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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
Ruedy Communal Kitchen Property Cataloging Project Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa 2020 $5,000.00
Conservation of Mural Of 1890s Riverfront and Joyce (Lumber Baron) Portrait Midwest Lumber Museum dba The Sawmill Museum Clinton Clinton 2020 $4,750.00
Critical storage upgrade for the University of Iowa MNH mammal collections The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History Iowa City Johnson 2020 $17,900.00
Benton County Historical Society Re-Roofing of the Vinton Depot and Rail Museum Vinton Benton 2020 $42,085.00
Microfilm and Digitize Buena Vista University Alumni Publications Buena Vista University Storm Lake Buena Vista 2020 $2,491.00
Steeple Square Stained Glass Window Restoration and Training Steeple Square Dubuque Dubuque 2020 $31,935.00
Correctionville Newspaper Digitization Project Correctionville Public Library Correctionville Woodbury 2020 $4,000.00
Museum Collections Inventory and Storage Upgrade Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa 2019 $9,570.00
Nichols Commercial Historic District National Register of Historic Places Project Muscatine County Historic Preservation Commission Muscatine Muscatine 2019 $5,500.00
Gallery Exhibit Upgrade at the Robert E. McCoy Architectural Interpretive Center River City Society for Historic Preservation Mason City Cerro Gordo 2019 $8,376.00
Nomination of Six Historic Residential Properties in Cherokee for the National Register of Historic Places Cherokee Historic Preservation Commission Cherokee Cherokee 2019 $7,742.00
Edward S. Curtis Traveling Exhibit Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Dubuque 2019 $4,142.00
Preserving History Through Newspaper Digitization: The Catholic Globe The Catholic Globe, Diocese of Sioux City Sioux City Woodbury 2019 $10,937.00
Bell Tower Repairs to the Historic St. Joseph's Catholic Church One Eighty Davenport Scott 2019 $46,354.00
Winneshiek County Newspaper Indexing and Digitization Luther College & Winneshiek County Historical Society Decorah Winneshiek 2019 $30,016.00
Restoration of the Upper South Hotel Phase 1 Amana Colonies Historical Sites Foundation Amana Iowa 2019 $50,000.00
Manchester Newspaper Microfilm and Digitization Project Manchester Public Library Manchester Delaware 2019 $9,025.00
Restoration of the 102 Year Old Historic Bridge over Mud Creek in Tama, Iowa Prairie Rivers of Iowa Resource Conservation and Development Tama 2019 $50,000.00
Northwestern College Student Newspaper Preservation Project Northwestern College Orange City Sioux 2019 $8,867.00
Starker-Leopold House and Grounds Purchase Leopold Landscape Alliance Burlington Des Moines 2019 $40,000.00