The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) offers matching grants for rehabilitation work that supports the preservation of historic resources listed in the National Register of Historic Places or for significant work contributing toward identifying, preserving and/or interpreting archaeological sites.
Donor Name: State Historic Preservation Office
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement | Matching Grants
Deadline: 04/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Preserving Oregon Grant Programs funds are to be used for:
- Rehabilitation work on properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places
- significant work contributing to identifying, preserving and/or interpreting archaeological sites.
Funding Information
- Grant funds may be awarded for amounts up to $20,000.
- The funding is by reimbursement for work completed.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Historic Property Organization and Project Eligibility:
- Properties must be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as a “contributing” property in a Historic District, to qualify for funding
- Commercial or depreciable properties that are taking advantage of the federal investment tax credit cannot include these grant dollars in the expenses for the tax credit
- Interior work will be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the significance of the interior and its public value
- Remodeling, new additions, or solely cosmetic efforts are not eligible for funding
- Applications are open to all property owners, however priority is given to public and nonprofit owned properties
- Archaeology Organization and Project Eligibility:
- Field-based research projects concerning the documentation of archaeological sites, structures, and artifacts are eligible, including:
- conservation and stabilization of specific archaeological sites and monuments
- field or experimental testing of new or developing methods and materials for identification or conservation
- development, testing or implementation of heritage management plans
- programs promoting public awareness of and education about the value and fragility of cultural resources; developing and/or implementing innovative techniques in dating, monitoring, analysis, remote sensing of and predicting locations for archeological sites and artifacts
- projects that discover or study previously untold perspectives and histories of people frequently excluded from historic interpretation
- conducting surveys and preparing contexts of archaeological sites
- documenting archaeological resources at risk
- preparing National Register of Historic Places nominations of archaeological sites.
- Field-based research projects concerning the documentation of archaeological sites, structures, and artifacts are eligible, including:
For more information, visit SHPO.
