Kress Foundation: Conservation Grant Program

Kress Foundation: Conservation Grant Program

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Last Updated: March 23, 2026

Summary

The Kress Foundation's Conservation Grant Program supports projects that enhance the appreciation and preservation of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions in the U.S. for scholarly projects focused on art conservation, including documentation, research, and outreach activities. This program encourages collaboration among conservators and conservation scientists to share knowledge and expertise through exhibitions, conferences, and professional events.

Overview

Through its Grant Programs, the Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Conservation Grant Program The Conservation Grants program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European works of art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Support for conservation treatments is generally limited to works from the distributed Kress Collection, and is typically coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions that have 501(c)3 status in the United States, which includes supporting foundations of European institutions and foreign institutions that have obtained recognition of exemption from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.The project being pursued can be the work of a single individual or a team affiliated with the organization applying for supportThese are competitive grants.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not pay grants directly to individuals.