Re-Grants Available Through Passaic County
Cultural and Heritage Council
NEW JERSEY – The Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council (PCCHC) at Passaic County Community College is currently offering arts and history re-grants. In order to be eligible, the applicant must:
1) be based in Passaic County;
2) be a tax-exempt non-profit organization incorporated in Passaic County or a municipal government entity;
3) have been in existence at least two years;
4) demonstrate that the project has clear artistic or historic merit;
5) match every dollar of the arts re-grant with one dollar of its own (a portion of this match can be in-kind contributions), and match every dollar of the history re-grant with fifty cents of its own;
6) create programming that culminates in a public presentation; and
7) use the re-grant for the following:
· an arts or cultural project (dance, music, theater, visual arts, literature, etc.) to take place in Passaic County between January 1 and December 31, 2015;
· a local or New Jersey history project taking place in Passaic County between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
The deadline for arts applications is Thursday, July 10, 2014, and for history applications, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Applications and guidelines are available online at www.pccc.edu/pcchc.
Contact Susan Balik at sbalik@pccc.edu or 973-684-5444 with any questions or to schedule a meeting during May and June to assist with the grant writing process.
The PCCHC strives to maintain a barrier-free facility, including complete access for patrons using wheelchairs. The PCCHC is funded, in part, through a grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts, and through a general operating support grant from the NJ Historical Commission.