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FY2025 - Historic Preservation Fund- Annual State Historic Preservation Office Grants

Posted
July 1, 2025
Closed
September 15, 2025
Award ceiling
$2,200,000
Award floor
$10,000
Program funding
$62,150,000
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
15.904
Category
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 15.904 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$132.1M
FY2025 obligated
$74.2M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$9.9M
Awards in window
1,356

Top recipients: California Department of Parks & Recreation, University of South Carolina, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Historical Commission Texas, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

This funding program supports the operation of State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) in the 50 states, 5 territories, 3 Freely Associated States, and District of Columbia within allowable program areas as described in the National Historic Preservation Act (54 USC 3001 et. sec). Where relevant, staff and projects must comply with the appropriate Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. The purposes of this program are to provide matching grants to States for the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as: survey, planning, technical assistance, physical preservation, Federal tax incentives available for historic properties, nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, distribution of funding to Certified Local Governments, and to assist Federal, State, and Local Government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private individuals in carrying out historic preservation activities. Awards under this program must comply with and support 54 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. (commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act).

Who can apply

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act as amended, 54 USC 3001, this funding opportunity is limited to: State governments, as defined in 54 USC 3001 et seq. also known as the National Historic Preservation Act. Further eligible applicants are defined in 54 USC 302902 - Grants to States; 54 USC 302908 - Grants to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau; and specifically in 54 USC 300317 – States. One nonprofit organization, Ohio History Connection, is eligible to apply serving as the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office.

The official record

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Agency contact: National Park Service · [email protected] · 202-697-2035

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