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Historical Resource Development Program

Historical Resource Development Program

New applications are not being accepted for this program while it undergoes a review process following Iowa's state agency alignment. We anticipate offering the program again in 2025.

The program provides grant funding to help preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about Iowa’s historical assets. The Historical Resource Development Program provides funding for documentary collections, historic preservation and museums. 

  • Who: Nonprofits, Governments, Tribes, Individuals, Forprofits
  • What: Up to $50,000 with a required match.  Match ratios vary.
  • When: This grant opportunity is currently closed. Grants will be offered again in 2025

How to Apply

Historical Resource Development Program Annual Grant Cycle

Applications are not currently being accepted for the Historical Resource Development Program. Applicants can access the previous year's guidelines and scoring rubrics online:

  1. Read the General Guidelines and category instructions:
  2. Read the scoring rubric by category:
  3. Complete the application

If you would like to schedule a Google Meet or Zoom Meeting with the grants manager, please email her at kristen.vandermolen@iowa.gov to set up a meeting time.

Emergency Historical Resource Development Program

Emergency HRDP applications will be accepted after July 1, 2024. Funds are limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

  1. Read the HRDP General Guidelines and appropriate category instructions
  2. Read the HRDP Emergency Guidelines
  3. Complete the application

Manage Your Grant

Reporting Forms

Access and complete your Final Report and Payment Form online when your grant project is completed.

Some projects may need to provide a status and budget report on an annual basis. Grantees will be notified of this additional reporting requirement, if applicable

Logos

Download the State Historical Society of Iowa logo to use on materials promoting your project.

Promotional Information 

Send images and event details when grant funded project activity is happening. The State Historical Society of Iowa is dedicated to communicating the impact and value of your project activity through various communication platforms and networks.

Field Services

Learn more about the Field Services program.

Grant Awards History

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Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal year Grant Amount
Preserving and Increasing Access to the Collections of Ames Historical Society Ames Historical Society Ames Story 2018 $5,000.00
Document Preservation Workshops and Continuing Education Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE) Atlantic Cass 2017 $850.00
Graceland Cemetery Chapel Preservation Project Newtown-Avoca Historical Society Avoca Pottawattamie 2018 $43,816.00
Stabilization of the Taylor County Round Barn Taylor County Historical Society Bedford Taylor 2020 $50,000.00
Preston's Station Historic District Preston's Station Historic District Belle Plaine Benton 2020 $2,500.00
Digitize 82 years of Belmond's local newspaper Belmond Chapter/Wright County Historical Society Belmond Wright 2013 $3,939.00
Phase 2 Rehabilitation Work for Forest Grove School No. 5 Forest Grove School Preservation Bettendorf Scott 2015 $33,000.00
John Hiller Building South Section Wall Restoration Jamey Licandro Bettendorf Scott 2022 $30,000.00
Preservation Microfilming and Digitization of the Boone News Republican Ericson Public Library Boone Boone 2023 $13,730.00
Preservation of original Maynard Reece fish paintings Iowa Department of Natural Resources Boone Boone 2015 $20,530.00
Brandon-Jefferson Township Historical Society Building Renovation: Electrical Brandon-Jefferson Township Historical Society Brandon Buchanan 2022 $3,666.00
1873 Bird's Eye View of Burlington by Augustus Koch Conservation and Imaging Des Moines County Historical Society Burlington Des Moines 2021 $2,962.00
National Register Nomination of Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa Aspen Grove Cemetery Association Burlington Des Moines 2021 $4,800.00
Nomination of Downtown Commercial Historic District in Burlington to the NRHP City of Burlington - Historic Preservation Commission Burlington Des Moines 2014 $15,305.00
Starker-Leopold House and Grounds Purchase Leopold Landscape Alliance Burlington Des Moines 2019 $40,000.00
Restoration of the Slate Roof and Copper Gutters of the Heritage Center Museum Des Moines County Historical Society Burlington Des Moines 2016 $10,000.00
Lemberger Collection Digitization Project University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2023 $26,383.00
Processing and Preserving the Documentary Collection of Artist Marie Cook Cedar Falls Historical Society Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2015 $5,540.00
The Rural School Collections at UNI-CHRIEC: Phase III - Preservation and Conservation University of Northern Iowa - Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2015 $13,417.00
The Postville Project: Documenting a Community in Transition (Continuing Phase #2) University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2014 $24,992.00