FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
Contact: Priscilla Brendler    
 914-592-6726    
GHHN awards  $22,004  statewide 
in Collection Needs Assessment Program: 
Supplies Grants
The Collection Needs Assessment Program: Supplies Grant , administered by Greater Hudson Heritage Network in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, supports requests to purchase collection management supplies for qualified musuems in New York State. For the Spring grant funding cycle, 32 grant applications were received from institutions from 23 counties in New York State, requesting an aggregate of $22,004 in grant support. In all, 26 organizational awards totaling $16,189  were recommended for funding. The 2017 Collection Needs Assessment Program: Supplies Grant awards range from $183 to $750.
 
Of the 32 applicant institutions, eight had a general operating budget under $20,000, three had budgets over $21,000 but below $50,000, four had budgets over $51,000 but under $100,000, eight had a budget between $101,000 to $500,000, six organizations had budgets between $501,000 and $1million, and one organization had a budget over $4 million. Organizational operating budgets of the Spring Collection Needs Assessment Program: Supplies Grant recipients span a stunning range from $1,450 to $4 million.

CNAP: Supplies Grant Recipients:
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village (Erie County)
Cortland County Historical Society (Cortland County)
Dansville Area Historical Society (Livingston County
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance (New York (Manhattan) County)
Fenton History Center (Chautauqua County)
French and Indian War Society (Warren County)
Friends of Historic Kingston (Ulster County)
H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego (Oswego County)
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame (Orange County)
Hendrick I. Lott House Preservation Association (Kings (Brooklyn) County)
Historical Society of Quaker Hill & Pawling (Dutchess County)
LeRoy Historical Society (Genesee County)
Livingston County Historical Society (Livingston County)
Middlesex Heritage Group (Yates County)
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden (New York (Manhattan) County)
National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame (Saratoga County)
Niagara County History Center (Niagara County)
Northport Historical Society (Suffolk County)
Old Merchants House of NY, Inc. (New York (Manhattan) County)
Old Westbury Gardens (Nassau County)
Oneida Community Mansion House (Madison County)
Rye Historical Society (Westchester County)
Schenectady County Historical Society (Schenectady County)
Seymour Public Library District (Cayuga County)
Somers Historical Society (Westchester County)
Ulster County Historical Society (Ulster County)


Th e NYSCA/GHHN Collection Needs Assessment Program: Supplies Grant is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.