LEAGUE GRANT PROGRAM and OTHER FUNDING SOURCES

League Grant Program:

Preserve New York

-Overview

-2003 Guidelines

-2002 Grant Recipients

Other Funding Sources:

Current Deadlines

Internships

Links for Funding & Research

National Trust for Historic Preservation

New York State Council on the Arts

New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP)

New York Landmarks Conservancy

New York State Department of Transportation (TEA-21)

The Great American Station Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

New York Landmarks Conservancy

The Conservancy provides grants for the preservation of historic religious buildings and related sites throughout New York State with this program. Support for planning and implementation is available. Eligible properties must be located within the state, owned by a religious institution, and designated under a local preservation law or listed in the State or National Registers of Historic Places. The maximum grant is $10,000. The recipient must match the award dollar-for-dollar. Deadlines for application are generally May 1st and November 1st of each year. 

The Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program administers another 50/50 matching grant which provides congregations with funds for retaining professional services for the preservation of historic houses of worship. Projects that will be considered for funding include: conditions surveys, master plans, specification writing, project management, engineering reports, stained glass surveys, and laboratory testing. There are no deadlines for this program.

This grant program from Sacred Sites awards matching grants of $25,000 to $50,000 for significant historic church restoration projects. Eligible properties must be owned by a religious institution, actively used for worship, and either a locally designated landmark or listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Priority is given to the large-scale comprehensive restoration of steeples, roofs and related drainage systems, exterior masonry walls, and stained glass windows. Consultant fees and planning documents will not be funded. The deadline is typically early May.

For more information about these programs and others, visit: www.nylandmarks.org or contact: Ann Isabel Friedman, Program Director, annfriedman@nylandmarks.org or Erin Tobin, Manager of Grants and Technical Services, erintobin@nylandmarks.org,  or write to: Sacred Sites Program, New York Landmarks Conservancy, 141 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, 212.995.5260.

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