Grant Portfolio > 2023

Wading River Cemetery Association

Wading River Cemetery Association | Wading River, NY

Grant Year: 2023

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR ORGANIZATION: The Wading River Cemetery Association is a non-profit organization, incorporated in 1902, responsible for the care of the two historic cemeteries in Wading River.  The Wading River Cemetery is located on N. Wading River Road and dates back to 1849.  It is the Association’s mission, in this cemetery,  to continue to provide Wading River residents a rev . . .

Greater Hudson Heritage Network

Greater Hudson Heritage Network

Grant Year: 2023

GHHN RECEIVES $186,000 GRANT FROM THE ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER FOUNDATION FOR 2023 CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM: TREATMENT, PRESERVATION SUPPLIES AND SITE ASSESSMENT TO SUPPORT PROJECTS FROM LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY GHHN (Greater Hudson Heritage Network) is honored to enter into a continued partnership with the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for $186,000 (over three years) to provide ded . . .

Longwood Alliance

Longwood Alliance | MIDDLE ISLAND, NY

Grant Year: 2023

Longwood Alliance Receives Gardiner Foundation Grant for Two New Books that Map Local History,  Offer Strolls Down Memory Lane in Coram and Middle Island MIDDLE ISLAND, NY, April 19, 2023 - Long Island history lovers have two new literary treats this spring, thanks to a generous grant from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation of New York.  They are CORAM: Farms, Families &am . . .

Historic Tavern House at the Humes Preserve

Historic Tavern House at the Humes Preserve | Mill Neck, NY.

Grant Year: 2023

The North Shore Land Alliance is honored to have been awarded a grant through the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for the adaptive reuse of the historic Tavern House located within the Humes Preserve. This historic structure in Mill Neck can be traced back to the mid-1700s with the wood-framed Tavern House, serving as a tavern, farmhand quarters, and a guest cottage and summer home for Ambassador John P . . .

Museum Association of New York

Museum Association of New York | Troy, NY

Grant Year: 2023

This three-year, $150,000 grant to support MANY’s virtual programs and provide professional development opportunities for Long Island Museum professionals. It will provide instrumental support for three years of MANY’s free virtual programming and will feature museum professionals from across the country to share their experiences and case studies of program activities in order to help museum profess . . .

New York Archives Magazine Reimagined

New York Archives Magazine Reimagined | Albany, NY

Grant Year: 2023

Celebrating over 20 years, the New York Archives Magazine is the only education publication in circulation on New York State history written for a general audience as told through historical documents from around the state. Thanks to the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, our New York Archives Magazine Reimagined initiative will expand readership to be more inclusive of the diversity of New Yo . . .

Preservation League of New York State

Preservation League of New York State | Albany, NY

Grant Year: 2023

The Preservation League of New York State received $135,000 from the Gardiner Foundation to allow the League to bring grant opportunities and extended outreach for the next 3 years to local historical societies and historic sites on Long Island. The Preservation League's partnership with the Gardiner Foundation first began in 2017, and in the five years since, $120,000 of Gardiner funds have supported 18 pro . . .