The Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois provides monetary assistance to preserve or protect significant structures and sites in Illinois.
Donor Name: Landmarks Illinois
State: Illinois
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $500—$2,500
Details:
Donnelley Preservation Fund grants are awarded for planning activities and education efforts focused on preservation.
- Planning: Support for obtaining professional expertise in areas such as architecture, archaeology, engineering, preservation planning, land-use planning, and law. Eligible planning activities include, but are not limited to:
- Hiring a preservation architect or landscape architect to produce a historic structure report or historic landscape master plan
- Hiring a preservation planner to produce design guidelines for a historic district
- Hiring a real estate development consultant to produce an economic feasibility study for the reuse of a threatened structure
- Sponsoring a community forum to develop a shared vision for the future of a historic neighborhood
- Education and Outreach: Support for preservation education activities aimed at the public with particular interest in programs aimed at reaching new audiences. Funding will be provided to projects that employ innovative techniques and formats aimed at introducing new audiences to the preservation movement
- A project may include one or more of the following services provided each service can satisfy the project conditions described above:
- Engineering, architectural, and feasibility studies
- Legal services
- Surveys and National Register Nominations
- Preservation ordinance support
- A project may not include services that have been completed at the time a grant is requested.
Funding Information
- Grants range from $500—$2,500.
Eligibility
Structures/Sites
- Eligible beneficiaries of Preservation Heritage Fund grants are significant structures or sites in Illinois that are under threat of demolition, imminent deterioration, or are of such architectural importance that their preservation will benefit the public and Illinois community.
- Structures or sites on Landmarks Illinois’ most recent “Endangered List” are presumed to be Eligible Structures.
Applicants
- Applicants must be not-for-profit organizations or governmental bodies. Landmarks Illinois, in exceptional circumstances, can determine other persons or organizations to be eligible applicants if it finds:
- There is no other practical means of benefiting the Eligible Structure or Site but to grant money to the applicant;
- The public benefit of preserving the Eligible Structure or Site substantially outweighs the benefits to the applicant; and
- Every effort has been made to protect the public benefit of the preservation grant after it is made.
- Applicants must own the Eligible Structure or Site, or have sufficient legal control of the Eligible Structure or Site to permit the Eligible Project to be completed and protected as required by Landmarks Illinois.
- Applicants must possess the capacity to manage the grant funds prudently and have the expertise to execute the Eligible Project in accordance with its approved conditions. An applicant that lacks one or both of these attributes must submit to the expertise of a pro bono Sponsor elected by Landmarks Illinois if, in its sole discretion, it offers to provide it.
- Applicants must agree to seek preservation protection for the Eligible Structure or Site from local, state, or national preservation organizations as applicable if not already protected.
- A follow-up report of the project is required to be submitted to Landmarks Illinois within a determined time period.
For more information, visit Landmarks Illinois.
