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The NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Grant Program, now in its 25th year, is made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation supports projects from Long Island and New York City. For 2025, additional funding for textile conservation treatment projects is available from the Coby Foundation.
This statewide program offers three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State.
APPLICATION NOW OPEN: PRESERVATION SUPPLIES
Application Portal opened May 1, 2025
Application Deadline: June 2, 2025
Support of up to $650 is available to purchase collections management supplies.
APPLICATION NOW OPEN: SITE ASSESSMENT
Application Portal opened May 1, 2025
Application Deadline: June 2, 2025
Support of $1,000 for a half-day site visit by a collections consultant to discuss specific areas of stewardship, including identifying collections issues and prioritizing basic steps to improve the care of your collections, followed by a written report.
SAVE THE DATE: CONSERVATION TREATMENT
Application Portal opens June 3, 2025
Application Deadline: September 2, 2025
Support of up to $7,500 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 by professional conservators.
Organizations may apply for all three opportunities. Requests for conservation treatment, preservation supplies, or site assessments for library or archival collections or materials (i.e., books, ledgers, log books, letters, photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspapers, ephemera, mass produced printed maps, or any item primarily used for informational/research value) are ineligible. Our application process is PAPERLESS - the application portal is located on our website. You may log in when the application portal opens and work on your application at any point until the deadline.
For more information on the application process, grant guidelines, budget forms, and to access the online portal, please visit our website and select the opportunity you are interested in: www.greaterhudson.org/nyscaghhn-grants
Questions?
Give us a call at 914.592.6726 or email at director@greaterhudson.org
