Preservation Connecticut announces grants

HAMDEN – Preservation Connecticut, in association with The 1772 Foundation, recently gave capital repair grants to historical societies, museums and nonprofits in Connecticut. The 1772 Foundation, based in Providence, RI, plays a leading role in promoting historic preservation nationwide. In the most recent grant round, the 1772 Foundation worked with the six New England statewide historic preservation organizations (Maine Preservation, The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, Preservation Connecticut, Preservation Massachusetts, The Preservation Trust of Vermont and Preserve Rhode Island) to administer 1:1 matching grants of up to $10,000. Grants are given to historic preservation projects for building exteriors. At its recent quarterly meeting, the trustees of The 1772 Foundation awarded grants totaling $600,000 to the statewide organizations from which seventynine grants will be awarded, ranging from $800 to $10,000.

Local grant recipients included Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust (Van Vleck House $7,665).

Additionally, Preservation Connecticut announces capital repair grants to religious institutions. Since 2013, Preservation Connecticut has awarded $611,426 through its Maintenance and Repair Grant program. Also a 1:1 matching grant, religious institutions are awarded up to $15,000 for maintenance of historic properties in this program. Funding, which is made possible through the support of the State Historic Preservation Office and the Community Investment Act, has helped over 60 groups over the last six years address critical issues with historic buildings.

Preservation Connecticut, formerly the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, is a statewide, private nonprofit organization established in 1975 by a Special Act of the Connecticut General Assembly to preserve the character and ensure the vitality of Connecticut’s historically significant places.