Opportunities & Networking for Organizations | Vol. 94

New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Interested in serving on a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant Panel? | The New Jersey State Council on the Arts is looking for grant review panelists for its Fiscal Year 2028 (FY28) grant program opportunities, including: General Operating Support; General Program Support; Creative Aging Initiative; and the New Jersey Heritage Fellowship. These FY28 applications will be assessed through a review process conducted by panels of grant evaluators. Panelists review and evaluate grant proposals based on the evaluation criteria and rubric detailed in the grant guidelines. The Arts Council uses these outcomes to inform its grant awards. Panels are comprised of individuals with diverse expertise, lived experiences, and broad knowledge of the arts sector. Eligible panelists must be unaffiliated with those submitting applications, and who do not work or reside in New Jersey. Examples of panelists include arts administrators, arts workers, nonprofit specialists, artists, and teaching artists working in a wide variety of arts-related fields. In preparation for the application review process, grant panelists attend a virtual orientation meeting and receive training materials. Panelists receive a stipend in recognition of the time and expertise contributed to this process. | Grant Panelist Interest Form.

Grunin Foundation | September 2026 Virtual Lunch Hour | Join us for Virtual Lunch Hour - a time for you to connect and talk with your peers on topics that are important to you! | Date & Time: September 15, 2026 from 12PM - 1PM | More information and registration. 

New Jersey Theatre Alliance | Creating Change 2026: Community and Culture Shift | 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. Creating Change 2026 will be a space for connection, learning, and practice of foundational skills for cross-sector partnership. The summit sessions will collectively offer a toolkit for building community, solidarity, and collective power in the arts and beyond.  This year’s summit will prioritize relational tools that build connection to build collective power and push back against fragmentation, fracture, and isolation used by people and systems that hoard power and perpetuate oppression. The Creating Change Network is a program of New Jersey Theatre Alliance in partnership with ArtPride New Jersey, with a mission to build a more equitable, just, accessible, and anti-racist arts community in New Jersey. Guided by a steering committee of arts professionals and social justice leaders, the Creating Change Network offers ongoing opportunities for learning and collaboration to move the arts sector forward. The Creating Change Network is committed to the long-term endeavor of shifting culture, empowering leaders, sharing strategies, ensuring accountability, and sustaining hope so that individuals and organizations can progress in this work. | Date & Time: October 28, 2026 at 9:30AM | Location: Count Basie Center for the Arts, Vogel Theatre | More information and registration.

Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce | Breakfast Business Card Exchange | The Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce is a premier business resource in South Jersey.  We keep members updated with diverse events that provide frequent opportunities for networking, relationship building, and business improvement throughout the area.  The Calendar Of Events highlights current activities occurring in Camden, Cherry Hill, and throughout Camden County.  Find South Jersey networking events around our region which can help support your business and open doors to new possibilities, partnerships and connections, beneficial information, and much more.  Review our Calendar of Events to register for networking opportunities with business leaders. For more information about a specific networking event, simply click on the desired entry for details. Any other questions, please feel free to contact the Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce at (856) 667-1600. | Date & Time: September 17, 2026 | Location: Columbia Bank Camden, 1 Market Street, Suite #2c, Camden, NJ 08102 | More information and registration.

Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey | Network Connection Series: Cumberland County | Join this gathering of Chamber members & guests at The Cedar Rose Vineyard for the Cumberland County Network Connection Series lunch to learn more about each other’s businesses and exchange information. | Date & Time: October 22, 2026 from 11:45am to 1:30pm | Location: Cedar Rose Vineyards LLC,  431 Kenyon Ave, Millville, NJ 08332 United States | More information and registration.