TRENTON – Furthering the Christie Administration’s commitment to preserving and advancing New Jersey’s rich heritage, on Tues., July 24, the New Jersey Historical Commission approved $2,332,659 in Fiscal Year 2013 general operating support grants to 75 historical organizations, museums, historic sites, archives and libraries throughout the state. The funding represents the largest annual grant appropriation given by the Historical Commission.
“This financial support reaffirms our commitment to New Jersey’s historical organizations and their important programs,” said Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, who serves concurrently as Secretary of State. “It also recognizes the impact these organizations have on economic growth and job creation.”
The general operating support program is designed to help historical organizations care for collections and provide educational programs and services relating to New Jersey history. It also allows the Historical Commission to fulfill its mission to enrich the lives of New Jerseyans by preserving the historical record and advancing interest in, and awareness of, New Jersey’s past.
“The general operating support program assists the state’s history community in realizing their most important and pressing goals,” said Lt. Governor Guadagno. “These grants will have an immediate impact in enhancing educational programming for students, expanding historic preservation efforts, facilitating new academic research and scholarship, and raising awareness of New Jersey’s essential place in American history.”
In Fiscal Year 2011, organizations that received general operating support funding offered on and off-site programs to over 2.3 million people and supported nearly 600 full and part-time jobs statewide.
The New Jersey Historical Commission’s grant programs are determined through an independent, third-party peer review process. General operating support funding is made possible by a portion of the revenue produced by the state’s Hotel/Motel Tax legislation.
The full list of Fiscal Year 2013 general operating support recipients is provided below.
New Jersey Historical Commission FY 2013 General Operating Support Grants:
Atlantic County
Absecon Lighthouse/IPPA $25,892
Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs $8,249
South Jersey Cultural Alliance $6,639
Bergen County
Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs $20,714
Friends of the Hermitage, Inc. $35,187
Mahwah Museum Society, Inc. $5,000
Pascack Historical Society $5,000
Water Works Conservancy, Inc. $11,154
Burlington County
Alice Paul Institute $31,071
John Woolman Memorial Association $6,500
National Society of the Colonial Dames in America, NJ $9,934
Roebling Museum $18,750
Whitesbog Preservation Trust $14,639
Camden County
Camden County Historical Society $15,934
Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. $32,500
Lawnside Historical Society, Inc. $5,850
Cape May County
Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage $8,548
Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society $9,750
Historic Cold Spring Village $74,590
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities $275,218
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum $19,867
Cumberland County
Bayshore Discovery Project $62,740
Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission $12,000
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center $51,377
Essex County
Essex County Division of Cultural Affairs $12,000
Historical Society of West Caldwell $7,425
Montclair Historical Society $19,500
Newark Public Library $64,267
Gloucester County
Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission $8,326
Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission $13,146
Red Mill Museum Village $11,830
Hudson County
Hoboken Historical Museum $44,649
Mercer County
1719 William Trent House Association $23,702
Crossroads of the American Revolution Association $9,295
Genealogical Society of New Jersey $6,639
Historic Morven $65,000
Historical Society of Princeton $69,780
Howell Living History Farm $23,841
Lawrence Historical Society $5,000
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission $11,502
Old Barracks Association $57,871
Preservation New Jersey, Inc. $26,400
Trent House Association $6,623
Trenton Historical Society $5,039
Middlesex County
Edison Memorial Tower Corporation $15,000
Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission $134,683
Rutgers University, Special Collections and University Archives $87,138
Thomas A. Edison Papers $92,018
Monmouth County
Allaire Village $10,399
Historical Society of Ocean Grove $6,639
Monmouth County Historical Association $84,350
Morris County
Canal Society of New Jersey $7,500
Historic Sites of the Morris County Park Commission $64,266
Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest $6,239
Morris County Heritage Commission $20,844
Morris County Historical Society $19,867
Morristown & Morris Township Public Library $29,013
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts $38,201
Roxbury Historic Trust $5,000
Save Ellis Island, Inc. $199,972
Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms $25,000
Ocean County
Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen’s Museum, Inc.
(Tuckerton Seaport) $17,428
Ocean County Historical Society $15,000
Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission $13,056
Passaic County
American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark $15,137
Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council $10,517
Salem County
Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission $8,000
Salem County Historical Society $32,122
Somerset County
Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House $11,352
Sussex County
Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History
Union County $5,000
Cranford Historical Society $5,000
Kenilworth Historical Society Incorporated $6,159
Merchants & Drovers Tavern Museum Association $18,750
Plainfield Public Library $13,245
Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs $61,826
