The Texas Historical Commission (THC) awards grants for preservation projects from the Texas Preservation Trust Fund (TPTF).
Donor Name: Texas Historical Commission
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/07/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000 – $30,000
Details:
The fund is currently managed by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company. Investment earnings are distributed as matching grants to qualified applicants for acquisition, survey, restoration, preservation, planning, and heritage education activities leading to the preservation of historic architectural and archeological properties and associated collections of the State of Texas. Competitive grants are awarded on a one-to-one match basis and are paid as reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred during the project.
Types of Preservation Grants
Preservation grants can be awarded only for these types of architecture and archeology projects:
- Development (“preservation,” “restoration,” “rehabilitation,” and “reconstruction,” as defined by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995) architecture costs include professional fees to supervise actual construction, the costs of construction, and related expenses approved by the Commission; or archeology costs necessary for stabilizing or repairing damage sustained at an archeological site or for protective measures; or
- Acquisition of absolute ownership of eligible historic resources and related costs and professional fees; or
- Planning costs necessary for the preparation of property specific historic structure reports, historic or cultural resource reports, preservation plans, maintenance studies, resource surveys, local and regional preservation plans or surveys, and/or feasibility studies; or for professional inventory and/or rehabilitation of state associated held-in-trust archeological collections, professional archeological investigation for site assessment or data collection purposes and the subsequent analysis and reporting of those results to address specific and significant archeological issues to aid with archeological site planning; or
- Heritage Education costs necessary for training individuals and organizations about historic resources and historic preservation techniques.
Funding Information
$248,625 is the the total amount available for the FY 2023 grant cycle. The THC anticipates grant awards to be in the $10,000 – $30,000 range.
Requirements for Eligibility
- Project/Property Information
- To be considered eligible for grant assistance projects including buildings/structures, landscapes or archeological sites must have a required historic designation or be eligible to receive one.
- Applicants Eligible to Receive Grant Assistance
- Preservation grants can be made to any public or private entity that is the owner, manager, lessee, maintainer, potential purchaser of an eligible property, or any public or private entity whose purpose includes historic preservation. If applicant is not the owner of the historic property, then the owner must be aware of the application and agree to follow all rules and conditions of the THC that are required for receipt of funds for development or planning projects.
- Eligible Match for Grant Assistance
- Applicants eligible to receive grant assistance must provide a minimum of one dollar in matching cash to each state dollar for approved project costs.
- Project Proposals
- To be considered for grant funding, the commission will select initial applicants to submit detailed project proposals. The project proposal consists of professional documents describing in detail how the proposed work will be carried out. A qualified professional should prepare the project proposal and all project proposals for acquisition, development and planning must be consistent with preservation standards (Architecture: The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 1995; Archeology: Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, 1983, as appropriate; Curatorial: Consistent with standards outlined in Curatorial Facility Certification Program).The project proposal must be reviewed and selected for grant funding by the THC prior to any construction work being undertaken.
- Easement
- All acquisition and development projects will be required to grant an easement to ensure the long-term preservation of the grant-assisted property. However, archeological sites are exempt from the easement if the site is designated a State Antiquities Landmark (SAL) or if there is an existing conservation easement equivalent to the program requirements. The easement shall run with the land and be enforceable by the State of Texas, and its duration will be based upon the cumulative amount of grant assistance as follows:
- less than $10,000 – 10 years from the start of the easement
- $10,000 – $30,000 – 15 years from the start of the easement
- $30,001 – $50,000 – 20 years from the start of the easement
- Greater than $50,000 – 30 years from the start of the easement
- All acquisition and development projects will be required to grant an easement to ensure the long-term preservation of the grant-assisted property. However, archeological sites are exempt from the easement if the site is designated a State Antiquities Landmark (SAL) or if there is an existing conservation easement equivalent to the program requirements. The easement shall run with the land and be enforceable by the State of Texas, and its duration will be based upon the cumulative amount of grant assistance as follows:
For more information, visit Texas Preservation Trust Fund.
