State Historical Fund Grants
History Colorado's State Historical Fund fosters heritage preservation through tangible and highly visible projects for direct and demonstrable public benefit. State Historical Fund offers two grant programs based on the purpose of your project and grant request amount.
Noncompetitive Grants
- Archaeological Assessment: fund initial archaeological data collection and analysis
- Emergency: awarded to provide assistance to significant resources that are in imminent danger of being lost, demolished, or seriously damaged, and when the threat is sudden and unexpected, such as a fire, flood, hail storm, or other act of nature
- Historic Structure Assessment: awarded for the sole purpose of preparing a report on the physical condition of a historic building or structure in accordance with a mandatory State Historical Fund assessment scope of work
- Micro: supports grass-root preservation efforts. This may encompass any project type which could be applied for as a competitive grant but offers more flexible application timing for smaller-scale projects
- Planning: can include any planning documents which will help the project move forward, giving projects more flexibility to prepare for future physical work
- Survey Plan: create a comprehensive document to help communities assess the current state of their survey documentation and make informed decisions regarding future architectural survey projects.
Competitive Grants
- General: available annually in April and October, requires a cash match, and has request amounts ranging from $50,001 to $250,000.
- Mini: available annually in April and October, requires a cash match, and has request amounts ranging from $1.00 to $50,000.
For more information, visit History Colorado