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Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission is pleased
to offer grants to historical organizations, both non-profit
and governmental. We also will fund grants for history projects
that are designed and administered by non profit community
groups. Please check our guidelines for more information on
eligibility
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Our high-tech software program is user-friendly. It will automatically
accomplish some of the most important tasks for you, such as calculations.
Additionally, we've added help tools to remind you of topics to
address in your narratives. Persons who
follow the recommendations found in the bubble-tips, will submit
a well crafted application.
Choose the type of grant you wish to receive and click the folder
found at the bottom of this page. It contains application forms
for all 3 types of grants, special software to permit you to complete
the forms and a copy of our NEW Guidelines.
Within the folder you will find:
GUIDELINES very important, please
read the guidelines, thoroughly, as here you'll find information
about eligibility and use of funding. New this year, are samples
of past projects we have funded.
OPEN ME FIRST, a special folder
that contains software called FILLER for PC. Uninstall
any old version of Filler. Double click the Filler icon to install.
If a Registration Page pops
up - close it with the X found
in the upper right corner of the window. No need to register the
software. When asked to do so - click Agree
to accept conditions of use. (MAC users,
see the icon for your software. You will need a zip program to open
it.)
APPLICATION Grants to hire new
staff are in one folder; grants for projects
and technical assistance are
in a separate folder.
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Each grant has 4 different types
of sections
1) Single line fill-in boxes
2) check boxes Click on the box and
will appear (error? no problem, click again and the check
mark disappears)
3) Narrative boxes for answers in paragraph form.
Use only the space provided.
4) Charts for budget and attendance Type numbers
without commas and do not use the dollar sign.
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Workshop - How to Write a Grant
Piscataway
Wed May 7, 2008 6pm
East Jersey Olde Towne
CLINIC (one-on-one help)
New Brunswick
May 13 ( 9am to 4pm )
May 24 (1pm to 7pm)
703 Jersey Ave Commission Offices
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Click on the folder above which
contains the type of grant you wish to receive and
DOWNLOAD the contents to your
hard drive.
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DON'T
FORGET TO SAVE YOUR WORK
You can work on the grant a little at a
time, close it and return to complete additional portions of the
grant. BUT, the grant must be saved to your hard drive, by giving
it a new name - perhaps History Application 2008-2009..
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Use the SPELL CHECK
feature to identify typos and misspellings. Evaluators do
not look favorably upon poorly written grants.
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Complete the ADA pages.
You must comply with Americans with
Disabilities Act. Historic sites
are NOT exempt.
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 For
most questions, a Bubble-tip
similar to this will pop-up when your cursor or mouse enters a box.
Here you'll find helpful ideas and concepts to think about, when
writing responses to a question. The narrative, fill-in boxes were
designed to permit a comprehensive answer. You will not need to
add extra narrative pages.
 You
may cut paragraphs from a Microsoft Word document and paste them
into the narrative sections of the grant. However,
keep in mind that questions are specific to this grant project
and any text from another document may not answer a question well.
DO NOT cut and paste in any budget boxes.
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When you are ready to submit the application, go to the last
page and CLICK SUBMIT,
but click only once.
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The button will open your internet connection, whether you have
dial-up, cable or DSL, and transmit the application to our database
and e-based grant files. You will immediately receiver a MESSAGE
that we have received your grant.
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If you are unsure how to complete any part of the application
or need assistance - call the Commission's History Services
Coordinator.
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Applications are
due before midnight
on Thursday, May 29th 2008.
Use the PRINT button
to make a copy for your organizational files. Take the printed
SIGNATURE PAGE
and have it signed by your board president or chair (mayor,
council president or business administrator for municipal
groups).
Signature Page plus (up to 5 different)
brochures or supporting materials such as CDs and
videos must be mailed to the Commission or your grant is incomplete
and will be rejected.
Signature Page and Supports Due in
our offices or postmarked and mailed no later than 4pm on
Monday, June 2, 2008.
Check Guidelines for instructions on submission of Articles
of Incorporation and IRS Tax Exempt Status.
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You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view the Guidelines. Download here:
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You will need to UNZIP the files.
Download WinZip here:
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