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!

• Tennessee Historical Commission Awards $2 Million in Historic Preservation Grants
  "The Tennessee Historical Commission announces the awarding of 23 matching grants totaling $2 million from the Historic Property/Land Acquisition Fund (HPLAF) program..."
  Posted:

  12/19/2024

  Source:

  Tennessee Historical Commission
• Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Announces Preservation Planning Grant Pilot Program
  "The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy is very excited to pilot a new grant program, which extends the organization’s ability to serve its mission to support the preservation of the built work of Frank Lloyd Wright..."
  Posted:

  12/18/2024

  Source:

  Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
• $4 Million Awarded to 24 Historic Faith Communities by National Fund for Sacred Places
  "The National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to announce its 2024 grantees. Twenty-four historically significant faith communities have been admitted into the program, which provides capital grants of up to $500,000 and hands-on technical assistance to congregations undertaking substantial preservation projects..."
  Posted:

  12/16/2024

  Source:

  Nastional Trust for Historic Preservation
• Maine's Rural Downtowns are the Focus of Historic Preservation Grant
  "The Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center program has received a $750,000 grant for historic preservation projects designed to foster economic development in the state's rural downtowns..."
  Posted:

  12/15/2024

  Source:

  Laurie Schreiber, Mainebiz
• Essex Heritage Announces New Trustees, Commissioners, and Special Awards
  "The Essex National Heritage Commission (Essex Heritage), a non-profit that manages and provides numerous programs preserving and enhancing Essex County’s historic, natural and cultural places, welcomed business and community leaders from around Essex County..."
  Posted:

  12/14/2024

  Source:

  Essex Heritage
• Senate Finance Committee Hearing Highlights Bipartisan Support for Expanding the Historic Tax Credit
  "The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing in late July titled, "Tax Tools for Local Economic Development" to explore the effectiveness of key tax incentives in revitalizing communities. A central part of the discussion was the Historic Tax Credit (HTC)..."
  Posted:

  12/12/2024

  Source:

  National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Cassidy Discusses Historic Tax Credit, Affordable Housing in New Orleans
  "This morning, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) had a conversation with attendees at the Novogradac Housing Tax Credits and Bond Conference in New Orleans. They discussed what it will take to preserve tax credits..."
  Posted:

  12/11/2024

  Source:

  Bill Cassidy, M.D., U.S. Senator for Louisiana
• Route 66: 2024 Cost-Share Grant Awards Announced
  "The National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 cost-share grant awards. The program provides grant assistance for eligible historic preservation, research, oral history, interpretative, and educational projects that help preserve the special places and stories of historic Route 66..."
  Posted:

  12/10/2024

  Source:

  National Park Service
• Winners of 2024 National Preservation Awards Announced
  "The National Preservation Awards include several of the industry’s highest honors, highlighting distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations that give new meaning to their communities through skillful and determined preservation work..."
  Posted:

  12/8/2024

  Source:

  National Trust for Historic Preservation
• National Park Service Awards $9.5 Million to Enhance Revolutionary War and Civil War Battlefield Preservation and Interpretation Projects
  "The National Park Service (NPS) today awarded $9.5 million in grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program to promote the locally led preservation and interpretation of historic battlefields and sites of armed conflict as powerful reminders of the America’s shared heritage..."
  Posted:

  12/4/2024

  Source:

  National Park Service
• Latest Tax and National Park Service Efforts at the Historic Tax Credit Coalition
  "As we make our way through 2024, it is a good time to recap where we are and where we are headed with the historic tax credit (HTC). We will do this through the window of the Historic Tax Credit Coalition (HTCC), an organization of project developers, investors, tax-exempt organizations and professionals who advocate for preserving historic structures using the HTC as the primary tool..."
  Posted:

  12/3/2024

  Source:

  Novogradac
• 2024 Best of Maryland Award Winners Announced
  "The Best of Maryland awards shine a spotlight on the ceaseless work of Maryland’s volunteers, architects, artisans, legislators, and many more individuals who are doing the essential work of protecting the places that make Maryland such a special place to live, work, explore, and celebrate..."
  Posted:

  12/2/2024

  Source:

  Preservation Maryland
• New Jersey Enhances Historic Property Reinvestment and Brownfield Redevelopment Credits
  "On September 4, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that liberalizes some requirements and increases the amount of credits for the Historic Property Reinvestment Program and the Brownfield Redevelopment Program..."
  Posted:

  12/2/2024

  Source:

  Thomson Reuters / Tax & Accounting
• New Jersey Historic Trust Announces Preserve New Jersey Preservation Grant Award Recommendations
  "The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today approved a total of $16,598,738 in grant recommendations from the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund to save and promote historic sites throughout the state..."
  Posted:

  12/1/2024

  Source:

  New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
• 2024 Maine's Most Endangered Historic Places
  "Since 1996, Maine Preservation has released the list of Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Places to boost local efforts and focus positive media attention with an aim to preserve threatened places throughout the state. Nomination of an endangered place is a chance for Mainers to make their voices heard and to shine a light on the places that matter to their communities..."
  Posted:

  11/30/2024

  Source:

  Maine Preservation
• Applications for Save America's Treasures and HBCU Preservation Grants Now Open
  "The National Park Service is now accepting applications for the Save America's Treasures grant program and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Preservation Grant Program. These competitive grant programs are funded through the Historic Preservation Fund and support a broad range of preservation projects. Preservation Action continues to advocate for robust funding for these important grant programs..."
  Posted:

  11/22/2024

  Source:

  Preservation Action
• Tester Secures Nearly $750,000 to Preserve Butte's Historic District
  "As part of his continued efforts to ensure communities in Montana have up-to-date infrastructure, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $749,862 from the National Park Service in Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants for the Butte-Silver Bow Historic Revitalization Project to preserve and revitalize Butte’s historic district..."
  Posted:

  11/21/2024

  Source:

  Office of Senator Jon Tester
• New Jersey Enhances Historic Property Reinvestment and Brownfield Redevelopment Credits
  "Effective retroactively to unapproved applications pending before December 1, 2023, the credits awarded for the rehabilitation of a qualified property located in a qualified incentive tract or government-restricted municipality are increased to 60% (currently 45%) of the cost of rehabilitation or $12 million (currently $8 million), whichever is less..."
  Posted:

  11/20/2024

  Source:

  Thomson Reuters
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: What Does the End of Chevron Deference Mean for the Tax Credit World?
  "In the recent court case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court ruled that the Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in determining whether federal agencies have acted within their authority and that courts may not defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of the law simply because a federal statute is ambiguous..."
  Posted:

  11/19/2024

  Source:

  Novogradac
• Restore Oregon Announces Honorees of the 2024 DeMuro Historic Preservation Impact Award
  "Restore Oregon’s Board of Directors announces the selection of three honorees to receive a 2024 DeMuro Preservation Impact Award, a new take on their annual project awards program that reflects the people and organizations that have made a lasting impact on the historic preservation and cultural heritage landscape in Oregon..."
  Posted:

  11/18/2024

  Source:

  Restore Oregon

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!