Texas History Program
If you have already visited with Gary Smith and were advised to apply for the February 2025 funding cycle, you may proceed with your LOI, which is due by October 31, 2024. Otherwise, the February 2025 cycle is now closed to new applicants.
Those wishing to visit about a possible application for later in 2025, please email Gary Smith at gnsmith@summerlee.org to set up a telephone or Zoom appointment.
TEXAS HISTORY PROGRAM
Texas History Resources
The Summerlee Commission on the Financial Sustainability of History Organizations
Published in 2015, this report analyzes the difficulties that history organizations of all types face in maintaining financial sustainability and includes several how-to chapters for helping organizations to navigate difficult times. The entire report may be downloaded here.
Chapters from the report are listed below and may be downloaded individually:
- Sustainability Report Executive Summary (Downloadable PDF)
- Why History is Difficult to Sustain
- Characteristics of Unsustainable Organizations
- Sustaining History Through Best Practices and New Approaches
- Before You Open It: A Checklist for Planning New Museums in Historic Buildings
- If It Is Time to Close It: Considerations for Dissolving an Organization
- Are you Sustainable Assessment Tool
Texas History Organizations
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