Monmouth
• Asbury Park Music Foundation
• Axelrod Performing Arts Center
• Jazz Arts Project, Inc.
• New Jersey Theatre Alliance

Morris
• Art in the Atrium
• ARTS By The People

Passaic
• Storytelling Arts, Inc.

Salem
• Appel Farm Arts & Music Center

Somerset
• American Theater Group

Sussex
• Peters Valley School of Craft

Union
• Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble
• Institute of Music for Children
• Music For all Seasons, Inc.
• Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts