Endless Mountains Heritage Region Partnership Grants

Endless Mountains Heritage Region Partnership Grants is sponsored by Endless Mountains Heritage Region. These grants support projects in historic preservation, outdoor recreation development, special purpose studies, interpretive and wayfinding signage, public engagement and educational programming, building rehabilitation projects, and environmental conservation within Bradford, …

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Partnership Mini-Grants through the Endless Mountains Heritage Region are now open until Monday, May 4, according to a news release EMHR issued this week. According to the release: EMHR has $70,000 in funding available, and applicants can request up to $10,000 per grant with a new match requirement of just 20 percent of the project cost.

Qualifying applications will help fund local projects relating to historic preservation, outdoor recreation development, special purpose studies, interpretive and wayfinding signage, public engagement and educational programming, certain building rehabilitation projects, environmental conservation and more. Applicants may request funds of up to a maximum of $10,000, and the project’s overall cost must be $50,000 or less.

This can be a “phase” of an overall project, but the phase must be defined and have a final deliverable that is usable by the applicant. DCNR guidelines have changed for 2026, which have changed the match requirements from 100-percent match to just 20 percent of the full project cost.

That means if a grantee receives a $10,000 grant from EMHR for a $12,500 project, it must provide a $2,500 match that is cash, in-kind or a combination of the two. Grant applicants must be a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, a municipality or municipal agency, public education institution, or a county government within the counties of Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming.

Applicants must also be a paid member of Endless Mountains Heritage Region to qualify. Those planning to apply are required to discuss their project with EMHR’s Partnership Grants Program Coordinator, Vanessa Billings-Seiler, at vbillings-seiler@emheritage. org, or Executive Director, Cain Chamberlin, at cchamberlin@emheritage.

org. You can also reach the EMHR office by calling (570) 265-1528.

“The EMHR has been offering our Partnership Grants program for well over 20 years and, since it began, the program has brought well over $3 million in state funding to our region for various projects that preserve our heritage and cultural assets, enhance our outdoor recreation resources, and provide educational opportunities to our youth and the general public,” Chamberlin said.

“Whether it is a building restoration project for one of our many museums or historical societies, wayfinding or interpretive signage at a regional park, the expansion of a hiking or cycling trail, the construction of a kayak launch along the North Branch of the Susquehanna, or a new historic preservation club at one of our school districts, all of the projects funded by the program play a role in making the Endless Mountains a better place to live or to visit.

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