$780,000 IN GRANTS TO THE COMMUNITY
The Community Foundation for Nantucket is pleased to announce more than $780,000 in grants from the first cycle of awards from the Offshore Wind Community Fund established pursuant to the Good Neighbor Agreement between Vineyard Wind and the Town of Nantucket, Nantucket Preservation Trust, and the Maria Mitchell Association to support community projects and initiatives related to protecting, restoring, and preserving cultural and historic resources, coastal resiliency, climate adaptation, and renewable energy.
Applications for this grant cycle opened November 17, 2023 and the second round of the applications will open later this year.
A seven-member voting Advisory Committee of Nantucket community members with expertise in historic preservation, coastal resiliency, and renewable energy, including representatives from Town of Nantucket and Nantucket Preservation Trust, reviewed grant requests and made grant funding decisions with support from CFN.
Funding provided through the Good Neighbor Agreement was established for the Town of Nantucket, Nantucket Preservation Trust, and Maria Mitchell Association, and makes possible a Community Fund open to applications for Nantucket-based nonprofit organizations. This year’s grant awards include:
Town Of Nantucket- Total award: $223,078:
- Department of Culture & Tourism -Virtual Visitor Guide
- Cemetery Commission- Historic Colored Cemetery Walking Tour Virtual Guide
- Department of Public Works- Solar project on Nobadeer Farm Rd. Field House
- Planning and Land Use- Historic Properties Survey Plan
- Sewer Dept.- Solar project on Surfside Rd. Sewer Plant
- Landbank & TON Select Board- Washington Street-Outreach and communication.
- Wannacomet Water Company- Solar project on main office building
Nantucket Preservation Trust – Total Award amount $304,453:
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- Design and printing of annual preservation magazine, Ramblings, for two years.
- Reprinting Off Centre: The Wesco Acre Lots, The Houses and Their Histories
- Integrity and Condition Study of the Nantucket Historical Land District to document major changes that have occurred since its destination in 1966.
- Preservation Easements Program that works to support the creation, administration, and defense of historic preservation easements.
Community Fund -Total award: $254,462
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- First Congregational Church Community Group- Stormwater Management Project
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows- Energy Optimization Heat Pumps
- NHA Properties, Inc./Housing Nantucket- Solar panels for affordable rental units
- Nantucket New School & Strong Wings- Solar power system for campus buildings
- Linda Loring Nature Foundation- Resilience Restoration Project at North Head of Long Pond
- Mass Audubon Nantucket Sanctuaries- First phase of Forest Management and Resilience Initiative at Lost Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
- Artist Association of Nantucket- Preservation of Permanent Collection
- Nantucket Historical Association- Year 2 of a disaster and climate risk management plan for historic properties.
- Nantucket Island School of Design- Solar panels on historic Long Shed Ceramics and Fine Arts Studio building
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation – Solar panels at Squam Farm
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation – Engineering and design steps for Nantucket’s first raised bridge at Medouie Creek
- Nantucket Boys & Girls Club- Solar panels to the main building