Preserve America Grants
While currently not being funded, Preserve America Grants were designed to support a variety of activities related to heritage tourism and innovative approaches to the use of historic properties as educational and economic assets. This matching grants program was administered by the National Park Service in partnership with the ACHP, beginning October 1, 2005. More than $21.7 million was awarded between 2006 and 2010. The grants remain authorized, but funds have not been appropriated for them by Congress since 2010.
These grants complemented "bricks and mortar" grants by funding research and documentation, interpretation and education, planning, marketing, and training. Eligible recipients for these matching (50/50) grants included State Historic Preservation Officers, Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, designated Preserve America Communities, and Certified Local Governments that were applying for Preserve America Community designation. Individual grants ranged from $20,000 to $250,000.
View a list of Preserve America Grants.
Links to some of the products funded by Preserve America Grants may be found at the National Park Service Preserve America Grants web page.
2009 report: Preserve America Grants: Assessment of Effectiveness