Grant Recipients for The 1772 Foundation Announced

The N.H. Preservation Alliance, partnering with The 1772 Foundation, has awarded grants totaling $125,000 to sixteen private non-profit organizations in New Hampshire to assist in preserving their historic buildings. The grants give a boost to community landmarks from Coos County to the Seacoast to the Monadnock Region and range in amount from $4,250 to the grant maximum of $10,000.  Each grantee was required to have matching funds for their project.

These grants will support new roofs, foundation and sill work, repainting, and porch repair, and will be used by historical societies, museums, a grange, a women’s club, friends groups supporting local landmarks, and an affordable housing organization.

The funding will assist in the preservation of historic buildings that range in date from 1774 to 1912, and new and continuing uses that include housing, community meeting space, museums, and educational programming. Six of the awardees had previously been named to the Preservation Alliance’s Seven to Save endangered properties list and six had received similar grants in recent years. In some cases, the grants will advance multi-phase projects, while in others the funding will help a non-profit organization get started or complete important preservation work. 

Applications were reviewed by a selection committee of experts and the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance staff.  “We are so pleased to be able to make these grants to worthy projects in many regions of the state,” said Beverly Thomas, deputy director of the Preservation Alliance. “The 1772 Foundation’s investment in New Hampshire is protecting and revitalizing sixteen historic buildings, positively impacting communities by bringing needed capital investment to important community landmarks.” She emphasized that evidence of good planning was essential for success in this grant round.

Thomas noted that grant criteria included the uniqueness or significance of the resource, visibility within the community, availability of additional funding, strength of local support, imminence or severity of threat to the resource, a demonstrated understanding of the building’s needs, and the proposed plan’s adherence to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Margaret Waldock, president of The 1772 Foundation, said that "With these grants, The 1772 Foundation continues its investment in preservation efforts that protect assets of community importance. While the individual grants may seem small, we have found they leverage considerable local resources and opportunities: community-provided matching dollars, support for local businesses and tradespeople, and the long-term power of incremental, small-scale capital investments in roofs, windows, and structural improvements that protect and maintain the value of assets over time."

Grant Recipients (click for more information):

Rebecca Howland