Funding News & General Resources
Below you will find articles and press releases about historic and cultural funding news, restoration efforts across the United States, financial resources, and information of interest to the historic preservation and cultural resources community.
We have also collected the best general resources that will assist you in learning more about national funding programs (with some great programs in Canada, too!). There is information on working with the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, to name a few.
Funding In The News
Below are links to recent news articles related to financial resources and funding sources for historic preservation, building restoration, cultural resource preservation, and the arts. Topics include: tax credit information; grants, loans and other financial services; historic preservation successes and threats; and work-training and educational program announcements and information.
New links to articles added multiple times weekly!
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"NPS manages over 26,000 historic structures, and Park Service archivists are responsible for nearly 185 million historic artifacts and objects. However, due to Congress' inadequate budgets, NPS has consistently prioritized natural resources management over cultural resources management..."Posted:7/23/2024Source:National Parks Conservation Association
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"While there has been much anxiety about the potential implications of this decision by the Supreme Court, federal historic preservation law is likely to be less threatened than other arenas, for several reasons. First, the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act have been specifically upheld by the courts, and the new Supreme Court decision states, “we do not call into question prior cases” that upheld agency actions and regulations..."Posted:7/22/2024Source:National Trust for Historic Preservation
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"Join us for the PastForward National Preservation Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-30, 2024. PastForward 2024 will kick off a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the evolving practice of preservation in one of the country’s most historic cities..."Posted:7/21/2024Source:National Trust for Historic Preservation
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"House Bill 2358 would raise the annual limit of the Historic Preservation Tax Credit from the current $5 million to a new cap of $20 million, starting in 2025.“Pennsylvania’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program not only helps rehabilitate and preserve the structures that tell the tale of our commonwealth’s rich history, but it also generates positive economic impact by helping turn those structures into income-producing properties,” Prokopiak said..."Posted:7/19/2024Source:PA House of Reps.
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"The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance ruled last month that the $5 million cap on the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) applies on a per-structure basis. The state issued a technical memorandum noting that requiring multiple structures be submitted on one application is "irrelevant." The department relies on the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) to determine separate historic structures eligible for the credit..."Posted:7/18/2024Source:Novogradac
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"This week Preservation Action joined a sign-on letter alongside a diverse group of more than 100 organizations urging Congress to support for the Cultural Resources Challenge Act (H.R. 7936). As noted in the letter, this important bill aims to address the urgent needs of our nation's cultural heritage sites, including national parks, monuments, and artifacts that tell the story of our diverse history. The letter, led by the National Parks Conservation Association, was sent to congressional offices this week..."Posted:7/18/2024Source:Preservation Action
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"Pennsylvania’s historic preservation tax credit program has an annual cap of $5 million. Legislation moving through Harrisburg would change that..."Posted:7/17/2024Source:WHYY
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"The Historic Tax Credit Coalition and National Trust Community Investment Corporation (NTCIC) hosted their annual Historic Tax Credit advocacy day earlier this month, coinciding with the IPED Historic Tax Credit Summit..."Posted:7/16/2024Source:Preservation Action
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"This year 93 bipartisan Senators and Representatives, representing 34 different states and territories, signed on to the FY25 House Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Dear Colleague letter and the FY25 Senate HPF Dear Colleague letter. The letters requested $225 million in funding for the Historic Preservation Fund, the same level Preservation Action advocated for during Historic Preservation Advocacy Week, including much-needed increases for State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and critically important competitive grant programs..."Posted:7/16/2024Source:Preservation Action
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"In each Transitions section of Preservation magazine, we highlight places of local and national importance that have recently been restored, are currently threatened, have been saved from demolition or neglect, or have been lost. Here are five from Spring 2024..."Posted:7/15/2024Source:National Trust for Historic Preservation
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"Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced that the state is supporting 35 projects to preserve dozens of historic buildings across Ohio..."Posted:7/13/2024Source:Office of Governor DeWine
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"It’s a time to honor the efforts both big and small to preserve historical spaces that have built and shaped our communities. In Atlanta, there have been ongoing battles fighting gentrification in historic neighborhoods..."Posted:7/10/2024Source:Atlanta News First
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"The National Park Service announced they are now accepting applications for the Underrepresented Communities grant program, which is works towards diversifying listings on the National Register of Historic Places and the African American Civil Rights grant program, which preserves sites and stories that help tell the long struggle for African American civil rights..."Posted:7/9/2024Source:Preservation Action
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"On behalf of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Chair Sara C. Bronin has called on Congress to reject provisions in 15 bills that would exempt certain types of infrastructure projects from review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act..."Posted:7/8/2024Source:Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
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"In 2018, the Heurich House Museum in Washington, D.C., received a grant from the National Trust to collaborate with engineer and architect Michael Henry on creating a heritage building reinvestment model. The idea—one Henry has been teaching his students at the University of Pennsylvania for years—is that, like condominium associations do with reserve studies, the owners of historic structures should plan for the costs of their long-term conservation needs..."Posted:7/7/2024Source:National Trust for Historic Preservation
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"With a boost from public incentives, including state historic tax credits, the former Plattsmouth High School built more than a century ago is now fully transformed into an apartment building that has been brimming since March with residents..."Posted:7/2/2024Source:Nebraska Examiner
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"Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) recently introduced the Cultural Resources Challenges Act (H.R. 7936). This bill would provide an additional $250 million in funding for historic and cultural resources at the National Park Service, address staff shortages, and direct NPS to develop curriculum to provide training for cultural resource protection and management..."Posted:7/2/2024Source:Preservation Action
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"Legislation to extend the Colorado state historic tax credit (HTC), among other changes to the incentive’s provisions, was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jared Polis. H.B. 1314 extends the expiration date of the credit from Dec. 31, 2029, to Dec. 31, 2036..."Posted:7/1/2024Source:Novogradac
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"Historic Hotels of America®, an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to announce The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Best of Adaptive Reuse list. A popular and creative approach to historic preservation, “adaptive reuse” saves unused historic buildings from demolition by rehabilitating and renovating them for a new purpose..."Posted:7/1/2024Source:Historic Hotels of America®
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"The National Park Service is currently accepting applications for $5 million in History of Equal Rights grants. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), this grant program helps preserve sites related to the struggle to achieve equal rights for all Americans..."Posted:6/27/2024Source:Preservation Action
General Funding Resources
Below is a short list of agencies, organizations and resources that can provide general information about financial resources for historic preservation, cultural resource management, and the arts.
National Park Service:
- Technical Preservation Services
- Tax Incentives for Preserving Historic Properties
- Historic Preservation Tax Incentives
- 20% Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
- State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants
- National Register of Historic Places
- Technical Preservation Services Publications
*Please note: The National Park Service frequently changes the URLs for their resources. Please alert us if you find a broken link. You can also do a web search by looking up the name of the resource listed above, as the resource most likely is still online (just in a new location).
National Trust for Historic Preservation:
- African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
- Find Preservation Funding
- The National Main Street Center
- National Fund for Sacred Places
- Historic Tax Credits
Partners for Sacred Places:
PreservationDirectory.com:
Tax Credits & Incentives:
- See resources under "National Park Service" listed above
- Rehabilitation Tax Credit (Historic Preservation) FAQs (Internal Revenue Service)
- Rehabilitation Tax Credit - Real Estate Tax Tips (Internal Revenue Service)
- Rehabilitation Tax Credit PDF (Internal Revenue Service)
- Historic Preservation Tax Credits 101 (Heritage Ohio)
- Historic Preservation Tax Credits 201 (Heritage Ohio)
- Historic Tax Credit: Mini Edition (YouTube Presentation by Preservation Buffalo Niagara)
Preservation Easement Programs:
- Easements to Protect Historic Properties: A Useful Historic Preservation Tool with Potential Tax Benefits, prepared by the National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services
- Establishing and Operating an Easement Program to Protect Historic Resources by Elizabeth Watson and Stefan Nagel, updated by Julia H. Miller and Ross M. Bradford, with contributions by Thompson Mayes
Building Arts & Traditional Building Resources:
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: Traditional Trades Training Programs & Resources
- National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (National Park Service)
Arts Funding:
- Americans for the Arts: Funding Resources
- Grantmakers in the Arts
- National Endowment for the Arts: How the US Funds the Arts
Canada: General Funding Resources:
- National Trust for Canada: Regeneration Works - Find Funding
- National Trust for Canada
- The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals
*Please note: The HistoricFunding.com database doesn't currently include resources for Canada, but we did want to provide some general resources to assist our friends to the North!