[PADG:57] Grant Funding Workshop for Special Collections

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"Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation"
July 19, 2004
College Park, MD


This workshop, presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), focuses on the special needs of your special collections.  In order to provide optimum care for your collections, should you invest in planning?  In stabilizing the environment?  In cataloging and describing?  In digitization?  Or in conservation treatment?  Often, the honest answer is "all of the above," but since this response can lead to paralysis, it's important to identify a starting place.  The key to moving ahead may be the development of a funding strategy for preservation.

On the federal level, funding sources are available to move your cultural organization ahead with preservation initiatives.  These federal grants can leverage other donations, bringing more money and attention to your collections, ensuring that the treasures in your special collections will be available for the appreciation of future generations.

Through thoughtful planning and solid grant writing, your organization can be competitive in applying for high-profile federal grants.  This workshop will examine the planning process that reviewers want to see in place, as well as the components that make a grant request compelling.  Examples will be drawn from success stories at museums, libraries, and archives.

The workshop will address:

* Planning:  Moving from a preservation needs assessment to a funding strategy

* Potential funding sources:  Triaging your time to focus on your best funding prospects

* Writing the request:  Anticipating the funder's questions and answering them concisely

* Evaluation:  Incorporating the new standards

Speaker: Lee Price, Director of Development at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, has worked as a fundraising consultant for many local and national cultural institutions.  He has written successful grant requests for preservation funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Save America's Treasures.


As a special feature of this workshop, representatives from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services will join the workshop for a Funders' Panel at the conclusion of the day.


The workshop is hosted by The University of Maryland Libraries.  This workshop is partially subsidized through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.


LOCATION & TIME

McKeldin Library
Special Events Room
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Monday, July 19, 2004
8:30 A.M.  Registration and Coffee
9:15 A.M. - 4 P.M.  Workshop

Registration Fee:  $90.00.  Checks made payable to CCAHA.


NOTES:
- Lunch is not provided - there are many local restaurants.

- Registration Deadline is July 5, 2004.

- Refunds will be given until two weeks prior to the workshop date.

- If you are a person who has special needs, CCAHA must be notified three weeks ahead of the program. 



For additional information, workshop registration forms or information about CCAHA and its programs and services, please visit our Web site at
http://www.ccaha.org 
or contact CCAHA's Preservation Services Office at 215.545.0613 or ccaha@xxxxxxxxx



The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is a non-profit regional conservation laboratory serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research institutions, as well as private individuals and organizations throughout the United States.  Founded in 1977, CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper, such as prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as parchment and papyrus.  It also offers on-site consultation services; educational programs and seminars; emergency assistance; and internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships. 

264 South 23rd Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA 
Tel.  215.545.0613 
Fax.  215.735.9313 
E-mail  ccaha@xxxxxxxxx 
WWW  www.ccaha.org