The Oklahoma Historical Society is accepting applications for the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program for the 2023/2024 grant cycle.
Donor Name: Oklahoma Historical Society
State: Oklahoma
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $20,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), a state agency and private membership organization, may set aside funds each year to assist organizations that collect, preserve, and share collections associated with Oklahoma history. The objectives of the program include:
- Encourage improvement in the care of collections, a higher quality of exhibits, and the expansion of Oklahoma history programs at the local level where a sense of community and the spirit of volunteerism are assets that can be tapped for historical purposes.
- Foster a learning process that brings together trained, experienced museum and archival professionals with avocational volunteers and part-time employees who want to improve care of collections, learn techniques of preservation, and expand educational programs.
Eligible Projects
Only projects that meet the following eligibility requirements shall be considered for a grant.
- The minimum amount requested shall be $1,000 and the maximum amount requested shall be $20,000, with the exception of grant requests for the development of a strategic plan which shall be a minimum of $500 to and a maximum of $5,000.
- Applicants requesting $5,000 to $20,000 in grant funds must provide a cash match of ten (10) percent of the total grant funds distributed by the OHS. Applicants requesting less than $5,000 must provide a financial match (cash or in-kind) of ten (10) percent of the total grant funds distributed by the OHS.
- Proposed projects must be completed within twelve (12) months of receipt of grant contract.
Typical Projects
The following serve as examples of projects that would be eligible for funding. Some of these projects may be accomplished by a grant recipient’s staff and/or volunteers, with payments available every quarter or month based on completed work. Some may be accomplished through OHS project teams that work as consultants to the grant recipients. Still other projects may be completed through third-party consultants who are paid quarterly or monthly based on work completed.
- Storage, management, and/or care of collections
- Conducting, transcribing, or cataloging oral histories
- Digital conversion of historical collections (copyright and fair use will be the responsibility of the applicant organization, however the OHS reserves the right to not fund digitization projects for which there are concerns about copyright)
- Preservation assessments
- Emergency Preparedness Efforts
- Environmental assessments and monitoring systems
- Exhibit research, writing, graphic design, fabricating, mounting, and installation
- Production or installation of audio/visual components of exhibits
- Governance capacity building, including board development, constitution and bylaws, or policies and procedures
- Strategic plan/succession planning
- Board, staff, and volunteer training
- Public programs, such as guided tours, classes, or lectures
- Publications
- Historical markers
- Website development
- Educational workshops
- Acquisition of collections
- Archaeological/architectural/historical surveys
- Archaeological field work
- Preservation covenant/easement preparation.
Eligibility Criteria
Only entities that meet the following eligibility requirements shall be considered for a grant:
- Applicants must be municipal, county, or tribal governments, not-for-profit historical organizations, or a support group of a municipal, country, or tribal government or not-for-profit historical organizations.
- Applicant organizations must be engaged in the collection, preservation, and sharing of collections that may include but are not limited to: objects, photographs, manuscripts, videos, audio recordings, maps, periodicals, microforms, books, vertical files, archaeological material, or historic buildings.
- Applicant organizations must have a strategic plan for their organization. If an organization does not have a strategic plan, the only project that will be eligible for consideration is the development of a strategic plan.
- Applicant organizations must have an operating budget under $500,000.
For more information, visit OHS.
