Mount Tabor Preservation Fund

Mount Tabor
Preservation Fund

The Mount Tabor Preservation Fund, a sub-committee of the Mount Tabor Historical Society, was founded in 2004, and is predominately funded with proceeds from "A Day in Old Mount Tabor" Annual House Tour.

Our mission is to preserve and restore the Victorian heritage of Mount Tabor; and to increase community awareness and participation in planning for its future - in harmony with its past.

Our vision is through the use of small grants, we hope to facilitate and stimulate projects for restoration, renovation and stabilization, of architecturally significant as well as contributing structures within Mount Tabor's historic district (click here to view a PDF map).

The grants will be for no more than One Thousand ($1000.) dollars and are awarded after consideration of grant requests by the Mount Tabor Preservation Fund. Grants are subject to availability of funds. Grant requests are to be submitted, in the form of a proposal letter and a one-page application to the MTPF Committee.

Eligibility:

Those eligible are individual homeowners, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities. All projects must be within the boundaries of Mount Tabor's historic district, as indicated in Parsippany-Troy Hills Cultural Resource Survey 1429, dated: September 15, 1984. You may view a PDF version of the Cultural Resource Survey here.

Types of projects eligible within Mount Tabor's historic district are public buildings, private homes and historic landscapes (for example: puddingstone walls, East & West Pass).

Grants are available regardless of applicant's race, age, religion, gender, origin, disability, or familial status.

Criteria:

· Availability of other funding sources
· Appropriateness of the project
· The relative historic significance of the property
· Financial viability of the project
· The likelihood that a grant to the project will result in protection of the resources
· The resource is clearly threatened with loss, compromise or significant deterioration
· The potential effect on the surrounding neighborhood
· Whether the grant will leverage additional funding
· That the MTHS will be permitted to place temporary promotional signage on the project and highlight the project in publicity releases.

Grant Uses

Grants may be awarded for a wide range of activities including:
· Emergency stabilization
· Structural engineering inspections
· Appropriate replacement of architectural building features
· Window and door rehabilitation
· Exterior Façade renovation
· Development of renovation plans
· Removal of inappropriate building treatments (for example: aluminum & vinyl siding)
· Correction of building code deficiencies
· Preparation of alternative development proposals
· Protection of threatened buildings from entry and the elements.

Grants will not be awarded for replacement of incompatible materials of existing historic details (for example: vinyl windows vs. wood), new home construction, parking areas, refinancing projects already completed, and inappropriate rehabilitation techniques or as otherwise determined by the MTPF Committee to be an inappropriate use of the grant.

How to Apply

Grant requests are a simple TWO STEP PROCESS to be submitted in the form of (1) a proposal letter and (2) one-page application to the MTPF (SEE ATTACHED)

1. PROPOSAL LETTER:

The proposal letter should:
· Describe the project
· State how it meets the grant criteria
· Suggest an awarded amount
· Explain how the grant will be used
· Provide a history of the resource
· List the significance of the resource and its historic name when possible (for example: The Tabernacle)
· Applicants must include a drawing of the proposed project when applicable and color photo of the subject property.

2. APPLICATION:

A printable text version of the application is available here.

Proposal Letter and Application should be sent to:

MTHS Preservation Fund Committee
P.O. Box 271
Mount Tabor, NJ 07878

The MTPF Committee considers Grant requests approximately twice a year. Applicants are notified of the Board's decision in writing. For additional information or to discuss potential projects, please feel free to contact us at: mths@mounttabornj.org

The MTPF Committee reserves the right to change program policies and criteria at any time and to administer the grant program in its sole discretion within the definition of its non-profit purpose.