New Jersey grants. Found and managed.
How New Jersey funds nonprofits, which state agencies make grants, and what reporting looks like once an award comes through.
How New Jersey funds nonprofits.
New Jersey’s 21 counties sit between two large metro areas, and that shapes where nonprofits look for money. Organizations in South Jersey often work with Philadelphia-based funders such as United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Statewide, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers and the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits launched the NJ Philanthropy Hub, which maps where foundation money flows by cause and place.
State dollars are the backbone for many service providers. Human Services, Children and Families, and Health contract with community agencies through notices of funding availability and requests for proposals, and each department sets its own criteria, picks its grantees and monitors their performance. Arts and history money moves differently: the State Council on the Arts and the Historical Commission fund a designated agency in every county, which regrants to local groups.
There is no single application system. Treasury’s Grants Management Office lists opportunities, but applications go to each department, and Community Affairs, Health and the Department of State each run their own SAGE site. Pursuit keeps those opportunities and deadlines in one pipeline, and Granted tracks budgets and reports after the award.
Where to start
NJ Grants Management Office: State Grants
Run by the Department of the Treasury, this page lists funding opportunities posted by New Jersey departments and agencies, filterable by category and eligible applicant, alongside a federal grant search and a weekly grants update. The office does not award grants and says the list is not comprehensive. Applications go to each department, and several (including Community Affairs, Health and the Department of State) run their own version of SAGE, the state’s online system for grant applications and award management.
Visit website (opens in a new tab)New Jersey Center for Nonprofits
The statewide umbrella organization for New Jersey’s nonprofit sector. It advocates on public policy, offers training, publications and member cost savings, keeps FundingOps (a running list of funding opportunities), and works with the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers on the NJ Philanthropy Hub, a database of foundation grants to New Jersey nonprofits.
Visit website (opens in a new tab)State agencies that fund nonprofits
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New Jersey Department of Human Services
Divisions such as Mental Health and Addiction Services, Aging Services and the Office of New Americans fund community providers through Notices of Funds Available and requests for proposals posted on the department’s notices page. Many of these opportunities are open to nonprofits, sometimes in partnership with a county or municipality.
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New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Buys most community services through competitive requests for proposals and qualifications posted on its website, covering programs such as home visiting, school-based youth services and children’s behavioral health. Its Nonprofit Information Center explains contracting, and organizations can sign up for email notices of new funding.
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New Jersey Department of Health
Divisions fund community health work such as cancer screening and education, tobacco prevention and health center expansion, announced through Notices of Fund Availability in the department’s Directory of Grant Programs. Applications and awards are managed in the department’s SAGE system.
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New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Funds community action agencies through the Community Services Block Grant, supports homelessness prevention and affordable housing production, and runs the Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit, which channels corporate funding to community-based nonprofits carrying out neighborhood plans. Applications and grant management run through DCA’s SAGE site.
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New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Provides General Operating Support to nonprofits devoted exclusively to the arts and General Program Support to ongoing public arts programs, plus fellowships and folk arts apprenticeships. Most applications go through the Department of State’s SAGE system, and its Local Arts Program funds a designated arts agency in each county to regrant locally.
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New Jersey Historical Commission
Offers General Operating Support, Project Grants and County History Partnership Program grants for historical organizations, museums, historic sites, archives and libraries working on New Jersey history. Project grant applications and final reports are filed in SAGE.
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Office of the Attorney General, Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance
Releases Notices of Availability of Funds and requests for proposals for victim services and violence intervention, including federal VOCA and VAWA funds and state community-based and hospital-based violence intervention programs. Nonprofit agencies are eligible for many of these programs.
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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Posts Notices of Grant Opportunity for workforce programs such as registered apprenticeship expansion, pre-apprenticeship and the New Jersey Youth Corps. Public and private nonprofits are among the eligible applicants for many of these grants.
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After the award
Each New Jersey department monitors its own grantees, so progress and financial reports go to the awarding department, often through its SAGE site (Historical Commission project grantees, for example, file final reports in SAGE). Nonprofits that spend state or federal money received from New Jersey departments fall under Treasury’s Circular Letter 15-08-OMB, the state single audit policy, and departments such as Children and Families require audits to include a schedule of state financial assistance alongside federal awards. Federal funds passed through a state department, such as VOCA victim services grants, also carry the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) requirements of the original award.
Apply for New Jersey grants. Or award them.
Pursuit is for organizations that apply for grants. Granted is for the authorities, agencies and foundations that award them. Our team sets up either one around your programs.
Pursuit
Find it. Win it.
Pursuit matches your mission and eligibility against federal, New Jersey and foundation opportunities, including programs from agencies like New Jersey Department of Human Services and New Jersey Department of Children and Families, and keeps every application and deadline in one pipeline.
- Matched opportunities
- Application pipeline & deadlines
- Team tasks & reviews
Granted
Manage every award.
Award grants in New Jersey? Granted runs each round from a public application page through board review and voting, recorded decisions, payments and grantee reports, with every step on the record.
- Public application portal
- Board review & voting
- Awards, payments & reports
Local funding guides for New Jersey.
Community foundations, county programs and United Way chapters that fund nonprofits in each county.
- Camden County, NJThe foundations, city and county programs, and regrants that fund nonprofits in Camden County and the City of Camden.
- Burlington County, NJFunders that support nonprofits across Burlington County, from the Delaware River towns to the Pine Barrens.
- Gloucester County, NJThe local United Way, county programs, regrants and giving circles that fund nonprofits in Gloucester County.
New Jersey grant questions.
Is there one website that lists every New Jersey state grant?
Not quite. Treasury’s Grants Management Office keeps a State Grants list and a search by category, but it notes the list is not comprehensive and the office does not award grants. Check the grants or notices page of each department that funds your kind of work.
What is SAGE, and do I need a separate account for each department?
SAGE is the online system several New Jersey departments use to take applications and manage awards. Community Affairs, Health and the Department of State each run their own SAGE site, so expect to register with each one, and the Department of State encourages new applicants to register at least a week before a deadline.
How can a small arts or history group get state funding?
Usually through its county. The State Council on the Arts funds a designated arts agency in each of the 21 counties through the Local Arts Program, and the Historical Commission’s County History Partnership Program does the same for history, so smaller groups apply to their county’s cultural and heritage office.
What audit rules come with New Jersey state grants?
Recipients of state and federal funds from New Jersey departments follow Treasury’s Circular Letter 15-08-OMB, which sets when an organization needs a single audit, a financial statement audit under Government Auditing Standards, or a program-specific audit. Your award documents spell out which applies.
How do I hear about new state funding notices?
Sign up wherever departments offer alerts: Children and Families runs an email list for funding notices, and the Attorney General’s office adds organizations to its notice list by email request. Treasury also publishes a weekly grants update, and the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits keeps FundingOps.
Can Pursuit track New Jersey state grants alongside federal and foundation funding?
Yes. Pursuit finds federal, state and foundation opportunities that fit your mission, eligibility and region, and runs each application from first draft to submission. After an award, Granted tracks budgets, drawdowns, reporting dates and compliance.
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Funder details last reviewed October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.