Landmarks Illinois’ Preservation Heritage Fund grants are intended to provide monetary assistance to significant structures or sites in Illinois that are under threat of demolition, in imminent deterioration, in need of stabilization, in need of structural or re-use evaluation, or need to be evaluated for landmark eligibility.
Donor Name: Landmarks Illinois
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Landmarks Illinois Preservation Heritage Fund was established in 2004 to provide monetary assistance to preserve or protect significant resources in the state of Illinois.
Preservation Heritage Fund grants fund the following project types:
- Engineering, architectural, and feasibility studies
- Stabilization
- Legal services
- Surveys and National Register Nominations
- Preservation ordinance support
Funding Information
Grants range from $500—$5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Resource
- Eligible beneficiaries of Preservation Heritage Fund grants are historic resources in Illinois that are under threat of demolition, imminent deterioration, or are of such architectural importance that their preservation will benefit the public and Illinois community.
- Resources on Landmarks Illinois’ most recent “Endangered List” are presumed to be Eligible Structures.
Applicants
- Applicants must be not-for-profit organizations or governmental bodies. Landmarks Illinois, in exceptional circumstances, can determine other persons or organizations to be eligible applicants if it finds:
- There is no other practical means of benefiting the Eligible Resource but to grant money to the applicant;
- The public benefit of preserving the Eligible Resource substantially outweighs the benefits to the applicant; and
- Every effort has been made to protect the public benefit of the preservation grant after it is made.
- Applicants must own the Eligible Resource, or have sufficient legal control of the Eligible Resource to permit the Eligible Project to be completed and protected as required by Landmarks Illinois.
- Applicants must possess the capacity to manage the grant funds prudently and have the expertise to execute the Eligible Project in accordance with its approved conditions. An applicant that lacks one or both of these attributes must submit to the expertise of a pro bono sponsor elected by Landmarks Illinois if, in its sole discretion, it offers to provide it.
- Applicants must agree to seek preservation protection for the Eligible Resource for the property which is part of the project through local landmark designation as may be applicable and available if not already protected.
- A follow-up report of the project is required to be submitted to Landmarks Illinois within a determined time period.
For more information, visit Landmarks Illinois.
