The Texas Heritage Trails Program is committed to sharing grant opportunities with our partners across the state. Questions about grants on this page should be directed to the granting organization. If you have a grant you would like to share, please contact us at texaslakestrail@yahoo.com
Local Grant Information Centers - visit these locations to access databases which will help you search for information on various foundations and available grants
Grant Opportunities
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The Texas Preservation Trust Fund grants pay up to one-half of total project costs to help preserve Texas’ cultural resources. Grant funds are awarded for acquisition, development, planning and education. Project types eligible for grant assistance include: archeological sites; commercial buildings; public buildings such as schools, city halls, libraries and museums; unique historic structures such as bridges, water towers, lighthouses and ships; and monies for training individuals and organizations about historic resources and preservation techniques. For fiscal year 2005, the Texas Historical Commission reviewed more than 63 requests for more than $1 million in grants. Twenty-one matching grants totaling $382,000 were awarded. The application deadline for this year is already past. See
www.thc.state.tx.us/grantsincent/gratptf.html or call 512/463-6094.
The new Indoor Recreation Grant Application is ready! You may request that the Indoor Recreation Grant Application be emailed to you by emailing Rec.Grants@tpwd.state.tx.us and placing Indoor Application request in the subject line, or you may email us and send us your name and full address and we can mail you a printed copy. The deadline for submitting the Indoor Recreation Grant Application has already past for this year.
Consultation Grants for Special Projects. Consultation grants help historical organizations or community organizations develop a new public humanities project or chart a new interpretive direction of an existing program. They support the costs of conferring with a team of advisors to help identify key humanities themes and questions during the early stages of a project's development. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-002/listing.html
Planning Grants for Special Projects. Planning grants are used to refine the content and interpretive approach of projects prior to implementation. Applicants should have already identified the appropriate humanities content of their projects and consulted with scholars and programming advisors. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-004/listing.html
Planning Grants for Museums, Libraries, and Special Projects. Planning Grants are used to refine the content and interpretive approach of projects prior to implementation. Applicants should have already identified the appropriate humanities content of their projects and consulted with scholars and programming advisors. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-111604-001/listing.html
Consultation Grants for Museums Consultation grants help museums develop a new public humanities project or chart a new interpretive direction of an existing program. They support the costs of confering with a team of advisors to help identify key humanities themes and questions during the early stages of a project's development. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-001/listing.html
Union Pacific - While the majority of the Foundation's funding is directed towards the signature giving program, The Principals' Partnership, the Foundation has set aside a limited amount of funds through an annual grant application process for which nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations located in Union Pacific communities may apply. For additional information regarding qualifying for a grant, please visit the http://www.up.com/found/grants.shtml
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization that benefits
society by promoting the responsible use of the world's natural, cultural and historic treasures and supporting education and research to help secure the positive future of travel and tourism worldwide. As part of its mission, Tourism Cares for Tomorrow distributes grants to nonprofit organizations worldwide with one or more of the following goals: to protect, restore, and conserve sites of exceptional natural, cultural, or historic significance; to increase the traveling public's awareness of and involvement in conservation efforts; and/or to promote conservation education within local host communities and to the traveling public. Deadlines for this year are already past. Application guidelines are available on the website listed above.
http://www.tourismcaresfortomorrow.org/TourismCares/Programs/Grants.htm
Save our History Grant Program
The History Channel, in collaboration with the American Association for State and Local History and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is proud to unveil the 2005-2006 Save Our History Grant Application. This year, The History Channel will award $250,000 in Save Our History grants.
History organizations (including museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, archives, and other history organizations) can apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help fund unique, hands-on student projects created to teach students about important aspects of their local history and to actively engage them in the preservation of significant and potentially endangered pieces of their local heritage. Grant applicants should develop a Save Our History project in partnership with a school or youth community group.
For more information and/or an application, visit www.saveourhistory.com.
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Museum Assessment Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/MAP-FY06/listing.html
NSF
Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management
Headquarters
International Research Fellowship Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-599/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Librarians for the 21st Century
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/L21-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Consultation Grants for Libraries
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-001/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
National Leadership Grants for Museums and Libraries
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/NLG-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Planning Grants for Museums
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-002/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Consultation Grants
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-003/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Conservation Assessment Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/CAP-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-004/listing.html