PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island today announced it is accepting applications for “mini-grants” to aid local historic preservation projects.
The deadline is May 29 for individuals and organizations wishing to apply for the Preserve Rhode Island-Citizens Bank Foundation Mini-Grants.
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Grants to nonprofits range from $300 to 1,000. A 100-percent match is required and must be in funds, not in kind.
The grants may be used for historic preservation and planning fees, project designs, “emergency intervention” for historic properties, or the creation of preservation education projects. Professional fees training is ineligible, as are regular maintenance and repairs.
In the past eight years, the mini-grant program has provided nearly $52,000 in seed money for 55 projects across Rhode Island. Mini-grant guidelines and application information are available by visiting www.preserveri.org, e-mailing sprull@preserveri.org or calling 272-5101.
Last year’s recipients include: First Congregational Church, Bristol, $1,000 to assess the bell tower; Courthouse Center of the Arts, West Kingstown; $1,000 toward the architect’s fee for the restoration of the 1896 building; Met School/Prairie Avenue Diner, Providence, $1,000 for a study of the feasibility of restoring and reusing the historic diner; Friends of Hearthside, Lincoln, $1,000 toward the architect’s fee for the development of a site plan for Chase Farmhouse; Town of New Shoreham, $750 toward a consultant’s fee for consolidating and updating databases documenting Block Island historical resources; and Johnston Historical Society, $699 to produce a fundraising brochure to support the restoration of the Belknap Schoolhouse.
Preserve Rhode Island, an affiliate of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a statewide nonprofit focusing on historic preservation education and advocacy. Additional information is available at www.preserveri.org.
