The Americana Foundation aims to preserve, protect, and promote expressions of America’s heritage, focusing on American furniture and decorative arts. It seeks to ensure the continuity with the past for future generations, promoting the values of freedom and the creative pioneer spirit that have shaped the nation. The foundation envisions the conservation of Americana as a means to understand identity, celebrate America’s cultural places, and honor early American artisans' craftsmanship and creativity.
The grant program by the Americana Foundation supports organizations and institutions dedicated to preserving, protecting, and promoting American heritage, particularly through the lens of furniture and decorative arts known as Americana. The program has a broad goal of ensuring that present and future generations maintain a connection with the past, celebrating and preserving America’s heritage. Specifically, the foundation is interested in projects that restore or preserve classic and handcrafted early American items for public enjoyment, offer career opportunities in the preservation fields, undertake significant preservation projects, and create educational materials or experiences that contribute to the understanding of Americana and American heritage.
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