Partners for Sacred Places
| Founded | 1989 |
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| Location |
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| Website | www |
Partners for Sacred Places is an American non-sectarian, non-profit organization whose mission is the support of older and historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and actively use the structures.[1]
Founded in 1989,[2] Partners has helped several thousand congregations and other local organizations protect their community-serving sacred places in towns and cities across America. Between 2016 and 2024, it awarded $26 million to help preserve religious structures, aided by funding from foundations like the Lilly Endowment.[3]
Partners works with the National Trust for Historic Preservation[3] to help communities through the process of figuring out how to adapt historically religious properties, including for new uses, and retain them as important anchors and architectural landmarks.[4][5]
Partial list of projects
- Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
- St. Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia
- Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)
- Touro Synagogue
See also
- Historic preservation
- Architectural history
- America's Most Endangered Places
- Oldest synagogues in the United States
References
- ^ Vidale, Anton (2014-06-20). "June 20, 2014 ~ Endangered Churches | June 20, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS". Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ Richardson, Susan (July 17, 2018). "Organizations with deep community roots on mission to strengthen Philadelphia". WHYY-FM. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b Charles, Genevieve (2024-10-21). "National Fund for Sacred Places awards $4 million for preservation of historic houses of worship". RNS. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ Jackson, Josh (2024-03-15). "The Philadelphia Organ Festival is about places as well as pipes". WRTI. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ Cunningham, Caroline (2019-01-02). "Redesigning sacred spaces to serve their communities — and save their congregations". RNS. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
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