Program areas at New Jersey Council for the Humanities I
Grant making:in keeping with our philosophy of working in partnership with other organizations, we have dedicated a significant portion of our budget to grant making. Grants are awarded through a competititive proposal review process and provide capacity-building support and expertise from njch staff. All grants are matched dollar for dollar, so that our support leverages private giving for the Humanities. This work has resulted in a variety of projects, including cultural festivals, lecture series, exhibitions, and documentary films.
American recovery program:njch completed commitments to 36 organizations around the state to help them recover from the covid pandemic and build organizational capacity of nonprofits around the state.
General program operations:general program operations include informing the public and special constituencies, such as federal and state government officials, about Council activities and major issues in the public Humanities, as well as advocating for the value of the Humanities.
Informed nj: working in partnership with the New school's program of journalism + design, New Jersey's blossoming grassroots journalism community, and New Jersey's community colleges, informed New Jersey seeks to work closely with communities around New Jersey to create a multi-vocal, responsive, local journalism ecosystem and to enhance media literacy among community members.community history: njch provides cohort-based training in the principles and practices of community history to organizations that do not have history-based expertise among their staff, as well as a grant for a pilot project that all cohort members use to develop their own projects while still part of the program and supported by njch staff and the peers from their cohort.humanities lab: representatives of organizations learn about Humanities methods in a structured seminar. Through the course, which lasts several months, cohort members develop plans to use the Humanities in their own institutions to further their work. At the end of the program, they submit a proposal for the project they developed and receive a small amount of funding to pilot their New work.