Grant Portfolio
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 educate the . . .
Grant Year: 2017
Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay, NY, home of Robert Townsend, a spy for George Washington, has just been awarded a crucial grant of over $400,000 from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, propelling the Museum across the finish line on fundraising for its capital campaign restoration and adaptive re-use project.
Grant Year: 2017
RDLG supports the Yaphank Historical Society with a grant for Historic Yaphank - “where the past meets the present”. Yaphank was the heart of Long Island’s milling industry in the mid-19th century, and its scenic lakes and wood shingled houses still tell the story of this period.
Grant Year: 2017
The Quogue Wildlife Refuge has been awarded a grant in the amount of $142,778.00 to support the restoration and rebuilding of the Fairy Dell Boardwalk.
Grant Year: 2017
Sag Harbor Partnership’s grant award supports the SANS (Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, Ninevah Subdivisions) Cultural Resource Survey (CRS), which will document SANS' 65+ year historic, architectural, and cultural significance evolving from the mid-century, pre-Civil Rights era through current times.
Grant Year: 2017
The RDLG Foundation awarded the Brooklyn Historical Society a $1.2 million grant to support a project that will exponentially increase public access to the institution’s vast collection of Long Island materials through processing, cataloging, conservation, digitization, and the creation of a web-based Long Island History Portal. This initiative will also extend the useful life of these materials, as they . . .
Grant Year: 2017
Iona College has been awarded a total of $1 million in grant money from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to enhance the College’s Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS). An additional $750,000 grant was recently awarded following the first $250,000 in late 2016.
