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!

• Maine Legislation Would Change How Taxpayers Could Claim HTC in First Two Years
  "A bill introduced in the Maine Legislature would allow recipients of the state historic tax credit (HTC) to claim up to $10 million across the first two years of the credit, rather than the current $5 million annual project cap..."
  Posted:

  6/25/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Study of the Economic, Social, and Racial Equity Impact of Historic Preservation
  "DC Preservation League is excited to announce its partnership with the DC Office of Planning, PlaceEconomics, and Brick & Story on a first-of-its-kind study focused on the economic, social, and racial equity impacts of historic preservation in Washington, DC. The study will include a combination of research, data analysis and visualization, community engagement, and the application of a racial equity lens to the work and findings..."
  Posted:

  6/20/2025

  Source:

  DC Preservation League
• Now Available: The Historic House Handbook
  "The Historic House Handbook: A Sensitive Guide for Old House Living by Steve Jordan is now available! This is an updated version of his 1995 book Rehab Rochester, now with even more detail and the help of several additional expert contributors. You’ll learn about researching house styles, interior and exterior repairs, inspections, grant and funding opportunities, permitting, and more..."
  Posted:

  6/19/2025

  Source:

  Landmark Society of Western New York
• https://www.preservationdirectory.com/PreservationBlogs/ArticleDetail.aspx?id=8694&catid=18
  "Last month, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) reintroduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (H.R. 2854) in the House. Companion legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate in the coming weeks. This bill would create a federal tax credit to encourage rehabilitation of distressed homes. The bill aims to help address the housing supply crisis, while also revitalizing distressed communities..."
  Posted:

  6/18/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Advocacy Alert: Save Our Historic Preservation Office
  "The State Historic Preservation Office—the agency that helps protect the places that make Washington feel like, well, Washington—is facing the budget axe. And Spokane Preservation Advocates (SPA) is sounding the alarm..."
  Posted:

  6/14/2025

  Source:

  Spokane Preservation Advocates
• Strong Advocacy Saves the Louisiana State Historic Tax Credit
  "Since the creation of the Louisiana commercial tax credit in 2002, this state historic tax credit (HTC) has helped hundreds of redevelopment projects pencil out. In major cities and rural areas alike, Louisiana’s HTC has complemented the federal HTC with an additional 25% credit and a generous program cap of $125 million..."
  Posted:

  6/14/2025

  Source:

  Novogradac
• Without Funds from the Feds, a Third of Ohio’s Historic Preservation Office Let Go
  "The Ohio History Connection last week laid off a third of the staff at the State Office of Historic Preservation. Even though many of its responsibilities are mandated by the federal government, the feds haven’t provided funding that was appropriated in October, a spokesman said..."
  Posted:

  6/14/2025

  Source:

  Ohio Capital Journal
• Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Awards Grants to Three Wright Public Sites
  "The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy has awarded inaugural Preservation Planning Grants to three organizations that steward Frank Lloyd Wright-designed public sites. The program supports preservation planning for structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright..."
  Posted:

  6/13/2025

  Source:

  Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
• Administration Funding Cuts and Consolidation Threaten Historic Preservation
  "As so many of you know, preservation opportunities are created and enhanced by the Historic Preservation Fund, which for decades has supported communities throughout America. The proposed elimination of the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) in the Administration’s FY26 Budget, with the important exception of projects related to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will have a profound negative impact on our neighborhoods, towns, cities and rural communities..."
  Posted:

  6/11/2025

  Source:

  National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Discover America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2025
  "This week the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced their 38th annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The annual list has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation’s greatest treasures. The list uplifts and catalyzes community-led preservation resulting in increased visibility, public attention and new resources..."
  Posted:

  6/9/2025

  Source:

  National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Mass Layoffs at Government Services Administration Threatens Historic Preservation
  "Over the last few weeks most historic preservation staff at the General Services Administration (GSA) has been laid off. The GSA manages and preserves hundreds of historic government buildings. This also includes historic artwork that is under the care of the GSA. Lack of historic preservation staff at GSA jeopardizes the agency's significant historic resources..."
  Posted:

  6/6/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Bill Introduced
  "Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) recently introduced the Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act (S. 631, H.R. 1454) in the Senate. This bill would makes several changes to the Historic Tax Credit (HTC) aimed at streamlining processes, reducing cost burdens to rural property owners and developers, and provide affordable housing incentives. Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) introduced companion legislation in the House..."
  Posted:

  6/6/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Bipartisan Senators Introduce Bill to Extend Funds to Address Deferred Maintenance at National Parks
  "Earlier this month a group of bipartisan Senators introduced the America the Beautiful Act (S. 1547). This bill reauthorizes and increases the Legacy Restoration Fund, which was created in 2020 with the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act. Led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), this bill would reauthorize the Fund through 2033 and increase funding to $2 billion a year to help address the deferred maintenance backlog at National Parks and on public lands..."
  Posted:

  6/5/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Emergency Supplemental HPF Grants Now Available
  "The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $48 million in funding through emergency supplemental Historic Preservation Fund grants approved in December of 2024 as part of the American Relief Act. These grants support recovery, and related expenses, for historic and cultural resources in areas impacted by natural disasters that have received a major disaster declaration. The funding is limited to natural disasters occurring in 2023 and 2024..."
  Posted:

  6/5/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• How the Trump Administration is Putting Hundreds of Sacred Sites at Risk
  "Indigenous nations are facing impossible deadlines and vanishing budgets amid sweeping federal rollbacks..."
  Posted:

  6/5/2025

  Source:

  Grist
• Take Action: Critical Time for Historic Tax Credit Advocacy
  "June will be a critical time for Historic Tax Credit (HTC) advocacy. Last week the House passed their budget reconciliation tax package which ultimately did not include the provisions to modernize and strengthen the HTC. This means attention is shifting to the Senate, where the Senate Finance Committee is currently drafting their version of the tax bill. Senators hope to pass their version by July 4th..."
  Posted:

  6/5/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Speak Up for Federal Historic Preservation Investment
  "The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) is under threat — and so are the historic places and stories it protects. The President’s proposed FY 2026 budget would eliminate nearly all HPF funding, except for limited support for HBCU preservation grants..."
  Posted:

  6/4/2025

  Source:

  National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Trump Plan Could Offload Hundreds of National Park Sites to States
  "The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of historical significance..."
  Posted:

  6/4/2025

  Source:

  Politico
• FY2025 - Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) Preservation Information Webinar Available
  "The National Park Service (NPS) has recorded an informational webinar for States, Tribes, Territories, Local Governments, and Nonprofits interested in applying for the FY2025 - Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) - Preservation grant opportunity (P25AS00489). The recorded webinar discusses program details, eligible areas and activities, and application requirements..."
  Posted:

  6/3/2025

  Source:

  National Park Service
• Preservation Action Joins Coalition Letter to Interior on HPF Funding Delay
  "Preservation Action recently joined several national preservation partners in sending a coalition letter to Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum expressing our deep concerns about the ongoing delay in releasing FY25 funds for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF)..."
  Posted:

  6/3/2025

  Source:

  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:

• Partners for Sacred Places: Fundraising Guide

PreservationDirectory.com:

• Grants & Funding Sources
• Directory of State Historic Preservation Offices

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!