EIN 22-2520859

New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
7
City
Year formed
1972
Most recent tax filings
2022-10-01
Description
NJCH strengthens society by supporting community engagement programs and grant-making with a focus on humanities education in New Jersey.
Total revenues
$1,792,531
2022
Total expenses
$1,765,464
2022
Total assets
$2,590,463
2022
Num. employees
7
2022

Program areas at New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

American recovery program:in 2022, njch awarded and supported grants to 36 organizations around the state to help them recover from the covid pandemic and build organizational capacity of nonprofits around the state.
General program operations:general program operations include informing the public and special constituencies, such as federal and state government officials, of Council activities and major issues in the public Humanities, as well as advocating for the value of the Humanities.
Grant making:in keeping with our philosophy of working in partnership with other organizations, we have dedicated a significant portion of our budget to grant making. Grants are awarded through a competitive proposal review process and provide capacity-building support and expertise from njch staff. All grants are matched dollar for dollar, so that our support leverages private giving for the Humanities. This work has resulted in a variety of projects, including cultural festivals, lecture series, exhibitions, and documentary films.
Civic engagement:njch supports a number of community engagement programs, including museum on main street, a traveling exhibition program that provides New jerseyans with important historical exhibits designed by the staff of the smithsonian, and a community conversations program on democracy that allowed over 500 New jerseyans to share their thoughts on the state of our democracy in a web-based collection.informed nj:working in partnership with the New school's program of journalism + design, New Jersey's blossoming grassroots journalism community, and New Jersey's community colleges, informed New Jersey seeks to work closely with communities around New Jersey to create a multi-vocal, responsive, local journalism ecosystem and to enhance media literacy among community members.community history: njch provides cohort-based training in the principles and practices of community history to organizations that do not have history-based expertise among their staff, as well as a grant for a pilot project that all cohort members use to develop their own projects while still part of the program and supported by njch staff and the peers from their cohort.

Grants made by New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Hoboken Historical MuseumProgram Support$35,000
New City KidsProgram Support$35,000
Macculloch Hall Historical MuseumProgram Support$30,000
...and 37 more grants made totalling $649,127

Who funds New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Federation of State Humanities CouncilsWhy It Matters National Initiative$42,775
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$10,500
The Trustees of Princeton UniversityContribution$10,000
...and 4 more grants received

Personnel at New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

NameTitleCompensation
Carin BerkowitzExecutive Director in$118,165
Valerie Popp, PH.D.Director of Strategic Initiatives
Colleen TrynerOperations Manager
Alexis PedrickSecretary / Trustee$0
Bhavini DoshiTreasurer / Secretary / Trustee$0
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

RevenuesFYE 10/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,785,151
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$12,352
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$18,306
Net income from fundraising events$-29,999
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$6,721
Total revenues$1,792,531

Form 990s for New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2021-102022-07-21990View PDF
2020-102021-05-05990View PDF
2019-102020-10-07990View PDF
2018-102019-05-14990View PDF
2017-102018-04-10990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

Organizations like New Jersey Council for the Humanities I

OrganizationLocationRevenue
New Hampshire Humanities CouncilConcord, NH$1,384,775
Aha Punana LeoHilo, HI$6,915,753
Center for Transformative ActionIthaca, NY$3,192,621
Dallas Institute of Humanities and CultureDallas, TX$957,853
Youth SpeaksSan Francisco, CA$2,831,645
Kentucky Humanities CouncilLexington, KY$1,728,366
American Public SquareKansas City, MO$650,718
Association for the Study of African American Life and HisWashington, DC$1,618,762
Mass HumanitiesNorthampton, MA$2,846,841
Center for InquiryAmherst, NY$8,542,760
Data update history
June 20, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 22, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $3,500 from Geraldine R Dodge Foundation
May 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
November 12, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
June 28, 2022
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $42,775 from Federation of State Humanities Councils
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Provides grantsFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
336 Friends St
Camden, NJ 08102
Metro area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Website URL
njhumanities.org/ 
Phone
(609) 695-5318
IRS details
EIN
22-2520859
Fiscal year end
October
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1972
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A70: Humanities Organizations
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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