Preserve New York Grants are intended to help arts and cultural organizations plan and fundraise for ambitious capital projects.
Donor Name: Preservation League of New York State
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
PNY supports comprehensive planning studies for an entire building or site to inform long-term rehabilitation, preservation, or restoration plans.
PNY also supports cultural resource surveys and National Register historic district nominations that include a clear arts/cultural element, anchor, or focus. These projects help communities identify their historic resources and National Register-eligible properties and establish historic districts to promote historic preservation, improve representation in historical interpretation, and encourage investment in historic structures and communities for arts and culture.
Funding Priorities
Applications that meet one or more of these funding priorities will receive priority consideration.
- Projects that identify and preserve histories, places, and culture associated with underrepresented communities and/or that address issues of social justice, diversity, equity, access, and inclusion
- Projects that respond to challenges created by climate change.
Funding Information
Requests of up to $20,000 are allowed.
Uses of Funds
Costs can include consultant fees including in-state travel, photography, report production costs, and other associated expenses. Grant funds cannot be used toward applicant staff time or overhead costs.
Eligible Projects and Applicants
- Comprehensive Studies for Capital Projects
- Only 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations are eligible to apply. Applicant must own the resource or hold at least a 6-year lease, MOU, or stewardship agreement. In the case of a lease or other agreement, the owner must be a municipality or another 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The historic resource that is the subject of the study must be used for public-facing arts and cultural purposes.
- Building condition reports
- Cultural landscape reports
- Historic structure reports.
- Only 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations are eligible to apply. Applicant must own the resource or hold at least a 6-year lease, MOU, or stewardship agreement. In the case of a lease or other agreement, the owner must be a municipality or another 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The historic resource that is the subject of the study must be used for public-facing arts and cultural purposes.
- Preservation Planning for Communities 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Arts and cultural organizations receive priority consideration; other 501(c)(3) organizations and municipalities are eligible to apply. The project area that is the subject of the survey or nomination must include a clear arts/cultural connection, such as a district anchored by a nonprofit performing arts venue, museum, art gallery, etc. Districts that are mainly commercial or residential without a clear arts/cultural component are not eligible.
- Cultural resource surveys
- National Register of Historic Places historic district nominations.
- Arts and cultural organizations receive priority consideration; other 501(c)(3) organizations and municipalities are eligible to apply. The project area that is the subject of the survey or nomination must include a clear arts/cultural connection, such as a district anchored by a nonprofit performing arts venue, museum, art gallery, etc. Districts that are mainly commercial or residential without a clear arts/cultural component are not eligible.
- Applicants must have completed and closed out any previous League grants before applying.
- Eligible resources must be in use by an active arts/cultural organization for public-facing activities that support the organization’s mission.
- Eligible historic resources must be owned by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organization or owned by a municipality and used primarily for arts/cultural purposes.
- If the applicant is not the owner of the resource, they must have a lease, MOU, or stewardship agreement with at least 6 years remaining at the time of application with an owner that meets the above ownership criteria. Municipalities and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to work cooperatively on grant applications, but the lead applicant should be the nonprofit organization whenever possible.
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