[MassHistPres] Reminder: National Trust Grant Opportunities!

[Brent Leggs]

Mildred Jones Keefe and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Funds for
Massachusetts

 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation invites applications from
public municipalities and nonprofit organizations to apply for the
Preservation Funds for Massachusetts.  The Mildred Jones Keefe Fund was
created in 1984 in memory of the late Mildred Jones Keefe who was active
in the arts and a lifelong preservation advocate in Southeastern,
Massachusetts.  The Eastern Massachusetts Fund was created in 2001 with
the support of a private donor.  All Preservation Fund applications
received from Massachusetts organizations will be considered for funding
through one of these programs.  

 

The Preservation Fund provides nonprofit organizations and public
agencies matching grants from $500 to $5,000 (typically from $1,000 to
$1,500) for preservation planning and education efforts.  Funds may be
used to obtain professional expertise in areas such as architecture,
archeology, engineering, preservation planning, land-use planning, fund
raising, organizational development and law as well as preservation
education activities to educate the public.  Funds are not available to
support construction and/or restoration costs.  Application deadlines
are February 1, June 1, and October 1. The application for the both
Funds is the same application as the Preservation Fund, formerly known
as the Preservation Services Fund, of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.  Below is a list of recent National Trust grants awarded
in Massachusetts:

 

*         Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc., Pawtucket, a $750
grant is being used to cover the cost of promotional materials for the
Blackstone River Valley "Footsteps in History" Preserve America Weekend.


*         Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc., Lenox, $1,000 was awarded to
support speaker's honoraria at The Mount's 2006 Edith Wharton and the
American Garden Conference.  

*         Architectural Heritage Foundation, Lowell, $5,000 was awarded
to hire preservation consultant, John Leeke, to teach preservation and
restoration courses for their Preservation Carpentry Training Program.  

*         Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, a $1,000 grant was
awarded to conduct data recovery and archeological excavation of
cultural materials from the Middleborough Little League site. 

*         Historic Boston, Inc., Boston, $5,000 was granted to hire a
consultant firm to complete a Feasibility Study to preserve and
redevelop the Calf Pasture Pumping Station.  

*         Preservation Worcester, Worcester, a $2,000 grant was awarded
to hire preservation consultant, William Finch of Finch & Rose, to
conduct a Historic Structures Report on the barn at Hope Cemetery. 

 

Feel free to contact Brent Leggs, Program Assistant at the Northeast
Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation at 617-523-0885
or at Brent_Leggs at nthp.org.  

 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit
membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and
revitalizing America's communities.  Recipient of the National
Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership,
education, advocacy, and resources to protect the irreplaceable places
that tell America's story.   Its Washington, DC headquarters staff, six
regional offices and 28 historic sites work with the Trust's 270,000
members and thousands of preservation groups in all 50 states.  For more
information, visit the Trust's web site at www.nationaltrust.org
<http://www.nationaltrust.org/> .

 

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