The New Jersey Historic Trust is authorized by the Cultural Trust Act to make capital facilities grant award recommendations for funding by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.

In order to be eligible to receive funding through this program, applicants must be qualified by the Cultural Trust by April 2, 2009.  Visit the NJ Cultural Trust web site or call (609) 984-6767 for more information on the certification process.

Eligible Activities

Eligible activities include stabilization, repair, restoration, adaptive reuse and improvements to cultural or historic properties, including adapting for increased accessibility. All work must be performed in compliance with the Secretary for Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995.
Criteria for Evaluation
  • Nature and degree of threat, if any to the property
  • Archaeological, architectural, cultural and/or historical significance of the property
  • The ability of the project to improve long term preservation of the property
  • The ability and commitment of the applicant to execute the project
  • The extent to which the proposed project can be successfully accomplished with the grant and other resources available to the applicant
  • The nature and impact of the organization’s program and service on the intended audience
  • The benefit of the project to the community
  • The project’s potential to serve as a model for other organizations.


Download Guidelines and Applications

Click here to download 2009 Guidelines and Application for funding.