Grants and partnership funding are fundamental to the Jenrette Foundation’s mission
In honor of Richard Hampton Jenrette’s lifelong passion for preservation, decorative arts, and historic landscapes, the foundation that bears his name advances education, innovation, and stewardship through grantmaking. Building on Mr. Jenrette's legacy of support to non-profits and educational institutions, as well as his mentorship of scholars and artisans, the Jenrette Foundation is focused on growing its grant-making program to be an impactful and transformative force. To that end, and since 2022, the Jenrette Foundation has committed over $2 million to support more than 100 individuals, organizations, and initiatives.
The Jenrette Foundation does not accept unsolicited grants at this time. Foundation staff work with partner institutions to develop projects and programs that meet shared mission and goals. Decisions about grants, which are by invitation only, are made annually in December. Please email connect@jenrette.org with any questions.
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Total amount of grants funded in 2025: $950,000
Total number of grant partners in 2025: 48
Check back as we update this list to reflect Q1-Q4 recipients
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP): Support for an important internship program to conduct research on a range of issues from policy to practice
American Friends of Attingham: Supporting a scholarship for 2025 Attingham Summer School
Architectural League of New York: Establishing an historic preservation mentorship program and join the organization’s Council of Benefactors
Association for Preservation Technology (APT): General support and sponsorship of an educational webinar series
Bard Graduate Center: Support of a scholarship fund
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF): Expanding TCLF’s digital guide to include new locations through surveying, research, and documentation
Dumbarton Oaks: Establishing and funding two summer fellowships in the subjects of garden and landscape history and design
Historic Natchez Foundation: Supporting a week-long tour of area properties, landscapes, and collections
Historic New England: Establishing and funding a post-graduate Jenrette fellowship for one year, focusing materials conservation work in the decorative arts
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) – Supporting the Jenrette Preservation Lecture series, scholarships for students, and emerging professionals to attend ICAA courses and workshops, as well as supporting ICAA’s Awards for Emerging Excellence in the Classical Tradition
Lyndhurst: Supports a site-based exhibition on A.J. Davis, as well as an associated exhibit catalog and symposium
Maine Preservation: Supporting a nine-week summer student intern to conduct hands-on preservation work and advocacy work
Menokin: Supporting student participation in stabilization and restoration efforts on an innovative structural solution to interpreting a treasured Virginia property
National Building Museum: Support of new visible vault installation and establishing two Jenrette Interns in the summer of 2025 to assist with cataloguing and conducting provenance research of architectural fragments
New York Review of Architecture: Supporting part-time editorial interns for this nonprofit mainstay of design coverage
Preservation North Carolina: Funding summer interns to focus on monitoring easements held by the organization and supporting a meeting of the directors of local preservation organizations
Prestwould: Continued support of this property
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Supporting this year’s theme of “Youth in Preserving Culture,” with an emphasis on preserving historic trades in service to the nation’s built infrastructure
University of Pennsylvania: Supporting summer internship program for students
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Total amount of grants funded in 2024: $600,300
Total number of grant partners in 2024: 32
American College of the Building Arts (ACBA): Support of Summer Externship Program under the supervision of national and international experts
Association for Preservation Technology (APT): Support of students in attending the APT conference, promotional opportunity in exhibit booth area for our educational partners
Clemson University: Support for one Jenrette Fellow and one Jenrette Intern during classes and one Jenrette intern during the summer
Columbia University, Preservation Technology Lab: Support of Graduate Research Assistants at the Preservation Technology Lab and a convening to advance the lab’s research on Architectural Fragments
Decorative Arts Trust: Support of Emerging Scholars Symposium as part of the Winter Show in January 2025
Design Trust for Public Space: Support of summer interns (high school) in NYC.
George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Support for student summer historic carpentry interns to work on the major restoration of the foundation of the main house
Historic New England:Support of Annual Awards Meeting.
