Preservation League of New York State
The Preservation League of New York State is an Albany-based public charity that supports historic preservation across New York State through grants, loans, technical services, advocacy, and awards. Founded in 1974, it works to protect historic buildings, districts, and landscapes and to support their role in community revitalization and sustainable growth.
Preservation League of New York State at a glance
In short: Preservation League of New York State gave $200K across 15 grants in 2025 (avg $13K), mostly in New York. 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $199,720
- -51.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 15
- -31.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $13,315
- -28.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $13,090
- Total assets
- $8,959,487
- +7.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Preservation League of New York State
- How to Apply
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The League directs applicants to review the individual program guidelines and application processes. Eligibility and project restrictions vary by program.
- Review Cycle
- The Preservation Opportunity Fund’s listed 2025 letter-of-interest deadline was September 15, 2025, and its full application deadline was November 21, 2025; both are past. The website says the fund will open in fall 2026. The pre-construction studies program is described as currently open, while the arts-based community preservation program’s stated spring 2026 opening period has passed.
- Deadline
- The Preservation Opportunity Fund’s listed 2025 letter-of-interest deadline was September 15, 2025, and its full…
- Contact
Mailing address: 44 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206
Phone: (518) 462-5658
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
6 open opportunities from Preservation League of New York State
Gratz Fund (Donald Stephen Gratz Preservation Services Fund)
Preservation League of New York State
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Northeast Heritage Economy Program
Preservation League of New York State
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
PNY Arts + Culture: Support for Arts-Based Community Preservation Projects
Preservation League of New York State
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Preservation League of New York State funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was South East Area Coalition ($20K). Together the top 10 received $153K.
Grant Size Distribution
139 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 137 grants of 139 (99%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The League’s grant programs and mission focus on New York State. All grant dollars reported for filing year 2025 went to recipients in New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 15 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Preservation League of New York State open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 15 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. How we count
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $200K (2025) to $410K (2024). In 2025 it made 15 grants totaling $200K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| South East Area Coalition Rochester, NY | Cultural Resources Survey | $20,000 |
| Town of Phelps Phelps, NY | Cultural Resources Survey | $20,000 |
| The Butternut Valley Arts & Crafts Center Inc Morris, NY | Historic Structure Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only) | $18,280 |
| Old Westbury Gardens Inc Old Westbury, NY | Condition Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only) | $15,396 |
| Village of Victor V Ictor, NY | Cultural Resources Survey | $15,000 |
| East Hampton Historical Farm Museum East Hampton, NY | Cultural Resources Survey | $14,400 |
| East Hampton Historical Society East Hampton, NY | Condition Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only) | $13,440 |
| Rensselaer County Historical Society Troy, NY | Condition Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only) | $13,090 |
| Leroy Historical Society Le Roy, NY | Condition Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only) | $12,880 |
| Historical Society of the Town of Chester Chestertown, NY | Cultural Resources Survey | $10,750 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The 2025 filing reports 15 grants; the 2024 and 2023 filings report 22 and 24 grants, respectively. The League’s 2024 filing says it has investment and spending policies for endowment assets intended to provide a predictable stream of funding for supported programs while seeking to maintain the endowment’s value.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,959,487 | $1,552,430 | $1,553,854 | $199,720 | 15 | $151,232 |
| 2024 | $8,366,085 | $2,517,494 | $1,674,865 | $409,688 | 22 | $790,169 |
| 2023 | $7,332,008 | $1,970,171 | $1,471,339 | $292,349 | 24 | $771,976 |
| 2022 | $6,843,101 | $1,316,893 | $1,585,434 | $324,705 | 33 | $50,873 |
| 2021 | $7,668,427 | $1,732,142 | $1,378,107 | $329,703 | 45 | $320,774 |
| 2020 | $6,617,762 | $1,375,911 | $1,365,173 | $294,410 | 40 | $69,061 |
| 2019 | $6,407,773 | $1,455,912 | $1,373,128 | $316,684 | 51 | $127,542 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The League’s stated mission is to promote historic preservation as a tool to revitalize neighborhoods and communities, honor heritage, and enrich lives. Its website says its goals include protecting heritage, making preservation and reuse part of addressing climate change, facilitating reinvestment in historic buildings and places, advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion, and strengthening the capacity of New York preservationists.
