FY2025 & FY2026 Historic Preservation Fund - Semiquincentennial Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- P25AS00503
- Agency
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National Park Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $15,000 to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- State Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Points of contact
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- Jim Modrick stlpg@nps.gov (202) 354-2020
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Park Service is soliciting applications for the FY2025 and FY2026 Historic Preservation Fund Semiquincentennial Grants program, with an application deadline of June 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. Cost sharing is not required, though voluntary match may be considered as a competitive factor.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, county and city/township governments, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations not federally recognized, public and private higher education institutions, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits. Funded projects must support physical preservation of properties listed individually or as contributing resources in the National Register of Historic Places and must demonstrate significance to the nation's founding through 1815.
The program makes available $11.9 million in federal funding ($7 million from FY2025 and $4.9 million from FY2026). Approximately 20 awards are anticipated. Award amounts range from $15,000 to $750,000 in federal funding. Pre-preservation projects receive $15,000 to $75,000; preservation projects receive $75,000 to $750,000, with up to 20% potentially allocated to pre-preservation costs. Administrative costs are capped at 25% of total project costs per statute.
Projects must begin September 1, 2026, with a three-year completion timeline ending August 31, 2029. Recipients must execute preservation easements with terms ranging from five to 25 years depending on funding amount awarded. Work is performed at the property location.
Evaluation criteria (25 points each) address Significance, Need/Urgency/Threat, Feasibility, and Sustainability. Projects must comply with Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation. The program operates under CFDA 15.966.
Synopsis
The National Park Service"s (NPS) Semiquincentennial Grant Program will support the physical preservation of a broad variety of cultural resources associated with the founding of America as a nation in commemoration of the country's semiquincentennial (250th anniversary). These grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund physical preservation to properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including buildings, sites, structures, objects, or historic districts. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match, though match may be considered as a competitive factor. Note that funding appropriated in Fiscal Years (FY) 2025 and 2026 is being made available through this Notice of Funding Opportunity.
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