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"Save America's Treasures" Grant! |
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| In October 2005, the Friends were awarded a prestigious federal Save America's Treasures (SAT) matching grant of $550,000 for replacement of the leaky, over-aged roofs and related seismic strengthening of Maybeck's 1910 masterpiece, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley. |
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| Receiving such an important grant is a great honor, and an affirmation of the national significance of the church. The SAT grants are designed to preserve America's cultural heritage. In 2005, $15 million was awarded to 61 organizations and agencies chosen from the 337 grant applicants. The National Park Service administers the program. Maybeck's church, designated a National Historic Landmark over 25 years ago, has again been acknowledged as one of America's cultural treasures. |
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| Thanks to generous gifts from many donors, the match was made and the work in the 1910 Church completed in 2007. |
| Now we are raising funds for the roof and seismic strengthening of the 1929 Sunday School. A Getty Foundation Architectural Conservtion Implementation Matching Grant was received in 2006 for this work. |
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| We have now raised 2/3rds of the $2.6 million goal for the preservation work. |
| Help us finish the job! |
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