Secretary Galvin’s Office now accepting grant applications to preserve Veterans’ History for FY2020
FY2020 Letter of Intent form (due November 6, 2019)
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin and the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) are pleased to announce a new round of funding for matching grants to preserve objects, sites, and document collections that are significant to the history and experiences of military veterans in the Commonwealth.
The program is in its fourth year beyond the initial awards made by the Massachusetts Sesquicentennial Commission of the American Civil War. Over multiple rounds of funding, the SHRAB has awarded over $600,000 in matching funds to over 40 projects across the Commonwealth.
The program is open to Massachusetts municipalities and non-profit organizations, such as libraries, historical societies and commissions, museums, and universities. Grants provide state matching funds of up to 50 percent of a project’s total cost. Applicants can apply for up to $15,000.00 per project.
Eligible projects must be relevant to veterans and their military encounters, and may include:
• preservation or digitization of historic documents and photographs;
• increased access to archival collections;
• oral history projects;
• renovation, rehabilitation, restoration, or enhancement of existing monuments or memorials;
• proposals to construct new markers for historically significant sites;
• planning projects will also be considered.
Please note that general civic enhancement projects, such as flag poles or public green spaces, will not be accepted.
Applicants are asked to submit a Letter of Intent by November 6, 2019.
This is a highly competitive grant program and only those applicants who submit a satisfactory Letter of Intent will be invited to submit a full application.
Questions can be submitted to shrab@sec.state.ma.us.