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Funding
National Trust Loan Funds
The National Trust Loan Funds (NTLF) consists of two preservation revolving funds: the Inner-City Ventures Fund (ICVF) and the National Preservation Loan Fund (NPLF). The ICVF provides financial assistance to organizations that serve low and moderate income households or provide economic benefit in low and moderate income communities. The NPLF provides funding for a variety of preservation projects, such as establishing or expanding local and statewide preservation revolving funds, acquiring or rehabilitating historic buildings, sites, structures and districts, and preserving National Historic Landmarks.
National Trust Community Investment Corporation
The National Trust Community Investment Corporation (NTCIC), the National Trust's for-profit subsidiary, offers several vehicles for historic real estate equity investment:
Save America's Treasures
Established by Executive Order in 1998, Save America's Treasures (SAT) is a public-private partnership that includes the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and the federal cultural agencies. The program celebrates America's great historic and cultural legacy by identifying and raising resources to preserve historically significant sites and collections. Each year, Save America's Treasures federal challenge grants are awarded to eligible historic resources for approved preservation activities.
The public partners of Save America's Treasures recently announced that applications are now available for the fiscal year 2007 federal SAT grant round. These grants help fund preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c), U.S. organizations, units of state or local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non- federal match. The minimum grant request for collections projects is $25,000 federal share; the minimum grant request for historic property projects is $125,000 federal share. The maximum grant request for all projects is $700,000 federal share.
The application deadline is 5:00 pm Eastern time, Thursday, April 26, 2007. This is NOT a postmark deadline.
In 2006, SAT awarded $7.6 million to 42 projects, including Birmingham's Civil Rights Landmark the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the Nebraska State Historical Society's Native American Collection. The average grant size for collections was $132,000 and $223,000 for historic properties.
The 2007 federal Save America's Treasures guidelines and application can be accessed at http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/index.htm.
Save America's Treasures at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as the partnership's principal private partner, plays an important role as an on-the-ground 'eyes and ears' for the federal program. We work closely with a variety of projects across the country, meeting with project representatives, providing advice and guidance on the federal grant process, often reviewing draft applications as appropriate, and providing assistance in meeting the required match when possible. We are dedicated to reaching out and identifying strong candidates and encourage you to keep us informed of any projects you think worthy. The offices of Save America's Treasures at the National Trust are staffed by Director Bobbie Greene McCarthy, and Program Manager Fiona Lawless. Please call us at (202) 588-6012 if you have questions or would like further information.
Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Federal law provides a federal income tax credit equal to 20% of the cost of rehabilitating a historic building for commercial use. To qualify for the credit, the property must be a certified historic structure-that is, on the National Register of Historic Places or contributing to a registered historic district. (Non-historic buildings built before 1936 qualify for a 10% tax credit.) A substantial rehabilitation is necessary, and the work must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Applications for the credit are available through your state historic preservation office, and the final decisions are made by the National Park Service. For more information, take a look at our Rehabilitation Tax Credit Guide, prepared by our Community Revitalization Department. In addition, the National Park Service's website offers helpful information on this tax credit. (At present, individuals rehabilitating a historic property for their primary residence do not qualify for this tax credit.)
Transportation Enhancements Funding
Since 1991, states have dedicated over $2 billion in Federal-aid highway funds to thousands of transportation-related historic preservation projects; historic resources have also benefited from transportation enhancement money for landscaping, land acquisition, historic bridge and road activities, and streetscapes in historic commercial districts. For more information on transportation enhancements funding, download Building on the Past, Traveling to the Future, a free guide prepared by the National Trust and the Federal Highway Administration, or visit the Transportation section of this website.
Historic Preservation Fund
The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) provides grants to states, tribes, and local governments to use for activities like education, preparation of National Register nominations and development of comprehensive preservation plans. The HPF receives annual appropriations from Congress, and this federal money is matched by state dollars. The fund is administered in a partnership between the National Park Service and the states through state historic preservation offices, tribes and local governments.
National Park Service
Since 1968, the National Park Service has provided funding for a variety of grant programs aimed at protecting our most significant historic and cultural sites and our diverse cultural heritage. More than one billion dollars has been awarded to federal, state and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions for preservation projects in all 50 states and the U.S. Territories. The Historic Preservation Grants Division is responsible for the administration of the National Park Service's preservation grant programs.
A quick search of the Internet using "historic preservation" and "funding" will bring up a number of other websites
