Friends of New Orleans City Park, New Orleans, LA $40,000 Capital support for the restoration and repair of the Pavilion of the Two Sisters in the Park’s Botanical Garden. The Pavilion is a popular site for weddings, special events, and meetings, and, as such, provides much needed revenue to support the Park’s overall mission to preserve and improve spaces for recreational, educational, cultural, and beautification purposes. National Trust for Historic Preservation-Hurricane Recovery Fund, Washington, DC $30,000 Program support to fund established to insure that the historic and cultural heritage of the Gulf Coast will be protected during the rebuilding effort. The fund is providing emergency assessment, technical assistance, educational materials and workshops, gap funding, and advocacy for and on behalf of citizens who own or live in historic homes. Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans, LA $25,000 Sponsorship of a shark collection trip to the Atlantic coast to repopulate the Audubon Aquarium of the America’s exhibits, all of which were lost when back-up generators failed during the heavy flooding. Once the aquarium repairs its facilities and repopulates its exhibits through donations from other aquariums, purchases, and collection trips, it hopes to re-open to the public in Summer 2006. New Orleans Music Hall of Fame (SAT), New Orleans, LA $25,000 Support for the immediate assessment and stabilization of three adjacent buildings widely recognized as the birthplace of Jazz and recently granted historic landmark status -- the Eagle Saloon and Odd Fellows Hall, the Iroquois Theater, and the Karnofsky Building. All three vacant buildings were already in a state of disrepair before Katrina hit, but are now are open to the elements and suffering from flood damage. This grant was made through Save America's Treasures.

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