From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:08:49 -0500 Subject: List Serve FW: Pilot Historic School Grant Applications Due April 30th! Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35019EFFB143D8@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
List Serve FYI
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region, Wisconsin Historical Socie
ty
c/o Department of History, UW-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue Eau Claire WI 54701
Voice: 715-836-2250
Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846
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From: Midwest Office [Midwest_Office@nthp.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: Pilot Historic School Grant Applications Due April 30th!
National Trust for Historic Preservation Seeks Applications for Pilot Grant
Program for Historic School Buildings
Do you know of a historic school in need of preservation funding? The Natio
nal Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with the Lowe’s Chari
table and Educational Foundation, is currently seeking applications for a n
ew pilot grant program that will fund the stabilization or rehabilitation o
f historic school buildings by providing funding for construction expenses.
Once construction is complete, these buildings must be open to the public
for use by the community.
Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, government agencies, and school district
s/school boards are eligible to apply. Religious organizations are not elig
ible for funding. The maximum grant amount will be $50,000.
Grant application must be postmarked by April 30, 2010. To read the complet
e guidelines and eligibility requirements, and to download an application f
orm, visit the National Trust’s web site<http://www.preservationnation.or
g/resources/find-funding/nonprofit-public-funding.html>, and scroll down to
the section titled “Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation Prese
rvation Fund.”
Midwest Office
National Trust for Historic Preservation | 53 W. Jackson Boulevard | Chicag
o, Illinois | 60604 | Phone: 312.939.5547 | Fax: 312.939.5651 | Email: mwro
@nthp.org<mailto:john_cramer@nthp.org> | www.PreservationNation.org<http://
www.preservationnation.org/>
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is helping to save diverse his
toric places and communities. Become our newest member today! Learn more
at www.PreservationNation.org<http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/dive
rsity/>.