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Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.966

Program objective

The objectives of the competitive grant programs under this Assistance Listing are broad but are all generally intended to provide funding to document and preserve cultural resources that are important to American history. Following Congressional guidance, specific grant programs emphasize social, cultural, or historic themes and target funding to historic events like the struggle for civil and equal rights in the United States, documenting and preserving the stories of underrepresented communities, or preserving sites associated with the founding of the nation. Examples of grant programs could include: African American Civil Rights, Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization, History of Equal Rights, Semiquincentennial, Underrepresented Communities, Tribal Heritage, and future competitive grant programs as may be created by Congress

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2023

    This is a new program and no awards have been issued.

  2. 2024

    This is a new assistance listing. Beginning in FY25, this Assistance Listing will be used for competitive project grants not otherwise assigned an Assistance Listing and may include new programs as required by Congress. This listing funds a broad range of activities to implement the National Historic Preservation Act through supporting the physical preservation, rehabilitation, documentation, and recordation of historic resources. The following grant programs and others may be included: African American Civil Rights, History of Equal Rights, Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization, Semiquincentennial, and Underrepresented Communities. Recipients of these grants will be states, territorial, tribal, and local governments as well as nonprofits and other eligible organizations.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

In addition to 2 CFR 200, the “Historic Preservation Fund Grant Manual,” National Historic Preservation Act, the “Preservation Briefs” series, the “Preservation Tech Notes” series, and the National Register “Bulletin” series apply to funded activities. Program regulations are specified in Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Program standards are found in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation.