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The Society of Architectural Historians promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes, and urbanism worldwide. Your donation helps us carry out our educational mission and foster meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national, and international programs. SAH is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization, and your contributions are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.

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HELP US MEET OUR GOAL: $40,000 BY AUGUST  YOUR DONATION WILL BE MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR SAH Archipedia is an online encyclopedia of U.S. architecture and landscapes that contains peer-reviewed essays, photos, and maps. Since its launch in 2012, SAH Archipedia has grown in scope and the full version now contains nearly 20,000 building histories covering all 50 U.S. states. Currently, entries for over 3,700 structures are available to the public through the site’s open access version, SAH Archipedia Classic Buildings. Now we need your help to disseminate all this research to a worldwide public audience by making SAH Archipedia completely open access. In 2016, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded SAH a generous outright grant of $205,000 and a 1:1 matching grant of $80,000. That means for every dollar that you contribute to SAH to make SAH Archipedia mobile friendly and open access, NEH will match that dollar, up to the $80,000 limit. So far we have raised $40,000 in matching funds but, in order to secure the entire match, we need to raise the remaining $40,000 before August 31, 2018.

• SAH Annual Fund: Unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund help SAH carry out its overall work and programming. Annual Fund contributions also help us maintain affordable membership and conference fees.

• Buildings of the United States (BUS): Developed by SAH, Buildings of the United States is a series of thoroughly illustrated state-by-state reference and guidebooks on the architecture of the United States. Written by local and national scholars, the books provide an authoritative, detailed history of American architecture from past to present. To date, 25 books in the series have been published.

• Charnley-Persky House Museum Fund (CPH): SAH’s headquarters, Charnley-Persky House, was designed in 1891 by Louis Sullivan and his young draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright. Charnley-Persky House is considered a pivotal work of modern American architecture. Your donations to CPH support our ongoing maintenance and restoration efforts of this National Historic Landmark. Learn more about CPH and view the tour schedule at charnleyhouse.org.

• Annual Conference Fellowships: Each year, SAH awards more than 40 fellowships and grants to members that assist with travel, research, and publication expenses for their work. SAH has the following named fellowships honoring esteemed members to which donors can contribute:

Rosann S. Berry Annual Conference Fellowship
Established in 1982, the Berry fellowship supports travel of an advanced graduate student member of SAH to deliver their paper at the SAH Annual International Conference.

George R. Collins Annual Conference Fellowship 
Established in 1993, the Collins fellowship supports the travel of an international scholar to present a paper on a nineteenth- or twentieth-century topic at the SAH Annual International Conference. 

Spiro Kostof Annual Conference Fellowship
Established in 1998, the Kostof fellowship supports travel of an advanced graduate student member of SAH to deliver their paper at the SAH Annual International Conference.

• Planned Gifts: Making a planned gift to the Society of Architectural Historians helps ensure the future of SAH, and establishes your legacy as well. Planned Gifts can take many forms, including bequests, contributions from retirement funds, charitable trust disbursements, and more. Planned giving maximizes the tax benefits of your charitable giving while allowing you to make a gift you may not have thought possible. To make a planned gift to SAH, please contact Pauline Saliga at psaliga@sah.org, or Carolyn Garrett at cgarrett@sah.org or 312-573-1365.