Partners for Sacred Places

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Partners for Sacred Places
Founded1989;37 years ago (1989)
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Website www.sacredplaces.org

Partners for Sacred Places is an American non-sectarian, non-profit organization whose mission is the support of older and historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and actively use the structures. [1]

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Founded in 1989, [2] Partners has helped several thousand congregations and other local organizations protect their community-serving sacred places in towns and cities across America. Between 2016 and 2024, it awarded $26 million to help preserve religious structures, aided by funding from foundations like the Lilly Endowment. [3]

Partners works with the National Trust for Historic Preservation [3] to help communities through the process of figuring out how to adapt historically religious properties, including for new uses, and retain them as important anchors and architectural landmarks. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Vidale, Anton (2014-06-20). "June 20, 2014 ~ Endangered Churches | June 20, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS". Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  2. ↑ Richardson, Susan (July 17, 2018). "Organizations with deep community roots on mission to strengthen Philadelphia". WHYY-FM . Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. 1 2 Charles, Genevieve (2024-10-21). "National Fund for Sacred Places awards $4 million for preservation of historic houses of worship". RNS. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Josh (2024-03-15). "The Philadelphia Organ Festival is about places as well as pipes". WRTI . Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  5. ↑ Cunningham, Caroline (2019-01-02). "Redesigning sacred spaces to serve their communities — and save their congregations". RNS. Retrieved 2026-02-11.


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