Funding Opportunities
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We receive a lot of requests about historic preservation grant opportunities, so we've compiled the list below. It's not exhaustive, and not all opportunities may apply to your project, but it's a start:
- Grants for owners of historic homes? We're sorry there are no grants or historic preservation tax credit programs that we know of for individual owners of historic homes. We would be happy to be wrong about that! If you learn of such an opportunity, please share it with us.
Most grant opportunities noted here are for nonprofit organizations and publicly funded entities such as schools, libraries, or units of county or local government. History and preservation-related grants for for-profit businesses are not as common.
To qualify for many preservation grants or historic tax credits, a property must be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Click here for more information about listing.
- Cemetery Grants, Ohio Department of Commerce: Grants are made to active cemeteries on a first come first serve basis until funding is exhausted. Application opens on July 1 annually.
- Community Foundations courtesy the Grantsmanship Center
- Historic Preservation Pipeline Initiative of the Ohio Department of Development to support the preparation of National Register nominations, especially for properties identified for redevelopment using the Ohio historic preservation tax credit.
- Ohio Arts Council
- Ohio Historic Tax Credits, Ohio Department of Development. For buildings that are "income-producing properties"- i.e. a business
- Ohio Facilities Construction Commission for projects at theaters, museums, arts education facilities, historical sites, and publicly owned professional sports venues
- Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board
- Ohio Humanities
- Ohio Local History Alliance
- Collections Assessment Program from the American Institute for Conservation
- The Endangered Latinx Landmarks program, let by The Endangered Latinx Landmarks program, led by Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC), is dedicated to identifying, prioritizing, and protecting Latinx heritage sites across the United States that are under immediate threat.
- Institute for Museum and Library Services
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions for collections care projects
- National Trust for Historic Preservation Saving Places Grants
- Partners for Sacred Places for places of worship
- Jeffris Foundation, dedicated to Midwestern Historic Preservation