By: Najla Alexander
Middlesex County officials announced that the County is pleased to announce the 2025 Arts and History Grant Awards for $2,455,007 to 105 municipal agencies and local nonprofit arts and history organizations.
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, MCPO authorities stated. 
Funding support includes General Operating Support, Program Support, Historic Preservation, and Capital grants, according to Middlesex County officials. The grant cycle opens each summer with the announcement of the grant guidelines and a series of Grant-Writing Workshops, held virtually last year.
MCPO officials said that 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.
The following is a list of total grant funding amounts by discipline:
Theatre: $955,457
Dance: $336,100
Festivals/Folklife: $318,375
Music/Choral: $271,625
Multidisciplinary: $259,100
History: $137,400
Historic Preservation and Capital: $91,100
Visual Art: $68,750
Public Art: $17,100
Middlesex County aspires to reach all residents through these grants and programming offered by the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, according to Middlesex County authorities. The Arts Institute of Middlesex County oversees the County's arts, culture, folklife, and history.
Its offices are located at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in New Brunswick and East Jersey Old Town Village in Piscataway, MCPO officials say.
In addition to grantmaking, Middlesex County officials said the Arts Institute of Middlesex County hosts a wide array of cultural festivals, public performances, technical assistance workshops, arts, and history lectures, artist interviews, folklife events and workshops, cultural foodways tutorials, arts education programs, public art partnerships, and a variety of interactive arts and wellness programs for seniors and veterans.
MCPO authorities stated that the Arts Institute of Middlesex also operates free museums at East Jersey Old Town Village and Cornelius Low House. 
For more information on cultural events, programs, and resources offered by the Arts Institute of Middlesex County and their grantees, please visit MiddlesexCountyCulture.com, Middlesex County officials said. To learn more about the County’s Arts and History grants, visit middlesexcountynj.gov.