funding SOURCES
State
Connecticut State Library
Maine Humanities Council
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC)
New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources
Greater Hudson Heritage Network
New York State Library
Connecticut State Library
Public Records Grant Program
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
www.cslib.org
The FY 2012 Historic Documents Preservation Grant Program Targeted Grants focus on records at the department or office level. Sections 11‐8i through 11‐8n of the Connecticut General Statutes authorize the creation of a dedicated fund and a grant program utilizing that fund to enhance or improve the preservation and management of historic documents.
Funding levels:
The amount of targeted grant money that a municipality may apply for depends upon its population from the most recent census figures. There are three tiers: small, medium and large. Currently, the amounts are $7,000, $12,000 and $17,000 respectively.Eligible grant activities “enhance or improve the preservation and management of historic documents.” Targeted grant activities include, but are not limited to:
- preservation planning surveys
- records management surveys
- disaster planning surveys
- preservation projects including microfilming, re-indexing of land and vital records to improve access, and projects to improve the storage of historic documents.
Cycle 1 Application Deadline: Passed
Cycle 2 Application Deadline: Passed
For complete information:
http://www.cslib.org/publicrecords/histdoc/grantforms.htm
Or contact:
LeAnn Power
Public Records Administrator
(860) 566-1100 ext. 301
lpower@cslib.org
Maine Humanities Council
674 Brighton Avenue
Portland, Maine 04102
(207) 773-5051
www.mainehumanities.org
The Maine Humanities Council is a statewide, private, nonprofit, organization whose mission is to engage the people of Maine with the power and pleasure of ideas. The Council’s programs, and the projects which it supports through grants, are intended to encourage a deeper understanding of ourselves and others, foster wisdom in an age of information, and provide context in a time of change.
The Maine Humanities Council is particularly interested in supporting projects that stimulate meaningful community dialogue, attract diverse audiences, are participatory and engaging, and invite discovery of the humanities in interesting and exciting ways. Grants are awarded to not-for-profit organizations that serve a Maine audience.
MHC’s funding interests over the next several years, include offering Humanities Infrastructure Grants, to support long-term improvements at museums and humanities programming facilities. Bookmark their site for future funding initiatives.
84 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
Maine Historical Records Collections Grant Program
The Maine Historical Records Advisory Board received a grant from the National Historical Publication and Records Commission to help repositories care for their archival collections through the Historical Records Collections Grant program.
For complete information:The program helps support the preservation of Maine’s significant historical records, documents, archival, and printed materials and helps make them available to the public.
New application forms are now available! The new program has a simpler application form with rolling deadlines (you can apply at any time) for grants of up to $1000. Projects with budgets between $1000 and $4000 will use a form very similar to the previous form, although staffed organizations will no longer be required to provide cash as part of their match.
ROLLING DEADLINES - Apply Anytime
http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/mhrab/grants.html
Or contact:
Janet Roberts
(207) 287-5791
janet.roberts@maine.gov
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC)
98 North Washington Street, Suite 401
Boston, MA 02214
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grants Funding for preservation including assessments, microfilming, digitization, and conservation treatment. Eligibility has been extended to include all types of libraries that belong to regional networks.
ANNUAL DEADLINES
Letters of Intent: December
Application: March
For complete information:
http://mblc.state.ma.us/grants/lsta/opportunities/index.php
Or contact:
Rachel Masse
(800) 952-7403
rachel.masse@state.ma.us
New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
NH Conservation (Moose) License Plate Grant Program is a state of New Hampshire funding source available to non-profit institutions to implement and to conduct preservation and conservation activities on publicly owned artifacts, paper based collections, microfilm, photographs and manuscripts (hereafter referred to as materials) that contribute to New Hampshire’s historic and cultural heritage. Funding is made possible through the sale of Moose License Plates. (For more information on obtaining the Moose License Plates: http://www.mooseplate.com/)
For complete information and guidelines:Eligible applicants include:
- NH non-profit organizations managing publicly-owned resources
- NH Public Libraries
- Academic institutions within the University of NH system and NH Community Colleges
- Town and municipal public records repositories
Eligible activities include:
- Preservation and/or conservation
- Consultant services and/or assessment surveys of materials
- Digitization of conserved documents to facilitate increased access.
ANNUAL DEADLINE: April
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/moose/index.html
or
Contact
Janet Eklund
(603) 271-2393
janet.eklund@dcr.nh.gov
Greater Hudson Heritage Network
2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
(914) 592-6726
E-Mail: info@greaterhudson.org
STATEWIDE CONSERVATION TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM
The Conservation Treatment Grant Program, administered by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network (Greater Hudson), in association with the Museum Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), provides support for treatment procedures to aid in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical and cultural organizations in New York State. The work must be performed by, or under direct supervision of, a professional conservator.
ANNUAL DEADLINE: JuneEligible Projects:
Support is available for conservation treatment of paintings, works on paper (including individual drawings, watercolors, prints or photographs), textiles (including costumes, domestic textiles and upholstery), furniture, frames, sculpture, historical, ethnographic and decorative objects. Support is also available for costs for supports, frames, stands and mounts that are integral to the treatment of the object.
Range of Grant Awards:
Individual grant awards will not exceed $7,500.
For complete information:
http://www.greaterhudson.org/2012-conservation-treatment-grant-program.html
or contact:
Priscilla Brendler
(914) 414-6726
director@greaterhudson.org
Division of Library Development
New York State Library
10-C-47 Cultural Education Center
Albany, New York 12230
ANNUAL DEADLINE: May
Conservation/Preservation Discretionary Grant Program
The purposes of the NY State Library’s Conservation/Preservation program are to encourage the proper care and accessibility of research materials; to promote the use and development of guidelines and technical standards for conservation/preservation work; and to support the growth of local and cooperative activities within the context of emerging national preservation programs. The grant program provides modest financial support for projects that contribute to the preservation of significant research materials in libraries, archives, historical societies, and other agencies within the State of New York.
The Discretionary Grant Program provides modest financial support for projects that contribute to the preservation of significant research materials in libraries, archives, historical societies and other agencies within the State of New York, whether by conducting surveys, improving collection storage environments, reformatting or treating collections or other preservation activities described in the guidelines.
For complete information: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/cp/Eligible activities include:
- Preservation surveys
- Conservation treatment
- Reformatting
- Other preservation activities as described in the grant guidelines
Or contact:
Barbara Lilley
(518) 486-4864
blilley@mail.nysed.gov
Rhode Island Foundation
One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903
Deadline: February 3, 2012
Joseph O'Neill Ott Fund
In a bequest to The Rhode Island Foundation in 1994, Joseph O'Neill Ott, a leader in the preservation and antiquities community in the state, established a permanent endowment dedicated to document preservation. He requested that the income generated be used to preserve historical manuscripts, documents, and municipal records dating from the 19th century and earlier for the smaller cities and towns in Rhode Island.
Grants generally range from $250 to $600 and support direct conservation efforts for paper-based documents, photographs, and other two-dimensional historical evidence (excluding artwork). This can include conservation, preservation (including the purchase of containers or housing for documents), or to defray the costs associated with the acquisition of documents. Proposals that demonstrate concern about long-term storage issues or have planned document storage will be looked upon most favorably. All historical and preservation societies from the smaller cities and towns of Rhode Island are eligible to apply for an Ott grant.
Complete application information
QUESTIONS? Contact Libby Monahan, Funds Administrator, at lmonahan@rifoundation.org or (401) 427-4017.