This program is open to local, state and federal government entities, nonprofit academic institutions and 501(c)(3) organizations in New York State. Applicants may apply for up to five (5) markers per grant round.
Donor Name: William G. Pomeroy Foundation
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/12/2022
Details:
One of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s core initiatives is to help people celebrate their community’s history. The Foundation strongly believes that historic markers play an important role in local historic preservation by serving a dual purpose. They educate the public and foster historic tourism, which in turn can provide much needed economic benefits to the towns and villages where the markers are placed. The program also fills a gap, as New York State stopped funding their roadside markers in 1939.
Markers funded through the program commemorate historic people, places, things, or events in New York State within the timeframe of 1683 to 1922.
Marker Design and Text Guidelines
- The colors of this program’s markers are blue with yellow highlighted lettering and border. Markers are 18” x 32” cast aluminum with a 7’ aluminum pole.
- The title line allows 15 characters and the five body lines can have 27 characters each, including spaces and punctuation.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program is open to local, state and federal government entities, nonprofit academic institutions and 501(c)(3) organizations in New York State. Applicants may apply for up to five (5) markers per grant round.
- The current grant round covers the following counties: Fulton, Montgomery, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie (Region 7); Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego (Region 8); and Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Onondaga (Region 9).
For more information, visit William G. Pomeroy Foundation.