The Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund for Illinois provides monetary assistance to preserve or protect significant structures and sites in Illinois. Eligible beneficiaries include significant structures or sites in Illinois that are under threat of demolition, in imminent deterioration, in need of stabilization, in need of structural or re-use evaluation, or need to be evaluated for landmark eligibility. Landmarks Illinois manages the fund, which was established in 2013.
The Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II Preservation Fund Grant Program Recipients
2024 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 2024
Alt Space Chicago
Austin Bank Building, Chicago
Shawnee Hills Arts Council
City Hall Building, Anna
ANNOUNCED JUNE 2024
Promontory Point Conservancy
Promontory Point, Chicago (pictured)
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2023 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 2023
Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc.
Ward Chapel AME Church, Cairo
Hyde Park Union Church
Chicago
ANNOUNCED JUNE 2023
First Immanuel Lutheran Church
Chicago
ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 2023
Heart Theatre
(pictured)
Effingham
2022 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
ANNOUNCED JUNE 2022
Naperville Preservation, Inc.
East Highlands subdivision, Naperville
Friends of Historic Second Church
Oriel Window at Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago
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2021 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 2021
Nineteenth Century Charitable Association
Nineteenth Century Club building, Oak Park
ANNOUNCED JUNE 2021
New Philadelphia Association
New Philadelphia historical site, Pike County
ANNOUNCED JANUARY 2021
House of Prayer
Central Park Theater, Chicago (pictured)
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2019 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Save Piety Hill Coalition
Piety Hill Landmark District Designation, Rockford
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2018 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Friends of Historic Second Church
Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago (pictured)
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2017 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Chicago Parks Foundation:
Jens Jensen Formal Garden, Chicago
Evanston History Center:
Charles Gates Dawes House, Evanston
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2016 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Pleasant Home Foundation:
Preservation in Person program, Oak Park
City of Princeton:
Downtown Feasibility Study (pictured)
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2015 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Stockton American Legion Post No. 449:
Thompson Cemetery, Stockton
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2014 Donnelley Fund Grant Recipients
Pleasant Home Foundation:
HVAC Engineering Feasibility Study, Oak Park
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