Grant Portfolio > 2018
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Grant Year: 2018
Since 1858 the Great Hall of Cooper Union, located in the heart of New York City’s East Village, has played a vital role in the discussion and debate of current affairs. The Great Hall has been the venue where some of history’s most pivotal movements have taken shape, including the earliest workers' rights campaigns, the birth of the NAACP, the women's suffrage movement, and the founding of the Red Cross. . . .
Grant Year: 2018
Speaker series featuring Irish American Historical Michael Doorley.
Babylon Beautification Society
Grant Year: 2018
The Babylon Beautification Society, through the leadership of its Bayman Statue Steering Committee, has been awarded a grant by the Robert David Lion Gardner Foundation in the amount of $50,000. The funds were used for the design, sculpting, casting, delivery and installation of the historic rendition of the period correct Bayman. The sculpture along with educational signage and native plantings is located along the Carll’s River in Babylon Village.
Grant Year: 2018
$25,000 of RDLG Grant funds were awarded a the to the Sag Harbor Historical Society to be matched by the Village of Sag Harbor for repairing Sag Harbor’s Old Jail Museum. Its leaking roof and deteriorated masonry had led to mold growth and corrosion of the iron works.
Grant Year: 2018
The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation grant supported the publishing of Preservation Long Island’s latest book, Elias Pelletreau: Long Island Silversmith and Entrepreneur, 1726-1810.Released in November 2018, the book explores the life and work of one of early America’s most accomplished rural artisans. The publication of this book allowed Preservation Long Island to advance its mission to educa . . .
