Edison, Metuchen Organizations Get Art & History Grant From County

EDISON, NJ – Several organizations in Edison and Metuchen recently received grants for their music, art and history programs.

The grant was part of the Middlesex County 2025 Arts and History Grant Awards.

Here are the organizations and the grants they received:

• Edison Memorial Tower Corporation, History, $32,000
• Metuchen-Edison-Piscataway Area Branch NAACP, History, $4,400
• Metuchen-Edison Historical Society, History, $3,600
• Edison Chinese Chorus, Music/Choral, $12,000
• Metuchen-Edison-Piscataway Area Branch NAACP, Festivals/Folklife, $13,000
• Borough Improvement League of Metuchen, Music/Choral, $3,000
• First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen, Music/Choral, $6,400
• Friends of Metuchen Arts, Music/Choral, $6,000
• Metuchen Public Library, Music/Choral, $4,100

A total of $2,455,007 was given to 105 municipal agencies and local nonprofit arts and history organizations across the County, officials said.

The Arts Institute of Middlesex County and the Board of County Commissioners offer these grants to municipal and not-for-profit organizations based in Middlesex County.

Funding support includes General Operating Support, Program Support, Historic Preservation, and Capital grants.

The grant cycle opens each summer with the announcement of the grant guidelines and a series of grant-writing workshops, which were held virtually last year.

The Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners makes funding for these grants possible through the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. Middlesex County’s funding partners include the New Jersey Historical Commission and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

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