Funding for preservation work is available from several sources and for many different kinds of work. This document presents a list of organizations and funding programs, gives contact information and application deadlines. We try to keep these as current as possible, but you should contact the appropriate people to verify deadlines and grant amounts.
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 Program [1]
- 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, Program Assistant – Northeast Office : (617) 523-0885, www.nationaltrust.org
Program: Preservation Services Fund
- Work Funded: Consultant services, feasibility studies
- Funding Range: $500 to $5,000
- Application Deadline: Feb. 1, Oct. 1
Program: Johanna Favrot Fund
- Work Funded: Consultant services
- Funding Range: $2,500 to $10,000
- Application Deadline: Feb. 1
Program: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund
- Work Funded: Historic interior work
- Funding Range: $5,000 to $10,000
- Application Deadline: Feb. 1
- 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
Program: Inner City Ventures Fund
- Work Funded: Neighborhood-based housing and revitalization
- Funding Range: up to $350,000
- Application Deadline: none
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 Fund [2]
- 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 Program [3]
- 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 Grants [4]
- 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.