10 Bucks Co. Museums, Historical Societies Awarded Grants

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded more than $170,000 in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 10 eligible museums and historical societies in Bucks County.

The goal of the Cultural and Historical Support Grant program is to strengthen Pennsylvania’s museum community by supporting the general operations of eligible museums and official county historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs. An eligible museum must have an annual operating budget exceeding $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services) and at least one full-time professional staff person (or approved equivalent).

Grants are awarded on a formula based on a percentage of the organization’s annual operating budget with a maximum grant of $50,000 and a minimum grant of $4,000.

Bucks County recipients include:

• Andalusia Foundation - $20,000
• Bucks County Children's Museum - $11,000
• Bucks County Historical Society - $50,000
• Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc. - $6,200
• Historical Fallsington Inc. - $6,200
• Newtown Historical Association - $6,200
• Pearl S. Buck International House & Historic Site - $30,000
• The Grundy Foundation - $7,500
• The Tileworks of Bucks County - $30,000
• Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $5,000

The Court Inn, Newtown, the headquarters of the Newtown Historical Association.