SJCA Partner Opportunities Vol. 73
Burlington County Parks- Arts, Culture, & Heritage | Burlington County Local Arts Grant NOW OPEN! | The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce the 2026 Local Arts Grant. The Local Arts Program (LAP) provides funding to local arts organizations through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA), a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. General Operating Support and Special Projects grants are available to qualified organizations. | Deadline: September 12, 2025 | More information and application.
Burlington County Parks- Arts, Culture & Heritage | Burlington County LAP Grant Workshop Sign-Up | To qualify for funding in 2026, organizations must either attend the live LAP Grant Workshop or view the recorded workshop. The scheduled date of the 2026 Grant Workshop, to be held virtually on Teams, is Thursday, August 7th at 1 PM. A link for the meeting will be sent to everyone who signed up the Monday before the meeting. | Date & Time: August 7, 2025 at 1 PM | More information and registration.
NJ Historical Commission | 250th Initiative for the New Jersey State Historical Marker Program | In preparation for America’s 250th in 2026 the New Jersey Historical Commission will be reinstating the State Historical Marker Program. The NJHC invites counties, municipalities, non-profit organizations, and individuals to submit nominations for the creation and replacement of fifty historical markers across the state. The priority deadline to submit a nomination is Tuesday, August 12th at 2:00 p.m. The final deadline to submit a nomination is Tuesday, October 7th at 2:00p.m. | Submission details and more information.
New Jersey Theatre Alliance | SAVE THE DATE: Creating Change 2025: Meeting the Moment and Building Beyond | The Creating Change Summit is an annual in-person gathering of the New Jersey arts and culture community focused on learning, inspiration, and action as we move together toward a more just, equitable, accessible, and anti-racist arts sector. Registration details to come. | Date & Time: October 29, 2025 from 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Location: Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank, NJ | More information.
New Jersey Council for the Humanities | NJCH Board Game Night | Join NJCH for Humanities Board Game Night! Get ready to play a variety of games, enjoy some snacks, and hear from an expert on how history, linguistics, storytelling, and other humanities disciplines inform and influence our favorite board games. Light snacks and soft beverages will be provided. The event is free and open to all but suggested for individuals and families with children age 8 and above. RSVP is required using the form below. Please use the “Attendee Registration” function of the form to complete a registration for each member of your party. Suggested Donation: A donation of $10 is suggested. Currently, all donations are being matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 total by The Federation of State Humanities Councils with support from the Mellon Foundation. Donations can be made online in advance of the event or at the event. | Date & Time: July 24, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | More information and registration.
Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission | FY26 Grant Applications Information | Prospective 2026 County Arts & History Grantees: Applications may be submitted only after a Madatory Declaration of Intent has been filed on or before August 20, 2025. | Deadline to Apply: September 8, 2025 by 5pm EST | More information and application.
Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs | Special Funding Initiative Grant | The Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs (ACOCHA) is offering a Special
Funding Initiative for the first time in FY 2025. Funding is available to non-profit organizations who are new/emerging organizations or organizations requiring a small amount of funding for history related projects/professional development. This funding has a simplified request process and short time-frame from request to award. | Deadline: Rolling basis while funding is available. | More information and application
New Jersey Theatre Alliance | ArtsPay NJ Survey 2025 Coming SOON! | ArtsPay NJ, a long-term project to improve pay equity in the New Jersey Arts Sector will be launching the 2025 surveys mid to late July, 2025. There will be two surveys distributed to the field during the summer of 2025.
- The Individual Arts Worker Survey is completed by all people who identify as arts administrators or artists in NJ, including full-time, part-time, and contract/freelance workers. The survey includes self-reported compensation data as well as free text responses related to their perceptions and opinions about arts compensation.
- The Organizational Survey is completed by a designated person on behalf of an arts organization. They provide compensation information for all job titles (full-time, part-time and contracted personnel) at the organization. All non-profit organizations in NJ for which the arts are the primary focus of their mission are encouraged to complete this survey.
All data is collected by a third-party data analytics firm and is completely anonymized. | More information.
ArtsPay NJ | ArtsPay NJ 2025 Organizational Compensation Survey Webinar | This webinar offers essential guidance for nonprofit arts organizations in New Jersey preparing to complete the ArtsPay NJ 2025 Organizational Compensation Survey. Whether you have paid staff, contractors, or an all-volunteer team, your organization can contribute valuable pay and benefits data that will help create statewide benchmarks and advance pay equity. Our partners from Baker Richards will be on the call to walk you through the survey process, explain who at your organization should complete it, review what information is needed, and answer your questions to ensure smooth and accurate participation in this important sector-wide initiative. | Date & Time: July 31, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM | More information and registration.
