Grant Funding Supports Historic Landscapes, Structures, and Documentation Projects
National Trust awards $219,323 in grant funding to 42 organizations nationwide.
The National Trust Preservation Fund, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s small-dollar grant program, has been providing funding to organizations across the country for over 50 years. In the October round, the National Trust awarded $219,323 in grants to 42 organizations in 21 states and the District of Columbia. While these grants are typically no more than $10,000, they are often catalytic in nature, leading to larger investments in these community organizations, illustrating how investment in preservation—no matter how small—leads to community revitalization. Learn how you can apply to our upcoming grant rounds and sign up for email reminders about our grant programs.
October 2025 National Trust Preservation Fund Grant Recipients
Canebrake Players | Demopolis, Alabama
$5,000 for “Architectural Services for Demopolis Public School, Now Known as The Old School”
Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery | Montgomery, Alabama
$5,000 for “The Ben Moore Hotel and Centennial Hill Community Engagement Project”
The Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation | Harpersville, Alabama
$5,000 for “Interpretation & Collection Policy for to Guide Education Efforts for Historic Plantation Home”
photo by: Patronato San Xavier
The convento wing of the San Xavier del Bac, circa 1920. Photo courtesy of Patronato San Xavier.
Patronato San Xavier in Tucson, Arizona will use $5,000 to support a capital needs assessment at San Xavier del Bac, a National Historic Landmark in the community of Wa:k. San Xavier’s historic adobe convento buildings, a hallmark of Mission architecture, were built shortly after the church in the early 1800s and expanded throughout the 1920s, functioning as campus housing and a shared workspace. Today, the convento buildings continue to serve as a community space with a small chapel and public museum.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Scottsdale, Arizona
$5,000 for “Taliesin West Fabric Roof Planning Prototype Model”
Denver Press Club | Denver, Colorado
$10,000 for “Preservation of Historic Stucco Facade and Window Renovations at the Denver Press Club”
First United Methodist Church | Boulder, Colorado
$10,000 for “Historic Structures Assessment for First United Methodist Church”
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation | Washington, DC
$5,000 for “Washington Union Station Historic Preservation Fundraising Plan”
Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association | Washington, DC
$2,500 for “Community Awareness Phase I Historic Woodlawn Cemetery”
Town of Smyrna, Delaware | Smyrna, Delaware
$5,000 for “Preservation Plan for The Lindens”
Herndon Home Museum | Atlanta, Georgia
$4,408 for “Historic Landscape Interpretation and Signage at the Herndon Home Museum”
Reed-Niland Corner, Inc. | Colo, Iowa
$5,000 for “Reed-Niland Corper NRHP District Application”
East Second Street Christian Church | Lexington, Kentucky
$3,000 for “East Second Street Christian Church Stained Glass Window Rehabilitation”
Ludlow Heritage Museum | Ludlow, Kentucky
$5,000 for “Save the Storehouse: Preserving Ludlow’s Legacy”
New Orleans African American Museum | New Orleans, Louisiana
$5,000 for “Preservation Planning for the New Orleans African American Museum’s 30th Anniversary in Tremé”
Historic Boston, Inc. | Boston, Massachusetts
$4,500 for “Interpretive Historic Storytelling of Boston's Oldest Downtown Commercial Building Signage”
Sustainable Food and Culture | Cambridge, Massachusetts
$10,000 for “Feasibility Study for the Preservation, Adaptive Reuse and Stewardship of the Harriet Jacobs House”
City On The Rise Foundation | Highland Park, Michigan
$3,270 for “Highland Park Innovation District”
Main Street Holly | Holly, Michigan
$5,000 for “Holly Union Depot Activation Plan”
photo by: Nick Wallace
The site of the proposed marina at the Kalamazoo River Mouth surrounded by the Saugatuck Dunes. Photo credit: Nick Wallace.
Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance in Saugatauk, Michigan will use $5,000 to support legal arguments against a proposal to develop a private marina and boat ramp along the Saugatuck Dunes coastal area, which would disrupt a 15-year sturgeon restoration project and forever alter the character of the cultural landscape. Considered a sacred site to the Potawatomi, the Saugatuck Dunes was included on the National Trust’s list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 2010.
Scandia Heritage Alliance | Scandia, Minnesota
$5,000 for “Fundraising Campaign to Reconstruct Scandia's Water Tower Barn Tankhouse”
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership | Slayton, Minnesota
$5,000 for “Design Guidelines for Our Lady of Good Counsel Campus”
The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park | Saint Louis, Missouri
$5,000 for “Welcoming All: FLWHEP Site Accessibility Planning”
Stanly Avengers, Inc. | Charlotte, North Carolina
$5,000 for “Kingville ‘Old Schoolhouse’ Campus: Teacherage & Industrial Building Preservation Project”
Congregation B’nai Israel | Albuquerque, New Mexico
$5,000 for “Preservation Focused Structural Analysis of Historic Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue”
Cornerstones Community Partnerships | Santa Fe, New Mexico
$5,000 for “Our Lady of Light Church, Lamy NM - Assessment and Planning Project”
Billy Webbs Elk Lodge #1050 | Portland, Oregon
$5,000 for “Stories of the Billy Webb Elks Lodge: Supporting Preservation for Portland's Black Community”
Oregon Heritage | Salem, Oregon
$5,000 for “2026 Oregon Heritage Conference Keynote”
The Vanport Mosaic | Portland, Oregon
$5,000 for “Vanport Voices: Community Visioning for Site Preservation and Memorialization”
Willamette Heritage Center | Salem, Oregon
$2,050 for “Historic Preservation Month Community Lecture in Collaboration With the City of Salem”
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$5,000 for “PreservationFest 2026 at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site”
Mainspring of Ephrata | Ephrata, Pennsylvania
$4,850 for “Preservation Easements to Preserve a Historic Property”
Gettysburg Foundation | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
$15,000 for “Schematic Design and Construction Drawings for the Daniel Klingel Farm”
LancasterHistory | Lancaster, Pennsylvania
$4,850 for “Porch Restoration at President James Buchanan's Wheatland”
Aspire2Inspire Initiative, Inc. | Hardeeville, South Carolina
$2,300 for “Raising Funds for Ruffin”
Abara, Inc. | El Paso, Texas
$10,000 for “National Register of Historic Places Designation for El Paso’s 1850's Hart’s Hacienda”
Abilene Preservation League | Abilene, Texas
$2,375 for “Public Input Meeting for Abilene Courts Preservation/Construction”
Utah State Historic Preservation Office | Millcreek, Utah
$4,720 for “Utah Anti-Vandalism Campaign”
City of Manassas | Manassas, Virginia
$5,000 for “Preserving the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth Historic Landscape: Tree ID Project”
Community Association of Resources Education, Enrichment, & Economics (CARE) | Arlington, Virginia
$2,300 for “Preserving the Legacy of Green Valley”
Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum | Wytheville, Virginia
$3,200 for “‘Touching’ History – Matilda Stepteau and the Slave Experience”
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation | Seattle, Washington
$5,000 for “APIAHiP Preservation Pathways: East Coast APIA Communities”
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