The Nuestra Herencia Grant Program is exclusively dedicated to funding Latinx heritage and historic preservation projects.
Donor Name: Latinos in Heritage Conservation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
With $600,000 in annual funding, this initiative empowers grassroots, Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations and community groups working to protect and uplift Latinx history and cultural contributions across the United States.
Through this inclusive, equity-centered grant program, LHC is committed to elevating a diverse range of projects by prioritizing organizations and communities historically left out of traditional funding opportunities. To ensure greater accessibility, They provide resources like Spanish-language application materials and personalized support so that the stories and legacies can endure for future generations.
Funding Goals
In accordance with the mission to build a movement that affirms Latinx heritage through education, conservation, and leadership development, the Nuestra Herencia Grant Program prioritizes funding projects that align with the following objectives:
- Conservation of place-based history through documenting the history of buildings, landmarks, neighborhoods, communities, or cities, along with its significance to Latinx heritage and history.
- The physical preservation and restoration of places and spaces connected to Latinx heritage and history for public use.
- Identification of sites throughout the country connected to Latinx heritage history through historic context surveys, oral histories, or other methods.
- Nominating Latinx sites to local, state, and national historic registration lists to increase representation.
- Representations of minoritized histories within the Latinx community, such as Afro-Latino, LGBTQIA+, and Indigenous narratives.
- Increasing the capacity of Latinx preservation nonprofits by supporting organizational capacity building.
Types of Projects
- Capital Projects
- Grants for the physical preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of significant Latinx historic and cultural sites.
- ($50,000 – $100,000):
- Grants for the physical preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of significant Latinx historic and cultural sites.
- Project Planning
- Financial support for the development of essential planning, technical, and preservation documents needed for successful historic preservation and site identification projects.
- ($10,000 – $40,000)
- Financial support for the development of essential planning, technical, and preservation documents needed for successful historic preservation and site identification projects.
- Building Organizational Strength
- Funding to help history and heritage-focused organizations build capacity by strengthening operational and managerial skills in areas like board training, fundraising plans, grant writing, and historic preservation best practices.
- ($15,000 – $25,000)
- Funding to help history and heritage-focused organizations build capacity by strengthening operational and managerial skills in areas like board training, fundraising plans, grant writing, and historic preservation best practices.
- Community Interpretation & Engagement
- Support for public and community focused projects that illuminate Latinx heritage through educational programs, place-based storytelling, and interpretive experiences designed to foster cultural connection and understanding.
- ($5,000 – $20,000).
- Support for public and community focused projects that illuminate Latinx heritage through educational programs, place-based storytelling, and interpretive experiences designed to foster cultural connection and understanding.
Grant Period
For the Nuestra Herencia Grant Program, the grant period is June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027/2028.
Eligibility Criteria
Your organization:
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- This includes preservation-focused community groups, museums, cultural centers, historic preservation groups, historic sites, historical societies, etc.
- If your organization does not yet have 501(c)(3) status, your project can be fiscally sponsored.
- Latinx led and/or serving organization
- They do not fund local, state, tribal, or federal agencies. They do not fund schools or school districts. They do not fund individuals.
- These funds are intended for grassroots organizations and community-driven initiatives that lack sustained financial support. They prioritize applicants with annual operating budgets that are below $500,000. Staff size and other operating parameters will also be considered.
- Applications from organizations with budgets that exceed $500,000 are still eligible and will be considered.
- Capital Projects
- Privately owned properties that do not serve the public (for example, historic homes used solely as private residences) are not eligible for Capital Project funds. Total or complete demolition of a historic building is not eligible: only limited removal that is essential to preservation or stabilization, such as unsafe non-historic additions.
- Project Planning
- Your project team must include an architect or historic preservation professional, whether that be a staff member, volunteer, or consultant.
- Building Organizational Strength
- Your organization’s mission must relate to the preservation of Latinx history and heritage. Arts and culture organizations that are not engaged in preservation or conservation work are not eligible in this category.
- Community Interpretation & Engagement
- Projects must be public facing in nature. Please note that they do not fund theatrical performances, festivals, new murals, concerts, or general arts programming. Intangible heritage is a critical part of preservation, but the funding goals are currently focused on place-based projects.
For more information, visit Latinos in Heritage Conservation.
