2024 HPRP Grants Awarded

Macon, Georgia

The 1772 Foundation, in cooperation with the National Preservation Partners Network, announces fourteen grant recipients.

The 1772 Foundation, based in Macon, Georgia, and the National Preservation Partners Network, located in Lansing, Michigan, play leading roles nationally in promoting historic properties redevelopment programs (HPRPs), which are also known as revolving funds. At a quarterly meeting of The 1772 Foundation, the partnership awarded HPRP grants totaling $663,500. Individual grants ranged in amount from $10,000 to conduct a feasibility study to $100,000 to each of three established programs.

Executive Director Ethiel Garlington states, “As reflected in our awards, our professional reviewers and the trustees of The 1772 Foundation were thrilled to learn about the preservation real estate ventures being undertaken by our grantees. Across the country, these programs are transforming communities and revitalizing entire neighborhoods, while also addressing some of the most important pressures in the market - affordable housing, equitable access to lowinterest loans, and investments in small commercial buildings that are the backbone of main streets everywhere."

HPRP grant recipients were Dade Heritage Trust in Miami, Florida ($100,000), Downtown Joplin Alliance in Joplin, Missouri ($50,000), Fairmount Park Conservancy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ($50,000), Heritage Ohio in Columbus, Ohio ($100,000), Historic Charleston Foundation in Charleston, South Carolina ($100,000), Historic Wilmington Foundation in Wilmington, North Carolina ($75,000), New York City Historic Properties Fund in New York, New York ($30,000), Preserve Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island ($50,000), and Restore Mobile in Mobile, Alabama ($35,000).

Three preservation organizations received grants to assess how HPRP programs might be implemented in their communities. Recipients of these grants were Landmark Foundation of Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama ($15,000), Preservation Dayton in Dayton, Ohio ($10,000), and Revolution Workshop in Chicago, Illinois ($20,000).

The Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation in Salt Lake City, Utah was awarded $13,500 to establish a preservation easement program to protect sites of African American significance. Lastly, a longtime grantee of The 1772 Foundation, the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) in New Bedford, Massachusetts was awarded $15,000 to conduct HPRP-focused strategic planning.

The National Preservation Partners Network (NPPN), established as an independent organization in 2018, works to advance the growth and effectiveness of the organized historic preservation movement through education, training, and a common advocacy agenda. More information about NPPN may be found at https://PresPartners.org.