Grant Portfolio
The Waterfront Museum Receives A Collections Consultants Grant from The Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation | Brooklyn, Ny
Grant Year: 2024
The Waterfront Museum Receives A Collections Consultants Grant from The Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation Brooklyn, NY -- The Waterfront Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $13,792 Collections Consultant Grant from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. Funds will be used to hire two consultants . Frank & Glory, a renowned museum services firm will help develop the Museum’s . . .
Public Historians of NYS Conference | Port Jefferson, Ny
Grant Year: 2024
The Association of Public Historians of NYS held a very successful conference in Port Jefferson, gathering together municipal historians from all over New York for several days. The conference which is an annual event that travels to a different section of the state every year. It had been ten years since the last conference held on Long Island, and with the rising prices we would have not been able to afford having the conference here without the help of the RDLG Foundation grant.
Long Island History Day | Long Island History Day
Grant Year: 2025
Long Island History Day is the regional contest for the National History Day Competition. Students across Long Island spend months preparing projects that showcase their historical research related to an annual theme set by National History Day (NHD). For 2025, the theme was: “Rights and Responsibilities in History.” There are two divisions: Junior (grades 6-8) and Senior (grades . . .
MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPENS RUMRUNNING EXHIBITION | Montauk, Ny
Grant Year: 2025
MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPENS RUMRUNNING EXHIBITION WITH SUPPORT OF R. D. L. GARDINER FOUNDATION MONTAUK, NY, June 28, 2025 — The Montauk Historical Society proudly announces the opening of HOW DRY WE WEREN’T: RUMRUNNING & MOONSHINE IN MONTAUK, an immersive, interactive exhibition that tells stories about local people and how they coped — and even thrived — during Prohibition. . . .
The Association of Public Historians of NYS Conference
Grant Year: 2025
The Association of Public Historians of NYS held a very successful conference in Port Jefferson, gathering together municipal historians from all over New York for several days. The conference which is an annual event that travels to a different section of the state every year. It had been ten years since the last conference held on Long Island, and with the rising prices we would have not been able to afford having the conference here without the help of the RDLG Foundation grant.
Musical Masterworks: John Monteleone's Guitars and Other Instruments
The Long Island Museum is proud to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, Musical Masterworks: John Monteleone's Guitars and Other Instruments on May 23, 2024. This major retrospective and groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the life and work of one of America's most talented and renowned makers of archtop guitars, John Monteleone. From his 2,400-square-foot workshop in Islip, . . .
Center for Research within The Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2025
A grant of $500,000 from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation will support the creation of a Center for Research within The Green-Wood Cemetery’s upcoming Welcome Center, set to open to the public in spring 2026. An integral part of the new building, the Center for Research will provide ways for the public to engage with Green-Wood’s rich history and 187+ years of archival records. It will . . .
The Occupied City: New York & the American Revolution at The Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY
Grant Year: 2025
For more than a century, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has shared the history, art, culture, and civic life of the world’s most influential city through immersive exhibitions and engaging programs. Founded in 1923 as the country’s first and largest city museum, MCNY combines its 750,000-object collection with immersive film and interactive experiences. Today, MCNY welcomes 250,000 . . .
The Waterfront Museum Receives A Website Development Grant | Brooklyn, NY
Grant Year: 2023
The Waterfront Museum Receives A Website Development Grant from The Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation Brooklyn, NY -- The Waterfront Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Website Development Grant from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. Funds will be used to hire CDT Workshop, a popular Brooklyn website consultant who will enlist the user-friendly, WordPress WBM (Web-based . . .
New York Landmarks Conservancy
About the Landmarks Conservancy: The New York Landmarks Conservancy, a private non-profit organization, has loaned and granted more than $62 million, which has leveraged almost $1 billion in restoration projects throughout New York, revitalizing communities, providing economic stimulus, and supporting local jobs. The Conservancy has also offered countless hours of pro bono technical advice to building . . .
The Loyalist Institute at St. Thomas Aquinas College Public and Digital history
Grant Year: 2024
The Loyalist Institute at St. Thomas Aquinas College is a public and digital history and research initiative focused on exploring and interpreting the experiences of British Loyalists during the American Revolution, with a particular emphasis on Long Island, New York City, and the lower Hudson Valley. The project engages students, scholars, teachers, and the public in understanding the complexity of . . .
Lewis Latimer House Digitization Grant | Queens, Ny
Grant Year: 2025
About the Lewis Latimer House: The Lewis Latimer House (LLH) was home to self-taught Black inventor, artist, and scientist, Lewis Latimer, for 26 years. Latimer, the son of self-emancipated enslaved Virginians, made significant contributions to electric lighting and developed a method to produce carbon filaments, making light bulbs affordable for common households. The house was preserved through a campaign . . .
