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SOME THOUGHTS ON PRESERVATION FUNDING

New York StateCouncil of the Arts

Contact:                             Anne Van Ingen

                                           (212) 741-7013

                                           www.nysca.org

Program:                            Architecture, Planning and Design (ADP)

Work Funded:                    Design & building condition studies

Funding Range:                 $300 to $10,000

                                           (no grants to religious organizations)

Application Deadline:        March 3, 2008 required registration, April1,2008;

Award Dates:                     July 1, 2008; Sept. 5, 2008 submission

Program:                            Technical Assistance Program¹

Work Funded:                    Short term consultations with a written report

Funding Range:                 $1,200 max

Application Deadline:        throughout year

Award Dates:                     throughout year

Preservation League of New York State

Contact:                             Tania Werbizky

                                           (607) 272-6510

                                           www.preservenys.org

Program:                          Preserve New York

Work Funded:                  Cultural resource surveys, historic structure reports, historic landscape reports

                                           (no grants to religious organizations)

Funding Range:                $3,000 to $10,000

Application Deadline:      May 1 - verify on web site

Award Dates:                    early September - verify on website

National Trust

Contact:                             Brent Leggs

                                           (617) 523-0885

                                           www.nationaltrust.org  

                                           Program Assistant - Northeast Office

                                           Seven Faneuil Hall Marketplace

                                           Boston, MA, 02109

Program:                          Preservation Services Fund

Work Funded:                  Consultant services, feasibility studies

Funding Range:               $500 to $5,000

Application Deadline:     Feb. 1, Oct. 1

Award Dates:                     -

Program:                          Johanna Favrot Fund

Work Funded:                  Consultant services

Funding Range:                $2,500 to $10,000

Application Deadline:      Feb. 1

Award Dates:               -

Program:                          Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund

Work Funded:                   Historic interior work

Funding Range:                $5,000 to $10,000

Application Deadline:      Feb. 1

Award Dates:

Contact:                             Jennifer Eggleston

                                           (202) 588-6000

Program:                          National Preservation Loan Fund

Work Funded:                  Loans for historic structures

Funding Range:               $50,000 to $350,000

Application Deadline:     none

Award Dates:                     -

Program:                          Inner City Ventures Fund

Work Funded:                  Neighborhood-based housing and revitalization

Funding Range:                up to $350,000

Application Deadline:      none

Award Dates:                     -

NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation

Contact                              Julian Adams

                                           (518) 237-8643

                                           www.nysparks.state.ny.us/shpo

                                           www.nysparks.state.ny.us/grants/programs/certified.asp

Program:                          Certified Local Government Subgrants

Work Funded:                   Historic resource studies and planning studies

Funding Range:                $1,200 to $29,000

Application Deadline:      mid-July

Award Dates:                    following fall

Contact:                            Christine Capella-Peters or Stacey Matson-Zuvic

                                           www.nysparks.state.ny.us/shpo/state/map.htm

Program:                          Environmental Protection Fund²

Work Funded:                   Restoration of historic properties

Funding Range:                up to $1 million

Application Deadline:     announced yearly in spring or early summer

Award Dates:                    varies, usually late November

Program:                          Barn Restoration & Preservation Program

Work Funded:                   Restoration/stabilization of agricultural buildings

Funding Range:                up to $50,000

                                           Income tax credit program, up to 25% of cost of

rehabilitation

New York Landmarks Conservancy

Contact:                             Ann Isabel Friedman

                                           (212) 995-5260

                                           www.nylandmarks.org

Program:                          Sacred Sites Program³

Work Funded:                  Planning and implementation

Funding Range:               up to $10,000

Application Deadline:     January 15, 2008, June 1, 2008

Award Dates:                    May 15, 2008, September 30, 2008

Program:                          Consulting Resources Grants⁴

Work Funded:                   Condition surveys, master Plans, etc

Funding Range:                up to $7,500

Application Deadline:      throughout year

Award Dates:                    throughout year

Program:                          Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge

Work Funded:                   Restoration

Funding Range:                $25,000 to $50,000

Application Deadline:      January 15, 2008, June 1, 2008

Award Dates:                    May 15, 2008, September 30, 2008

 1. Owner provides $750, minimum. NYSCA provides up to $1,500 match.

 2. Covenants and matching up to 50% required.

 3. Religious properties only. 1-to1 matching funds and listing on National or State Registers of Historic Places, or local historic designation, are required.

 4. Religious properties in New York City only. 1-to-1 matching funds are required.

The Preservation League of New York State website maintains a similar list of granting organizations, their programs, and related information.