Funding Opportunities

We list issue-specific grants on the relevant issue page. Yet since much of our work relates to more than one issue (for instance, trades training/development in underrepresented communities), we also list them here, along with general funding opportunities. If you know of others, please let us know.

National Trust for Historic Preservation Grants

The Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners supports current dues-paying members of the National Preservation Partners Network with grants focused on priority issues for the preservation field. In 2021 and 2022, grant-funded projects must address one of this task force’s four priorities. The 2023 round includes a focus on Climate Change.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund supports work in in four primary areas: Capital Projects, Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming and Interpretation. Grants made from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund range from $50,000 to $150,000.

National Trust Preservation Funds encourage preservation at the local level by providing seed money for preservation projects. Public agencies and nonprofits are welcome to apply. Three rounds are held annually: October 1, February 1, and June 1. Awards range from $2,500 to $5,000.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grants

Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants provide funding to states, local communities, federally recognized tribes, and territories. Funds can be used for projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program.

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants provide funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses.

Preparedness Grants support to efforts to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.

Resilience Grants provide funding related to dam safety and earthquake risk.

National Park Service Grants

Preservation Technology and Training Grants administered by the NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training support research and education for preservation tools and technologies (not brick-and-mortar projects). Applications due January 16, 2024.

Underrepresented Community Grants work toward diversifying the nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places. Grants support surveys and inventories of historic properties associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register, as well as the development of nominations to the National Register for specific sites.

History of Equal Rights Grants fund physical preservation work and pre-preservation planning activities for sites that are listed in, or determined eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places, as well as National Historic Landmarks.

African American Civil Rights Grants fund a broad range of planning, development, and research projects for historic sites including: surveys, inventories, documentation, interpretation, education, architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and "bricks and mortar" repair.