The National Fund for Sacred Places
Captain Samuel Nicholas greets visitors at Arch Street Meeting House , a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia , PA , which serves as a center for worship , a burial site , and a museum and interpretive site about the history and impact of Quakers in America . Photo : Eddie Einbender-Luks .
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T he National Fund for
Sacred Places , a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation , provides capital grants for the restoration or rehabilitation of historic sacred places of national or regional significance . Since 2016 , the National Fund has awarded or pledged $ 18.8 million to 102 community-serving congregations representing 24 faith traditions in 38 states , the District of Columbia , and Puerto Rico . So far , this grantmaking has resulted in over $ 4 leveraged for every grant dollar invested in participating congregations .
365
Letters of Intent received
16 Congregations admitted into program
11
Projects completed
$ 2,271,611
Capital Grant Funds disbursed
$ 10,201,765 +
Additional Funds leveraged
This project has given the congregation a belief in themselves to plan for the future and not just rest on the history of the past .
— Jackie Noller , Lovely Lane United Methodist Church , Baltimore , MD
2022 – 23 NATIONAL FUND PARTICIPANTS
Arch Street Meeting House , Philadelphia , PA
Boynton Chapel United Methodist Church , Houston , TX
Calvary Baptist Church , Minneapolis , MN
Christ Church Detroit ( Episcopal ), Detroit , MI
Church of St . Francis of Assisi ( Catholic ), San Juan , PR
Crossnore Presbyterian Church , Crossnore , NC
Dover Friends Meeting House , Dover , NH
East Mount Zion Baptist Church ,
Cleveland , OH Ebenezer Baptist Church , Atlanta , GA First Presbyterian Church of
Wilkes-Barre , Wilkes-Barre , PA Greenstone United Methodist
Church , Chicago , IL Immanuel Presbyterian Church ,
Albuquerque , NM Saint Mark ’ s Church ( Episcopal ),
Philadelphia , PA St . Rita Catholic Church ,
Indianapolis , IN Union United Methodist Church ,
Boston , MA Wicker Park Lutheran Church ,
Chicago , IL