Its programs support both planning and implementation: pre-construction consulting studies, cultural resource surveys and historic district nominations, and capital repairs or rehabilitation at historic properties. The League’s 2025 grants included studies and reports such as cultural resource surveys, historic structure reports, and condition reports. Among the organizations it supported, the South East Area Coalition describes its own mission as including neighborhood preservation and community development; the East Hampton Historical Society says it collects, preserves, presents, and interprets the town’s heritage; and Old Westbury Gardens says it inspires appreciation and knowledge of the early 20th-century American country estate.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the League awarded 15 grants totaling $199,720. Awards ranged from $7,568 to $20,000, with a median of $13,090. Among the largest reported grants were $20,000 to South East Area Coalition for a cultural resources survey and $20,000 to the Town of Phelps for a cultural resources survey; $18,280 to the Butternut Valley Arts & Crafts Center for a historic structure report; and $15,396 to Old Westbury Gardens for a condition report. Other reported recipients included the Village of Victor ($15,000), East Hampton Historical Farm Museum ($14,400), East Hampton Historical Society ($13,440), and Rensselaer County Historical Society ($13,090).
The League’s website describes Preserve NY Arts + Culture as a partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts. Its two programs support pre-construction studies and arts-based community preservation projects. The pre-construction program funds consulting reports and studies, not capital repairs or construction costs, architectural plans, or construction documents. Its stated eligibility includes 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and organizations that own or have a long-term lease on a historic property. The arts-based community preservation program supports cultural resource surveys and historic district nominations and requires artist involvement in community engagement.
The Preservation Opportunity Fund supports discrete capital improvement projects at historic properties. The League’s website lists nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations and municipal governments as eligible applicants, with an ownership interest or long-term lease in the property required. The website says the fund will open in fall 2026. Its listed 2025 application deadlines are past.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Patrick Ciccone as chair and Jay DiLorenzo as president. Other officers and directors listed are Liz McEnaney, Ruth Pierpont, David Stutzman, Caroline Pasion, Angel Ayon, Anne Holford-Smith, E. Frits Abell, and Phillip G. Borrelli.
Preservation League of New York State is led by Jay Dilorenzo, President on every filing since 2019; 1 of 19 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jay Dilorenzo
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $141K (2025)
Patrick Ciccone
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Jayne
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Capitman
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Q. Davidson
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
E. Frits Abell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Esperanza Leon
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Wood
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa McCormack
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phillip G. Borrelli
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shelley Worrell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Wilder
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Hurst
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angel Ayon
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruth Pierpont
Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Pasion
Vice Chair
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Holford-Smith
Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Stutzman
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Liz McEnaney
Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (22)
- Former: Georgette Grier-Key (2019–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Mark Warren (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Bret Garwood (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Frank Emile Sanchis III (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Lee Miller (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Anne Van Ingen (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Carol R. Bentel (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Caroline Rob Zaleski (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Charlotte Worthy (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Duncan Barrett (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Ildiko Butler (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Karen Arrison (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Lori Zabar (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Paul R. Provost (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Suzanne Clary (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Betsy Davidson Pickering (2019) — Trustee
- Former: David Christensen (2019) — Trustee
- Former: David Schnakenberg (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Gregory R. Long (2019) — Trustee
- Former: John Sare (2019) — Vice Chair
- Former: Miriam Trementozzi (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Thomas F. Pike (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $141K, to Jay Dilorenzo (President).
Frequently asked questions about Preservation League of New York State
How much does Preservation League of New York State give each year?
Preservation League of New York State gave $200K across 15 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $410K across 22 grants.
What is Preservation League of New York State's typical grant size?
Preservation League of New York State's median grant in 2025 was $13,090, and its average grant was $13,315, across 15 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Preservation League of New York State give grants?
Preservation League of New York State gives mostly in New York: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were East Hampton, NY (2 grants).
Does Preservation League of New York State give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 15 grants with a stated purpose on Preservation League of New York State's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Cultural Resources Survey" (10 grants) and "Condition Report (Nonprofit Arts/Culture Applicants Only)" (4 grants).
Who are Preservation League of New York State's largest grantees?
Preservation League of New York State's largest 2025 grantees include South East Area Coalition ($20,000), Town of Phelps ($20,000) and The Butternut Valley Arts & Crafts Center Inc ($18,280), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 29% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Preservation League of New York State?
Preservation League of New York State reported $9.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.
What does Preservation League of New York State fund?
The League’s stated mission is to promote historic preservation as a tool to revitalize neighborhoods and communities, honor heritage, and enrich lives. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Preservation League of New York State?
The League directs applicants to review the individual program guidelines and application processes. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Preservation League of New York State's EIN?
Preservation League of New York State's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7379938. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 4, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 3, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 31, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 29, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 1, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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