COVID-19 Response Grant applications now available

As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received $75 million for emergency relief efforts. The NEH allotted a significant portion of those funds to its network of nonprofit state humanities councils, including the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. NJCH is making these funds available as operational and programmatic support for nonprofit organizations that provide humanities programming to public audiences and who are facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  You can read more about the funding and the application by clinking the link below.  Please feel free to share this information with any organizations that may be interested in this funding opportunity.

UPDATED:  The NJCH COVID-19 Response grant applications are now available. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Click here for more information.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has required three things of all of us: adaptability, patience, and empathy. These characteristics are so fundamentally human. We’re all finding our way – in some ways together, while apart – through unprecedented times right now. As the nonprofit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, we exist to advance the exploration of the human experience to create stronger, more informed communities. Our statewide role is to provide support to organizations that further the public humanities and strengthen our cultural infrastructure. We are glad, during this time of uncertainty, to be able to bolster humanities and cultural organizations impacted by the COVID-19 public health crisis. We know that they provide opportunities for reflection and connection that make them the lifeblood of the communities they serve during more normal times. Read Full Article