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Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and MuseumsRothschild—NEW YORK1828. Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, DC. $25,000, 2006.1829. Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, DC. $5,000, 2005.The Prospect Hill Foundation, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily on a national basis with emphasis on MA, NJ, NY,and RI; limited support is directed towards environmental conservationand reproductive health projects in the Mayan Region of Latin America.No support for sectarian religious activities, political organizations ornon-tax exempted organizations. No grants to individuals, or for basicscientific research.1830. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. $25,000, 2006. ForDepartment of Medieval Art and Watson Library.1831. National Security Archive Fund, Washington, DC. $35,000, 2006. ForNuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Project.Queensgate FoundationLimitations: Giving primarily in NY. No grants to individuals.1832. Jewish Womens Archive, Brookline, MA. $5,000, 2005.The Stephen D. Quinn FoundationLimitations: Giving primarily in CT and UT. No grants to individuals.1833. ConSource, Washington, DC. $10,000, 2007.The Reed Foundation, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in the metropolitan New York, NY, area; somelimited funding also in the Caribbean Basin. No grants to individuals.1834. World Monuments Fund, New York, NY. $10,650, 2006.Charles H. Revson Foundation, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in New York, NY and Israel. No support for local ornational health appeals. No grants to individuals generally, or for filmprojects, endowments, capital or building campaigns or fundraisingdinner events.1835. Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA. $200,000, 2005.For development of PolicyArchive net.1836. Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA. $200,000, 2006.To continue development of PolicyArchive.net Internet archive of publicpolicy research.1837. Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA. $50,000, 2005. Tocomplete planning process and to create an Internet based model of newInternet archive of public policy research.1838. Jewish Media Fund, New York, NY. $200,000, 2006. To support pilotphase of project to create on-line Jewish policy archive.1839. Jewish Womens Archive, Brookline, MA. $40,000, 2008. To develop anew tool that will enhance educational use of the Web site.1840. Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, Pleasantville, NY. $40,000, 2006. Tosupport planning phase of project designed to collect, post and createprogramming based on digital archive of testimonies of 20th centurywomen.1841. New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of PublicService, New York, NY. $325,000, 2008. For marketing and publiceducation of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, online and throughconferences and lectures.1842. Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY. $50,000, 2006.To continue development of online archive of interviews and historicfigures, jurists, elected officials and academics from public televisionseries, The Open Mind.RMF Family Fund, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in FL, NJ and NY. No grants to individuals.1843. World Monuments Fund, New York, NY. $5,000, 2005.1844. World Monuments Fund, New York, NY. $5,000, 2007.Rochester Area Community FoundationLimitations: Giving limited to Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans,and Wayne counties, NY, except for donor-designated funds. No supportfor religious projects. No grants to individuals (except from restrictedfunds), or for capital or annual campaigns, debt reduction, specialevents, land acquisition, or endowment or emergency funds.1845. Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester, NY. $20,000, 2008. For Archiving GarthFagan Dance History.1846. Genesee Country Museum, Mumford, NY. $14,900, 2006. Toconsolidate library collection into Pittsburgh and Lehigh Junction railstation, to facilitate re-use of 19th-century rail station and increaselibrary’s accessibility.1847. Landmark Society of Western New York, Rochester, NY. $15,700,2006. To digitize photos and records and to create online database.1848. Landmark Society of Western New York, Rochester, NY. $15,700,2008. For historic images and records.1849. Lyons Public Library, Lyons, NY. $23,000, 2006. To establish localhistory room in new library facility and to preserve and display historicalitems.1850. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY. $23,000,2006. For inventory and documentation of human remains and funeraryobjects for repatriation to Seneca nation.1851. Rundel Library Foundation, Rochester, NY. $25,000, 2006. 2-yeargrant. For Many Roads to Freedom: Abolitionism and the Civil War inRochester project, effort to preserve Rochester’s legacy throughdigitization and preservation of significant documents in library’s LocalHistory Division.Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in NY, and in Central and Eastern Europe (withemphasis on the Balkans), East and Southeast Asia (with emphasis onSouthern China), and South Africa. No grants to individuals (for research,graduate study, or the writing of books or dissertations by individuals),or for land acquisitions or building funds.1852. National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC. $25,000,2006. For conference, Rebirth: People, Places, and Culture in NewOrleans.The Rockefeller FoundationLimitations: Giving primarily in New York City, Africa, North America, andSoutheast Asia. No grants to individuals (for personal aid) or except inrare cases, for endowment funds or building or operating funds.1853. Apollo Theater Foundation, New York, NY. $700,000, 2007. TowardTheater Archive Project, which will establish, maintain and provideaccess to centralized collection of documents and artifacts about ApolloTheater’s historic legacy and its continued contribution to Americanculture.1854. Rockefeller University, New York, NY. $15,000,000, 2007. To endowRockefeller Archive Center, which holds papers of the Rockefeller familyand records of various philanthropic, educational and scientificinstitutions.1855. Rockefeller University, Archive Center, New York, NY. $955,512, 2006.Toward operating support associated with preservation and continuinguse of Foundation records.1856. Rockefeller University, Archive Center, New York, NY. $900,099, 2005.Toward operating support associated with preservation and continuinguse of Foundation records.1857. University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin,TX. $250,000, 2005. Toward acquiring and maintaining for public accessWatergate Archive, combined papers of Washington Post reporters whofirst reported story.Leo Rosner Foundation, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in New York, NY.1858. Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.$30,000, 2005.Arthur Ross Foundation, Inc.Limitations: Giving primarily in NY.1859. Century Association Archives Foundation, New York, NY. $60,000,2005.The Judith Rothschild FoundationLimitations: Giving on a national and international basis. No support formulti-media, performance, or for craft or conceptual art. No grants forgeneral operating support, capital projects, endowment funds,© 2009 by the Foundation CenterPublished by the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center49