Applications are now being accepted for the Texas Preservation Trust Fund.
Donor Name: Texas Historical Commission
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The TPTF grant program application process is a two-step process. All applicants are required to submit an application form to the THC for review.
Grant applications are scored in four areas: endangerment, significance, project viability, and special considerations.
The TPTF grant program application process is a two-step process. All applicants are required to submit an application form to the THC for review. The THC selects the highest-priority projects from the initial applications and invites those applicants to move forward to the second step.
Grant awards may be used for restoration work, architectural planning, archeological investigation, archeology curatorial, preservation planning, resource survey, and heritage education training.
Types of Preservation Grants
- Preservation grants can be awarded only for these types of architecture and archeology projects:
- Development (“preservation,” “restoration,” and “rehabilitation,” as defined by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, 2017) 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;
- Acquisition of absolute ownership of eligible historic resources and related costs and professional fees;
- Planning costs necessary for the preparation of property specific historic structure reports, historic or cultural resource reports, preservation plans, maintenance 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 aid with archeological site planning;
- Heritage Education costs necessary for training individuals and organizations about historic resources and historic preservation techniques; or
- Historic Resource Survey for local and regional preservation plans or surveys, or survey planning.
Funding Information
- Grant awards are typically in the $10,000-$50,000 range.
- To be eligible for grant assistance, applicants must provide a minimum of $1 in cash to match each state dollar of approved project costs. For every $2 spent, $1 is reimbursed, up to the grant amount.
- Grant applications are scored in four areas: endangerment, significance, project viability, and special considerations.
Grant Period
The grant-funded project is expected to be finalized in approximately 18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
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.
For more information, visit THC.