Institute for Classical Art and Architecture (ICAA): Support for the Inaugural Richard H. Jenrette Preservation Lecture Series
Municipal Art Society: Support for three graduate student interns, one per semester, for three semesters
Tulane University: Partial support of four graduate student research assistants and a convening on education for Historic Trades during the National Trust Conference
University of Pennsylvania: Funding the summer internship program
University of South Carolina Libraries: Support to digitize of Manning Family Papers
White House Historical Association: Support for an intern for the Curator of the White House
Partnership Grants
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: Support for interns working for the top federal agency dealing with historic preservation, once chaired by Richard Jenrette
American Association for State and Local History: Sponsorship of the April 2025 Historic House Museum Conference
American College of the Building Arts (ACBA): Support for honoraria for students in Spring Break Experience
Bard Graduate Center: Support of scholarship fund
Boston Athenaeum: Support in conjunction with the Jenrette Foundation’s Thompson Fellowship
American Country House Foundation: Sponsorship of annual tour/conference taking place in San Francisco
Historic Columbia Foundation (South Carolina): Partners in New York School of Interior Design Program
Alliance for Historic Hillsborough: Support for the Scottish Festival for Hillsborough, some events taking place at Ayr Mount
Historic House Trust of New York City: Networking opportunity; operations
Historic Natchez Foundation: Travel support to help develop partnership between ACBA and Jefferson College historic trades education endeavor.
Historic New England: Sponsorship of Historic New England Summit
Historic Salisbury Foundation (North Carolina): Support of regional historic house tour.
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA): Support of Arthur Ross Award
McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina: Partner in New York School of Interior Design program
Menokin: Support for this historic treasure
National Gallery of Canada: Support in conjunction with the Jenrette Foundation’s Thompson Fellowship
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association: Publishing a children's book on the Few family of Ayr Mount, which sold their farm to Kirklands and became Revolutionary War-era leaders in Georgia
New York Building Foundation: Support for a networking opportunity and operations
Open House New York: Support for the Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation track of this annual event
Preservation League of New York State
Maine Preservation: Sponsorship of Maine Preservation Gala
Preservation North Carolina: Supporting the iInternship fund
Preservation Society of Charleston: Sponsorship of Charleston Symposium, 2025
Prestwould: Support for this historic treasure
Thomas Day State Historic Site: Support for the opening day of a site dedicated to a free Black furniture maker just north of Hillsborough, N.C.
Tulane University: New Orleans convening to address labor force issues in the historic trades
UNC Press: Subvention grant to cover the cost of the second edition of a Thomas Day book
University of Delaware Department of History: Support in conjunction with the Jenrette Foundation’s Thompson Fellowship
University of Massachusetts-Amherst History Department: Support in conjunction with the Jenrette Foundation’s Thompson Fellowship
University of South Carolina: Ongoing support of students learning hands-on digital humanities techniques through the Millford Manning Family digitization project
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Total grants and partnership funding awarded in 2023: $413,500
Total number of grant partners in 2023: 28
American College of the Building Arts (ACBA): Support of the Student Externship Program for summer 2024
Clemson Grad. Program in Historic Preservation: Support of the 2024 Jenrette Interns and Fellow for 2024
White House Historical Association: Support for internship program for White House Curator and senior historian
Association for Preservation Technology: Educational partner and support of student participation at the 2024 conference
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Historic Preservation: Support of Summer 2024 Field Study and Internship Program
Columbia University, Preservation Technology Lab: Support of Graduate Research Assistants at the Preservation Technology Lab and a convening to advance the lab’s research on architectural fragments
University of SC Library (Digitization Project): Student support for Digitization (Phase 1) of the Manning Papers
Tulane University Dept. of Historic Preservation: Support of research and report on training programs in historic building trades and craft in the Gulf South region
Decorative Arts Trust: Support of Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Institute for Classical Art & Architecture: Support of 2023 Annual Conference
Partnership Funding
Historic New England: Support of annual awards event for 2024
Architects Foundation—Octagon House: Support of house museum, Washington, DC
Municipal Arts Society Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal: Support of the event
Design Trust for Public Space: Support of a high school level summer historic preservation internship program in New York City
Arts Ignite: General Operating Support for Arts Education
University of South Carolina History Department : Sponsorship of the History of Forestry Conference, which visited Millford
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project: Support of general activities; notation of Baker House in website guide
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: Annual Meeting of the American Country House Foundation
Prestwould: Support of an 18th century Virginia house museum
Preservation North Carolina: To the Myrick Howard Internship Endowment
The Cultural Landscape Foundation: Support of 2023 tour + Mid-Hudson Valley guide booklet
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest: Sponsorship of a program held in Raleigh, NC
Thomas Day House/Union Tavern Association: Support of historic site associated with a free Black craftsman
Thompson Fellowship Partner Funding
In honor of the student, a percentage of the funding goes to each graduate program or institution where the student is matriculated or is employed.
University of Southern California Department of Art History
Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation
Boston University American & New England Studies Program
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