Grant Portfolio

Long Island University

Long Island University

Grant Year: 2017

LIU Post’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science was awarded a $1 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to expand an important project to both preserve Long Island’s history and make it more accessible.

Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society

Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society

Grant Year: 2017

The Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society (HLPS) is the recipient of a $145,000 matching grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation (RDLGF) to continue restoration and preservation efforts on the 105-year old historic lighthouse.

The New York Landmarks Conservancy's Sacred Sites Program

The New York Landmarks Conservancy's Sacred Sites Program

Grant Year: 2017

The New York Landmarks Conservancy has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to underwrite 2018 Conservancy Sacred Sites Grants on Long Island.

Nassau Community College

Nassau Community College

Grant Year: 2017

Nassau Community College has been awarded a $49,000.00 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to create a central repository for Long Island local history and family genealogy, and to document the suburban transformation of Long Island.

St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph's College

Grant Year: 2017

St. Joseph's College has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to host a presidential lecture series on each of its two campuses featuring filmmaker Rory Kennedy. The lecture, "The Camera Doesn't Lie: Social Change Through Documentary Filmmaking" sought to educate and inform audiences about culture, art and history through documentary filmmaking.

Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Grant Year: 2017

The grant is to be used for the Shed Stabilization of the Caroline Church of Brookhaven.

Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical Council

Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical Council

Grant Year: 2017

The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council, founded in 1960 and now administering six historic buildings on the local Village Green, is funded to inventory its artifacts and digitize the data to facilitate the efficient management, exhibition and security of its varied collections.

Eastville Comunity Historical Society

Eastville Comunity Historical Society

Grant Year: 2017

The grant supports the exhition "Native American Life on the East End" which looks at the Eastville community through a collection of photographs, selected artifacts and research, providing a full narrative about the early Native American presence in Eastville with sub-themes that include: kinship, labor, geography, Whaling families, Women’s roles and relationships, and the development of Sag Harbor community.

Fire Island Lightouse Preservation Society

Fire Island Lightouse Preservation Society

Grant Year: 2017

The grant will arrange for research, writing, photography and publishing of the book Fire Island Lighthouse; Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon and develop a display of photographs in the Fresnel Lens Building.

Historical Society of Port Jefferson

Historical Society of Port Jefferson

Grant Year: 2017

The grant provides funding to the Society to purchase materials, equipment and supplies to properly care for the Museum collections.

Jamesport Meeting House

Jamesport Meeting House

Grant Year: 2017

The generous grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has been used to install an air conditioning system and to restore an early twentieth century kitchen.

Long Island Maritime Museum

Long Island Maritime Museum

Grant Year: 2017

Maintainance of the sailing vessel "Priscilla".