Arts Ed NJ (formerly The New Jersey Arts Education Partnership), a state-wide nonprofit dedicated to ensuring access to a comprehensive arts education for all New Jersey students, has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the New Jersey Cultural Trust.
The grant is part of the trust’s record $1.04 million in 2025 Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants for Arts Organizations. Arts Ed NJ is a collective impact coalition of statewide partners that works to ensure the state’s pre-K through 12 public school students participate in a high-impact, sequentia and equitable arts education that celebrates diverse lived experience and artistic expression and prepares future creative leaders.
This grant will allow Arts Ed to create a new part-time staff position focused on supporting the organization’s development initiatives and fundraising efforts. The investment will help strengthen the nonprofit’s financial stability and operational capacity, enabling it to continue its vital work in arts education across the state.
“We are deeply grateful to the New Jersey Cultural Trust for this generous grant, which will have a transformative impact on our organization,” said Wendy Liscow, executive director of Arts Ed. “This funding will allow us to build our capacity to secure the resources needed to advance our new ambitious, five-year vision plan and fulfill our mission of ensuring that every child in New Jersey participates in a high-impact, comprehensive arts education.”
The 2025 Institutional and Financial Stabilization (IFS) Grants were recommended to the Cultural Trust by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. More than $1 million in awards represents the largest total dollar amount the board has approved in grants in a single year in the trust’s history.
“These grants are a historic investment in New Jersey’s cultural community that will resonate for years to come,” noted Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, who oversees the trust in her capacity as secretary of state. “The Cultural Trust’s unique grant programs support projects that strengthen the foundations of our state’s cultural organizations, organizations that anchor local economies, improve the health and vitality of our communities and contribute immeasurably to New Jerseyans’ well being and quality of life.”
Arts Ed NJ will use its grant to enhance its development initiatives and further its vision. For more information on the nonprofit, visit its website at www.artsednj.org.
