Conservation License Plate Grants
Conservation License Plate Grants support public owners and nonprofits managing public resources to conserve art, arts documents, and historic cultural facilities and improve access to them.
Funder: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Due Dates: September 30, 2026 (Letter of Intent) | November 6, 2026 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: $2,000–$30,000 requests; project period December 1, 2026–November 30, 2027
Summary: Moose Plate grants conserve publicly owned art and historic cultural facilities and improve public access to them.
Key Information: A mandatory Letter of Intent must be approved for eligibility before a full application is invited.
Description
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts administers these grants through the state Conservation License Plate Program, commonly called the Moose Plate program. They support conservation of publicly owned artworks and arts documents, as well as artistic elements of publicly owned historic cultural facilities that serve as sites for arts programming.
Projects may also improve access to significant publicly owned artwork or arts documents while protecting the originals. Facility projects may make a publicly owned historic cultural facility—and arts programming inside or outside it—more accessible to the public, including people with disabilities. The program considers both the cultural significance of a resource and the public benefit of preserving or opening access to it.
