Other Grant Sources
There are many grants for preservation, education, collection, documentation, and planning available from other sources.
Discover dozens of grant opportunities by opening the boxes below:
Community Block Development Grants
These funds help communities carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services.
- Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Warwick and Woonsocket operate their own CDBG programs. Contact your municipal planning department.
- Projects in other Rhode Island municipalities may apply for State Community Development Block Grants from the R.I. Office of Housing and Community Development
Other municipal grant programs include:
Pawtucket Arts Grants | Providence ACT Project Funds | Providence's Dexter Donation | Warren Heritage Foundation Grants
The Roosa Fund
Grants for non-profit organizations that provide assistance, programs and/or services to support Block Island’s people and environment
Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust
charitable activities focused on the City of Newport and Aquidneck Island to enhance the quality of life in and to perpetuate community history
Bafflin Foundation
funds land preservation initiatives
Fidelity Foundation
support for long-term effectiveness of nonprofit institutions in and around Smithfield, Providence and northern Rhode Island.
Horace A. and S. Ella Kimball Foundation
grants for a wide variety of causes with a focus on South County projects and institutions
June Rockwell Levy Foundation
support for projects and institutions in northern Rhode Island
Prince Charitable Trusts
support for programs that improve the quality of life for residents of the city of Newport and Aquidneck Island
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
promotes the community well being in Newport County through grants for local social and community services, historic preservation and land conservation.
Certified Local Government Program (RIHPHC/National Park Service)
grants for resource identification and planning, National Register nominations, public education, archaeological studies, building feasibility studies, and more
Champlin Foundation
grants for equipment, construction, renovations, purchase of real property, and reduction of mortgage indebtedness to tax exempt organizations
Felicia Fund, Inc.
funds projects that relate to architecture, decorative art, historic preservation, conservation, and related educational pursuits
Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
grants for museums
Rhode Island Council on the Humanities grant programs
grants for public humanities programs to individuals and established non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations
Rhode Island Foundation grant programs
numerous grant opportunities for Rhode Island people, places, and projects
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Grant Programs
grants for artists, schools, and organizations to support arts and culture
Rhode Island Matching Grants for Historic Preservation (Preserve Rhode Island/1772 Foundation)
1:1 matching grants for nonprofits for bricks and mortar preservation projects
The Sachem Foundation
grants for nature conservation and for art and cultural programs
Historic New England Community Preservation Grants
annual grants for one small to medium-sized heritage organization in each New England state to support projects that save and share their communities’ diverse history and culture as part of telling the whole story of New England
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
grants to foster and give voice to community involvement in projects that address a wide range of environmental issues including: agriculture, land trusts, sprawl, sustainable communities, trails, and watershed management
New England Foundation for the Arts grants
several grant opportunities
1772 Foundation
Grants for historic properties redevelopment programs
American Institute of Archaeology
grants that implement conservation, protection and/or monitoring of archaeological sites
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA grants "help many visionary organizations achieve their environmental goals"
Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
grants and scholarships for professional development, outreach to the public, and research and publication
Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation
supporting individual projects that undertake a focused pursuit that makes a meaningful contribution to the field of historic preservation and support the stewardship of historic resources
Historic Preservation Education Foundation
grants for Partners in Documentation and Partners in Training
Institute of Museum and Library Services
federal grants for libraries, museums, collections, projects, professionals, and properties
James Marston Fitch Foundation
support for professionals in the field of historic preservation
National Endowment for the Arts
federal grants for individuals, communities, and innovative arts and culture projects
National Endowment for the Humanities
federal grants for public humanities projects
National Park Service
Many grants for preservation and heritage projects, including:
- African American Civil Rights Grants
- American Battlefield Protection Grants
- History of Equal Rights Grants
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Grants
- Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants
- Save America's Treasures Grants
- Semiquincentennial Grants
- Underrepresented Communities Grants
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Many grants for preservation projects, including:
- Preservation Funds
- African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
- Battlefield Preservation Fund
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors
- Emergency/Intervention Funding
- Hart Family Fund for Small Towns
- Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation
- Peter H. Brink Leadership Fund
- Preserving Black Churches
- Telling the Full History Preservation Fund
Orton Family Foundation Community Heart and Soul Seed Grants
grants to resident-driven groups in small cities and towns (population < 30,000) to start the Community Heart & Soul model
National Fund for Sacred Places
support congregations with preservation projects that address urgent repair needs/life safety or that increase access
Society for Industrial Archeology Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants
grants to support the study, documentation, recordation, and/or preservation of significant historic industrial sites, structures, and objects
U.S. Department of Agriculture
several grant opportunities for individuals, governments, organizations, and other entities in rural America
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
grant programs that support HUD initiatives, including Affordable Housing Development and Preservation, Community and Economic Development, Environment and Energy, Fair Housing, Homelessness, Homeownership, Rental Assistance, and Supportive Housing and Services
U.S. Department of Transportation
grants to help build up and maintain a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system
If you have more sources to add to the list, please contact Kelsey Mullen.