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  Director John P. Kelly has been an Ocean County elected official since 1993. He was sworn into his 11th three-year term on the Board of Commissioners during the Board’s organization meeting Jan. 4, 2023. Read more

  Deputy Director Frank Sadeghi was sworn to his first three year term on the Ocean County Board of Commissioners during the Board’s reorganization meeting Jan. 3, 2024. A successful businessman and a long-time public servant, Commissioner Sadeghi brings years of leadership experience to the Board. Read more

  Commissioner Virginia E. "Ginny" Haines, a lifelong resident of Ocean County, brings years of public service and leadership experience to the Board of Commissioners. She was sworn into her third three-year term on the Board during its organization meeting Jan. 4, 2023. Read more

  Commissioner Robert S. Arace was sworn into his first three-year term on the Ocean County Board of Commissioners during the Board’s 2025 organization meeting on Jan. 6. A lifelong resident of Ocean County, Commissioner Arace is deeply committed to fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and family-friendly community. Read more

  Commissioner Jennifier Bacchione was sworn to her first three-year term on the Ocean County Board of Commissioners during the Board’s Jan. 6, 2025 Organization Meeting. Read more


Michael J. Fiure, County Administrator
101 Hooper Ave. Admin Building
Toms River, NJ 08754
Phone: (732) 929-2147 | Email: MFiure@co.ocean.nj.us


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History Funding for Nonprofits

The Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, Department of State. This grant is redistributed to local nonprofit organizations based in Ocean County to facilitate excellence in local history though a competitive, peer review process. Local History Program grants for funding from January 1 to December 31 are now available beginning in July of each year.

Local History Program Grants - ONLINE Forms

Submit the grant applications online! If you don't feel comfortable submitting online, don't worry all forms can be printed and filled out by hand through the online link.

ONLINE 26 CHPP Application will be available in the Summer 2025

Local History Program Grants - Additional Documents

Grants Compliance Language and Logos

Organizations that have received funding as part of the Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission Regrant Program are obligated to provide credit in their promotional materials in exchange for the funding they receive.

(Organization Name) received funding this year from a grant administered by the Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission from funds granted by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) and the Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission (OCCHC) logos must be used by the grantee in publicizing those programs which are supported by this grant. The logos must always be reproduced as units without alteration, never separating the marks from the type.

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