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Office of Faith Based Initiatives
Department of State
225 W. State Street
P.O. Box 456
Trenton, New Jersey 08625

Tel: (609) 292-8286
Fax: (609) 633-7141

Email: Feedback@sos.state.nj.us

Grant Opportunities

Social Entrepreneur and Enterprise Development (SE2D) Project

The Office of Faith-Based Initiatives announces the release of the 2014 Social Entrepreneur and Enterprise Development (SE2D) Project. The mission of the SE2D Project is to nurture an environment that allows for the development of Social Entrepreneur Ventures (SEVs) to create innovative approaches to address social issues. These innovative approaches will drive the complete capital market to eventually scale promising and potentially transformative community based approaches that solve intractable social issues.

Application Due Date: 4:59PM, June 20, 2013

This year the application submission process will be conducted on the Department of State's System for Filing Grants Electronically (SAGE). For information on registering onto SAGE please click here.

In order to be eligible to submit a grant application, prospective applicants must attend a mandatory technical assistance session.

Technical Assistance sessions will be held on the following dates:

  • Friday, May 3, 2013
    PSEG, 80 Park Place, Conference Room 101, Newark, NJ 07102 (10am- 12pm)
    Register for this session
  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013
    The Division of Archives and Records Management (Record Storage) 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue., Trenton, NJ 08625 (10am – 1pm)
    Register for this session
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    Rutgers, School of Social Work Building, 217 North 6th Street, Camden, NJ 08102 (10am – 12pm)
    Register for this session

One sessions will be held on each date.

Below please find the link for the application guidelines. For more information you may contact the Office of Faith-based Initiatives at: 609-984-6952.

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Direct Service Grants

The Office of Faith-Based Initiatives announces the release of the 2014 Direct Service (DS) grants. The DS grant program is geared towards building the capacity of New Jersey faith and community-based organizations and enhancing their ability to implement effective community programming. The DS grant program is a competitive program and will provide funds to faith-based and community-based organizations that afford social services to low and moderate income NJ residents. Grant awards are dependent upon available funding.

Application Due Date: 4:59PM, June 20, 2013

This year the application submission process will be conducted on the Department of State's System for Filing Grants Electronically (SAGE). For information on registering onto SAGE please click here.

In order to be eligible to submit a grant application, prospective applicants must attend a mandatory technical assistance session.

Technical Assistance sessions will be held on the following dates:

  • Tuesday, May 14, 2013
    The Division of Archives and Records Management, 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08625
    Register for this session
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    Stockton State College, Lecture Hall L112, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205
    Register for this session
  • Friday, May 24, 2013
    PSEG, 80 Park Place, Conference Room 101, Newark, NJ 07102
    Register for this session

Two sessions will be held on each date. The morning session will take place from 10am – 12pm and the afternoon session will take place from 1pm – 3pm.

Below please find the link for the application guidelines. For more information you may contact the Office of Faith-based Initiatives at: 609-984-6952.