Find all you need to know about our wide variety of grants to preserve and protect cultural resources nationwide. Learn about the tax credit for historic rehabilitation. We also provide a variety of other ways to assist you.

Grants

Tax Credit

Other Assistance

Battlefield Partnership Grants
Once a year as part of its grants program, the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) invites proposals for battlefield preservation projects. Most partners contribute matching funds or in-kind services to these projects.

Certified Local Government Program
NPS and State governments, through their State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), provide valuable technical assistance and small matching grants to hundreds of diverse communities whose local governments are endeavoring to keep what is significant from their community's past for future generations. Jointly administered by NPS in partnership with SHPOs, the CLG program is a model and cost-effective local, State, and federal partnership that promotes historic preservation at the grassroots level across the nation.

Historic Preservation Fund
State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) can find information and requirements regarding the distribution of federal monies for carrying out preservation activities in their state as directed under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Historic Preservation Fund to Tribes
Grant information and application material available to tribal organizations and Native American groups for carrying out cultural projects and programs as directed under the National Historic Preservation Act.

LWCG Grants Available for Civil War Battlefields
Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) monies are available to help States and local communities acquire and preserve threatened Civil War battlefield land. Authorized under recent legislation, $11 million is available for matching grants to units of State and local governments. Private non-profit organizations must apply for these funds in partnership with a State or local government agency. The American Battlefield Protection Program administers the LWCF grants.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grants
NPS provides grants to assist qualified museums, Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native villages and corporations with implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Applications and instructions for NAGPRA grants are available for the current year.

National Maritime Heritage Grants Program
Information about this new grants program which supports maritime heritage education and preservation projects.

Preservation Technology and Training (PTT) Grants
Information and application material for grants given by National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) for preservation research, information management, and training projects proposed by non-profit organizations, universities, and federal agencies.

PTTGrants and PTTProjects Catalog
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training funds projects through its Preservation Technology and Training Grants (PTTGrants) and Preservation Technology and Training Projects (PTTProjects) programs. A catalog of all PTTGrants and PTTProjects, including the resulting products, is available as a searchable database.

Save America's Treasures Grants
Information on matching grants for the preservation and/or conservation of our nation's most significant historic artifacts and places. Federal and non-Federal entities may apply for these grants, which are available on a annual cycle.

Affordable Housing Case Studies
Case studies provide practical development and financial information techniques for successfully preserving historic buildings while creating affordable housing. A detailed Tax Credit analysis is incorporated in an easy-to-read chart format. Other sections include Project Data, Project Financing, Rehabilitation Work, and Development Schedule.

Federal Preservation Tax Incentives Program
Historic buildings are tangible links with the past. They help give a community a sense of identity, stability and orientation. The Federal government encourages the preservation of historic buildings through various means. One of these is the program of Federal tax incentives. All you need to know about the program, including an online application form, is available here.

Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives - Project Status
You can check the status of your ongoing tax act project here if you have specific information necessary to access the site.

IRS Connection
This is an extremely useful package of information about the tax credit and IRS, and includes these sections as links: Facade Easement Contributions, Frequently Asked Questions, IRS Code and Treasury Regulations, Late Submission of the "Historic Preservation Certification Application," Property Leased to a Tax-Exempt Entity, and Use of the Rehabilitation Tax Credit by Lessees.

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation are ten basic principles created to help preserve the distinctive character of a historic building and its site, while allowing for reasonable change to meet new needs. The Standards are regulatory (36 CFR 67) for the Federal Tax Incentives Program.

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
A fully navigable web version of the popular book with new color illustrations, the online Guidelines can help property owners, developers, and Federal managers apply the Standards for Rehabilitation during the project planning stage by providing general design and technical recommendations. Unlike the Standards, the Guidelines are not codified as program requirements. Together with the Standards for Rehabilitation they provide a model process for owners.

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Charles E. Peterson Prize
Named in honor of the founder of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), this student competition of measured drawings is intended to increase awareness and knowledge about historic buildings throughout the United States while adding to the HABS collection at the Library of Congress. Annual awards totalling $7,000 are dispersed to architecture students and related programs. If you have structures needing HABS drawings, you might solicit the help of a nearby architecture school to meet that need.

The Historic Surplus Property Program
State, county and local governments can obtain surplus federal properties at no cost if the property is listed in, or eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places. Historic properties transferred under this program may be used for public facilities, such as museums and government offices. Properties can also be leased to not-for-profit organizations and to developers who may be eligible to take advantage of federal preservation tax incentives for historic buildings.

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
NCPTT facilitates the transfer of preservation technology by offering a listing of preservation-related Internet resources, including information about jobs, grants, and conferences, as well as links to Web sites, databases, libraries, archives, and museums

National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act -- Pilot Program
The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 (NHLPA) authorizes the disposal of historic lighthouses and stations and establishes a national lighthouse preservation program. NHLPA allows lighthouse properties to be transferred at no cost to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit corporations, and community development organizations for park and recreation, cultural and historic, and educational uses. Learn more here about the NHLPA, including the Act, light stations excessed during the pilot program, and the program application.

Rivers & Trails
Rivers & Trails staff assistance includes help in building partnerships to achieve community-set goals, assessing resources, developing concept plans, engaging public participation, and identifying potential sources of funding. On occasion Rivers & Trails provides its assistance in collaboration with nonprofit organizations to further local conservation initiatives. Although Rivers & Trails does not provide financial assistance, we do offer technical assistance to community partners to help them achieve their goals.