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Regional and Foundation Grants

Grant programs for preservation and conservation are managed by various agencies, including state libraries, archives, Departments of Education, and Departments of Cultural Resources. In addition, regional organizations, such as local heritage networks, and national foundations may also offer funding for these initiatives.

At NEDCC, we specialize in helping organizations plan and execute grant-funded projects. Whether you need assistance with proposal development or project implementation, our team is here to guide you every step of the way.

Below, you’ll find a list of funding organizations that support preservation and conservation efforts. Be sure to review their specific grant deadlines and requirements.


Interested in working with NEDCC on a grant project?
Contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 978-470-1010
Or visit our staff pages for direct contact information.

American Institute for Conservation

  • COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT FOR CONSERVATION
    > The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program provides small and mid-sized museums with partial funding toward a general conservation assessment. The assessment is a study of all of the institution's collections, buildings, and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to improve collections care. CAP is often a first step for small institutions that wish to improve the condition of their collections.

    NEDCC assessors include Bexx Caswell-Olson, director of book conservation, and Monique Fischer, senior photograph conservation.

 

  • EMERGENCY COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT FOR CONSERVATION
    > The Emergency CAP is more flexible in that it does not adhere to the annual schedule of the regular CAP program. The goal is to help museums affected by a recent disaster receive post-disaster collections care recommendations from conservation and building professionals on an expedited basis.

Bank of America

  • Art Conservation Project
    > Provides grants to nonprofit museums to conserve historically or culturally significant works of art that are in danger of degeneration, including works that have been designated as national treasures.
    Previous deadline: September 2025

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

 

  • RECORDINGS AT RISK - A National Regranting Program is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio and audiovisual content of high scholarly value through digital reformatting.
    Application cycle will open in November 2025

Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (DPOE-N)

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

  • Broadening Narratives - Grants for the Chicago and Lowcountry South Carolina Regions
    > "The Foundation believes in the importance of general operating funding, but things in the collections world can operate a bit differently. To address the wide scope of projects requesting support, we offer project-based and time-limited support for our Broadening Narratives grants. Collections projects often take several years from inception to completion.

    Because Broadening Narratives is encouraging a different kind of collections work—balancing subject-matter expertise with lived experience expertise, partnerships between smaller community-based organizations and large institutions, equity in resource sharing, exploration of under-represented narratives–we work with groups to help them develop their applications, usually through a series of conversations. This cooperative development in the resulting work is better supported by project-based funding."

    Application deadline: 03/27/2026

Historic New England

  • The Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund for Community Preservation 
    > Awards grants to one small to medium-sized history organization in each New England state to support projects that save and share their communities’ diverse history and culture as part of telling the whole story of New England.
    Previous deadline: July 2025

Southern Jewish Historical Society