Grant Portfolio > 2025
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.
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 . . .
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 . . .
The Joseph R. Attonito CCTOP Scholarship | New York, NY
Grant Year: 2025
The Joseph R. Attonito CCTOP Scholarship at New York University enables outstanding graduates of local community colleges to complete bachelor’s degrees at the NYU College of Arts & Science (CAS), The scholarship is named in honor of Joseph R. Attonito, a longtime trustee of the Robert David Lion Foundation who passed away in 2024. Attonitio was committed to increasing access to higher education . . .
The New York Historical | New York, NY
Grant Year: 2025
The New York Historical is dedicated to increasing worldwide understanding of American history through exhibitions, public programs, online outreach, and research that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world today. New York’s first museum, we are a leading cultural institution documenting over 400 years of American history through a peerless collection of art, documents, and . . .
Jewish Historical Society of Long Island
Grant Year: 2025
Jewish Historical Society of Long Island is the central repository for records and artifacts pertaining to Jewish history in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Our mission includes gathering, preserving and sharing this information with the public through unique displays and presentations celebrating our local Jewish history. In 2025 JHSLI will be honoring the establishment of the first congregation . . .
