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William Pomeroy Foundation

Upstate Historic Marker Grants Available

August 7, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation signThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, has officially opened the next grant round of its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program. The program commemorates historic people, places or things during the years 1740 to 1919. [Read more…] about Upstate Historic Marker Grants Available

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

Downstate Historic Marker Grants Available

June 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, is now accepting applications for its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program commemorating historic people, places or things during the years 1740 to 1919.

This grant round is currently available in the following New York State counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond (Region 1); Nassau and Suffolk (Region 2); and Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester (Region 3). [Read more…] about Downstate Historic Marker Grants Available

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Downstate Historic Sign Grants Available

April 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

historic people places things markerThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private, grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, will officially open the next grant round of its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program beginning on Monday, April 29. The program commemorates historic people, places or things during the years 1740 to 1919. Grants cover the entire cost of the historic marker, pole and shipping. [Read more…] about Downstate Historic Sign Grants Available

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

Upstate Historic Marker Grants Offered

February 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

historic people places things markerThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has opened the next grant round of its NYS Historic Marker Grant Program, which commemorates historic people, places or things during the years 1740 to 1918. A grant covers the entire cost of the historic marker, pole and shipping.

This grant round is available in the following New York State counties: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins (NYS Association of Public Historians Region 10); Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates (Region 11); and Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming (Region 12). [Read more…] about Upstate Historic Marker Grants Offered

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

New Historic Marker Program Celebrates Women’s Suffrage

February 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe centennial of suffrage for many women in the United States is approaching in 2020. With this landmark anniversary embodied in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation have partnered to launch a new historic marker program commemorating the history of women’s suffrage in the U.S. [Read more…] about New Historic Marker Program Celebrates Women’s Suffrage

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation, Women's Suffrage

New Historic Marker Program Celebrates US Canal History

February 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

D&H canal markerThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced the launch of its national Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program, designed to promote cultural tourism and commemorate transportation canal history.

Markers proposed for the Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program must commemorate a historical canal fact that occurred more than 50 years from the year of the grant application. Currently, that year is 1969. M [Read more…] about New Historic Marker Program Celebrates US Canal History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

Historical Research Internships in Syracuse

February 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced their 2019 Historical Research Intern program, a chance to gain history research and archival experience in the nonprofit sector. These are paid internship opportunities.

Historical Research Interns will work with the Pomeroy Foundation team on a variety of history-related projects that will have a direct impact on enhancing digital archives, newly redesigned website, and online historic signage database. [Read more…] about Historical Research Internships in Syracuse

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Education, Syracuse, William Pomeroy Foundation

Pomeroy Foundation Launches Redesigned Website

February 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy websiteThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation is kicking off 2019 with a redesigned website at wgpfoundation.org that offers a new look and feel, with streamlined navigation, fresh content and several new features. [Read more…] about Pomeroy Foundation Launches Redesigned Website

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Pomeroy Foundation Offering Professional Development Grants

January 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation logoThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation are now accepting applications for their 2019 Professional Development Grant Program. This program offers need-based scholarships of $1,000 each to historical societies and cultural museums in New York State for professional development purposes. [Read more…] about Pomeroy Foundation Offering Professional Development Grants

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

New Historic Roadside Marker Grant Round Opens

November 11, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy grants 789The William G. Pomeroy Foundation has begun accepting grant applications for Historic Roadside Markers to commemorate history in several New York counties (Program Regions 7-9). A grant covers the entire cost of the marker, pole and shipping.

This new grant round will cover the following counties in New York State: Fulton, Montgomery, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego and Schoharie; Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego; and Cayuga, Cortland, Madison and Onondaga. [Read more…] about New Historic Roadside Marker Grant Round Opens

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Preservation, William Pomeroy Foundation

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