Foundation News Archive 2024
Trailer for Treason of the Blackest Dye
Learn about Benedict Arnold’s betrayal and the capture of John Andre in New York.
Technical Assistance Grants Applications are open!
Technical Assistance Grants are available to eligible NYS nonprofits and municipalities. The TAG Program provides support for planning studies or analyses of New York State’s historic resources that serve an arts and/or cultural function. TAG funds consulting reports only, completed by architects, engineers and/or other design and preservation professionals. These grants do not fund capital construction costs, architectural plans and specifications, schematic designs, or construction documents.
Click here to review the grant guidelines before proceeding with a TAG application.
All applicants must submit a pre-app to determine eligibility before a full application will be provided. Pre-apps are due Friday, October 11, 2024. Eligible applicants have until Friday, October 18, 2024 at 4:59 p.m. to submit the full application.
Have questions about the TAG program or your own application? Join us for a webinar or in-person workshop!
TAG Webinar: Monday, August 19, 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Click here to register
TAG In-person Workshops (RSVP links can be found here):
- Thursday, September 12, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. | Wethersfield Estate & Garden, 257 Pugsley Hill Rd, Amenia, NY, 12501
- Thursday, September 19, 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. | Rogers Mansion, Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY, 11968
- Thursday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. | Historic Saranac Lake at the Saranac Laboratory Museum, 89 Church St Suite 2, Saranac Lake, NY, 12983
- Friday, October 4 | part of Archtober Newburgh | Details coming soon!
New York Historical Society | Highlights of the Long Island Collections
Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Library
Highlights of the Long Island Collections, a combination of manuscripts, maps, and broadsides, reflect Long Island’s rich history from present-day Brooklyn and Queens to the East End. Individually and in combination, this digital collection offers a vivid understanding of how the island went from being a sparsely populated stretch of land settled by farmers and fishermen to a mix of densely populated residential areas, business and industrial zones, highways and commuter train lines, and exclusive enclaves of beachfront property on the East End.
Included in this collection are the papers of some of the most influential families of Long Island—the Gardiners, Lloyds, Townsends, and Woodhulls; real estate, legal, and financial documents; business ledgers and accounts; notices of land for sale and the creation of towns and residential neighborhoods; and maps that document the new towns and neighborhoods, along with the new subways, Long Island Railroad lines, and highways.
The digitization of the Long Island collections was made possible by a generous grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
Did you know there are funds for preservation supplies, site assessments, and conservation treatment of objects held by cultural institutions in New York City, Nassau, and Suffolk counties?
Please join us at the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation's Grant Workshop to learn more about the NYSCA/GHHN Grant Program, a statewide program which now offers three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State: preservation supplies, site assessments, and conservation treatment.
Wednesday, January 31
The Jazz Loft
275 Christian Avenue
Stony Brook, NY 11790
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
GHHN will present at 1:15 PM
FREE - light breakfast and lunch included
We will be presenting along with representatives from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the Preservation League of New York State, NY Landmarks Conservancy: Sacred Sites, Burying Grounds Preservation Group, and Long Island University: Digitizing Long Island.
There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Space is limited. Organizations that have not previously applied for a Gardiner Grant will have attendance priority. Limit of 2 representatives per organization.
RSVP by January 24 togardiner@rdlgfoundation.org
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Grant Workshop Presenters:
The Jazz Loft | Dr. Thomas Manuel
Preservation League of New York | Janna Rudler
New York Landmarks Conservancy: Sacred Sites | Ann Isabel Friedman
Greater Hudson Heritage Network | Priscilla Brendler
Long Island University: Digitizing Long Island | Dr. Greg Hunter
Burying Grounds Preservation Group | Zachary Studenroth
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation | Kathryn M. Curran
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation - Grant Workshop
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 8:30 to 4:00
The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, NY 11790
Presenters:
The Jazz Loft - Dr. Thomas Manuel
Preservation League of New York - Janna Rudler
New York Landmarks Conservancy: Sacred Sites - Ann Isabel Friedman
Greater Hudson Heritage Network - Priscilla Brendler
Long Island University: Digitizing Long Island - Dr. Greg Hunter
Burying Grounds Preservation Group - Zachary Studenroth
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation - Kathryn M. Curran
No Cost to Attendees
Light Breakfast and Lunch included
Organizations who have not applied for a RDLGF grant will have attendance priority
Limit 2 per organization
RSVP by January 24th to gardiner@rdlgfoundation.org
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
Partnering with School Districts: How to Apply for School/Library Budget Funding
A workshop on the process of securing funds from your local school or library budgets
Friday, February 2, 2024, 10:00 AM
Coe Hall, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
10:00 Registration with light refreshments
10:20 Welcome, Gina Wouters, President and CEO, Planting Fields
10:30 Kathryn M. Curran, Executive Director, Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation,
Welcome and Introduction of Presenters
10:45 Presentations:
Suzanne Johnson: Rocky Point Historical Society
Nancy French Auchbach and Zach Studenroth: Sag Harbor History Museum
12:00 Questions
Meeting closes
RSVP by January 26, 2024
Terry at gardiner@rdlgfoundation.org
Limit 2 from each organization
