New Jersey State Council on the Arts awards grants to 18 Mercer County organizations
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has approved $30 million in grants for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
More than 900 arts organizations, projects, and artists in the state received funding for this fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2025. The grants were approved at the Council’s 58th Annual Meeting in Trenton last week.
In Mercer County, 18 organizations were selected to receive funding. Princeton organizations awarded grants include the Arts Council of Princeton, McCarter Theatre, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.
State funding for the Arts Council comes from the revenue generated through New Jersey’s hotel occupancy tax. The majority of grants provide funding that is challenging for nonprofits to raise — multiyear, flexible support to help organizations pay for operations.
The list of Mercer County grantees:
- Arts Council of Princeton General Operating Support – $152,810
- Artworks Trenton, Inc. General Operating Support – $83,510
- Grounds For Sculpture, Inc. General Operating Support – $288,890
- James R. Halsey Foundation of the Arts General Operating Support – $48,630
- McCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts General Operating Support – $713,630
- Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission Local Arts Program – $288,900
- Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission (Senior Citizen Art Show) – $30,000
- Passage Theatre Company General Operating Support – $98,340
- People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos General Program Support – $73,740
- Princeton Area Community Foundation (NJ Arts & Culture Renewal Fund) – $100,000
- Princeton Symphony Orchestra General Operating Support – $234,870
- The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey/TEDI General Program Support – $41,540
- Trenton Civil Circus Project General Operating Support – $120,850
- West Windsor Arts Council General Operating Support – $58,390
- Westrick Music Academy General Operating Support – $99,870
- Young Audiences of New Jersey General Operating Support – $243,820
- Young Audiences of New Jersey (AIE Residencies) – $250,000
- Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey General Operating Support – $44,180
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