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Golden Hammer Awards

Historic Richmond Foundation

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Funding Amount

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Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

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Overview

Golden Hammer Awards

Organization: Historic Richmond Foundation (in partnership with Storefront for Community Design)

Overview: The Golden Hammer Awards honor excellence in neighborhood revitalization, historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and placemaking efforts throughout the Greater Richmond area. The awards were started in 2000 and recognize outstanding projects that contribute to the beautification, vitality, and revitalization of Richmond neighborhoods.

Geographic Scope: Greater Richmond area including the City of Richmond and Counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico

Award Categories:

Best Adaptive Reuse: Projects rehabilitated for new use, including multi-family residential and historic tax credit projects

Best New Construction: Includes neighborhood infill projects (commercial/mixed use and residential)

Best Placemaking: Arts and culture projects, park and green-space projects, transportation and infrastructure projects, or other neighborhood enhancing features

Best Residential: Single-family residential projects

Best Restoration: Restoration by homeowners, contractors, or developers, including historic tax credit projects

Eligibility Requirements:

Projects must have been completed after January 1 of the year preceding the awards

Projects must be located in greater Richmond area (City of Richmond, Counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico)

One entry per project

Application fee: $50 for businesses, $5 for nonprofit and single family entries

Contact Information:

Historic Richmond Foundation

Address: 4 E. Main Street, Suite 1-C, Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: 804.643.7407

Email: [email protected]

How to Apply

Application Process for Golden Hammer Awards

Submission Requirements:
1. Complete application form with project details
2. Application fee ($50 for businesses, $5 for nonprofits and single-family entries)
3. Project information including photos and descriptions
4. Confirmation that project is completed (after January 1 of preceding year)
5. Verification of project location in greater Richmond area

Submission Timeline:

Nominations welcomed annually

Typical deadline: Mid-September (e.g., midnight September 13 for recent years)

Award ceremony: Typically held in early November

Project completion deadline: After January 1 of the preceding year

Required Information:

Project name and location

Category of entry

Project completion date

Contact information for submitter

Project photographs and description

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What Historic Richmond Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants

Grants in 2023: 1
Total given: $13K
Median grant: $13K

By dollars: Virginia 100%. Top recipient cities: Richmond, VA.

Example grants

E&E Properties LLC · Richmond, VA

Facade restoration at 620 n 25th st

$13K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2023. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

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