{"id":321,"date":"2022-08-04T11:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:51:45","slug":"green-acres-local-and-nonprofit-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/green-acres-local-and-nonprofit-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Acres Local &amp; Nonprofit Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>THIS GRANT CLOSED FEBRUAURY 27, 2026.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>PURPOSE OF FUNDING<\/strong><br \/>\nGrant and loan funding to preserve open space, create and rehabilitate parks, and implement land stewardship improvements at public parks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/2026-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/2026-funding\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE<\/strong><br \/>\nTBD<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTIFICATION DATE<\/strong><br \/>\nTBD<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE OF FUNDING<\/strong><br \/>\nCorporate Business Tax Set-Aside<\/p>\n<p><strong>STATUTORY CITATION<\/strong><br \/>\nGarden State Preservation Trust Act; Preserve NJ Act<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS ELIGIBLE<\/strong><br \/>\nMunicipal and county governments and eligible nonprofit organizations<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see application packages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GRANT\/LOAN LIMITATIONS<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see application packages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION PROCEDURES<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see application packages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTo help potential applicants, Green Acres will be hosted a number of informational workshops on November 17th, November 18th, December 3rd, and December 17th. <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/2026-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>November 17, 2025\u00a0\u2013 Application overview and Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wf31lnqXaoU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeting Video for new Acquisition projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/pdf\/2026-application-acquisition-workshop-slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF of slide presentation for\u00a0new Acquisition projects\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to technical difficulties, the PowerPoint presentation reviewed in the Park Development and Stewardship workshop recording contains some information from last year\u2019s funding round.\u00a0 The slide narration is accurate, but certain information on the slides (including the round deadline date) is incorrect.\u00a0 The correct PowerPoint slides for this funding round are posted below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kDDy3wgKWb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeting Video for Park Development and Stewardship projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/pdf\/2026-application-park-development-workshop-slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF of slide presentation for\u00a0Park Development and Stewardship projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>November 18, 2025\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Acquisition Supplemental Funding Requests\u00a0overview and Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UATU-BEjG4Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meeting Video for Supplemental Funding Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/pdf\/2026-acquisition-sfr-workshop-slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF of slide presentation for\u00a0Supplemental Funding Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Drop-In Q&amp;A sessions held December 3rd, and December 17th were not recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/contact-us\/#local-and-nonprofit-assistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3465&#8243; 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APPLICATION https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/2026-funding\/ APPLICATION DEADLINE TBD NOTIFICATION DATE TBD SOURCE OF FUNDING Corporate Business Tax Set-Aside STATUTORY CITATION Garden State Preservation Trust Act; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}