Community Preservation Grant

Community Preservation Grant

Funder: Historic New England

Award Amount: $1,250 per grant

Geographic Scope: New England (one grant awarded to a small to medium-sized organization in each New England state; six grants total awarded annually)

Program Focus: Projects that save and share communities' history as part of telling the whole story of New England

Eligible Project Types

• Exhibitions
• Building repairs
• Interior building conservation
• Oral history documentation
• Tour translation
• Town history publications
• Interpretive signage
• Research on new stories
• Collections care and access

Eligibility

• Organization Size: Small to medium-sized history organizations
• Geographic Focus: New England region (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)

Program Background

Since its inauguration, Historic New England's Community Preservation Grants program has helped more than seventy-five small to mid-sized history organizations save and share their stories. Projects span from Presque Isle, Maine, to Westport, Connecticut, raising the visibility and importance of preservation throughout New England.

Funding Source

The Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund for Community Preservation endowment supports this grant program, named in honor of Herbert and Louise Whitney to recognize their deep appreciation and love of all things New England, particularly the Bishop family farm in North Woodstock, Connecticut.

Contact

Media Contact: Susanna Crampton, [email protected]