FY2027 Arts Conservation License Plate (Mooseplate) Grants

Arts Conservation License Plate grants fund the conservation of publicly owned artworks or arts documents, artistic elements of publicly owned historic cultural facilities that serve as sites for arts programming, projects that improve public access to significant publicly owned artwork or arts documents, and projects that make publicly owned historic cultural facilities, and the arts programming that takes place in them, more accessible to the public.

Requests may be made for $2,000 - $30,000. No match is required.

Letter of Intent

The Conservation License Plate Grant program begins with a Letter of Intent (LOI). The Letter of Intent is a mandatory first step to determine an applicant’s eligibility and whether the proposed project aligns with the grant program guidelines. The artwork(s), arts document(s), or historic cultural facility must be publicly owned in order to apply. The Letter of Intent must be emailed no later than September 30, 2026 in order for the applicant to be eligible to submit a full grant application. It can be emailed as an attachment to Kayla.M.Schweitzer@dncr.nh.gov. The Program Coordinator will contact the applicant within one week of receipt of the Letter of Intent and confirm if the project is eligible. The Letter of Intent does not replace the full grant application nor guarantee funding.

The grant application deadline for this program is 11:59 PM Friday, November 6, 2026.