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!

• 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
• 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
• Frozen Federal Funds are Putting Jobs and Preservation Projects at Risk in Oklahoma
  "Money that was already appropriated to the State Historic Preservation Offices for Fiscal Year 2025 hasn't been delivered, and future funding is even more in doubt. The federal funding provides 60% of all operations for the preservation office..."
  Posted:

  6/1/2025

  Source:

  KOCO News
• 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:

  5/29/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• 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:

  5/29/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• The World Monuments Fund Joins the L.A. Conservancy to Support Recovery Following the Wildfires
  "World Monuments Fund (WMF) and the Los Angeles Conservancy are thrilled to announce a coordinated effort, alongside the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to document and assess heritage sites affected by the devastating wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in January. The fires, which burned over 50,000 acres and destroyed more than 16,000 structures, have inflicted a severe toll on the region’s cultural heritage..."
  Posted:

  5/29/2025

  Source:

  Los Angeles Conservancy / World Monuments Fund (WMF)
• Action Alert: Cuts and Mass Layoffs Threaten National Parks
  "In recent weeks the Trump administration has announced mass layoffs at the National Park Service (NPS) and other federal agencies, impacting historic and cultural sites across the country ahead of the busy summer travel season. NPS manages National Parks, most National Monuments and numerous historic properties across the country..."
  Posted:

  5/28/2025

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Preservation South Carolina to Receive $200,000 For Taveau Church from African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
  "Since Preservation South Carolina purchased Taveau Church in June 2023 from the United Methodist Conference, $800,000 has been raised to support continued rehabilitation of the ca. 1835 structure. This number being raised by $200,000 just this month with a grant award from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation..."
  Posted:

  5/28/2025

  Source:

  Preservation South Carolina
• Advocacy Alert: State Bill Threatens Landmark Designation
  "This is an update on the state bills impacting landmark designation. On March 10, state representatives in the House voted to pass Substitute House Bill 1576. Senate Bill 5554 was not moved forward by the Senate so that bill is no longer in play..."
  Posted:

  5/27/2025

  Source:

  Historic Seattle
• Advocacy Alert: State Bill Threatens Landmark Designation
  "This is an update on the state bills impacting landmark designation. On March 10, state representatives in the House voted to pass Substitute House Bill 1576. Senate Bill 5554 was not moved forward by the Senate so that bill is no longer in play..."
  Posted:

  5/27/2025

  Source:

  Historic Seattle

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!