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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
Microfilm, Digital Format, Web Based Search of West Bend Journal Newspaper West Bend Public Library West Bend Palo Alto 2016 $1,542.00
Bregant House to the National Register of Historic Places Council Bluffs Historic Preservation Alliance Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 2013 $1,557.00
German Newspaper Microfilm/Digitization Project Norelius Community Library Denison Crawford 2017 $1,568.00
Preserving Manning's Past Manning Historic Preservation Commission Manning Carroll 2021 $1,595.00
Mt. Hope One Room Schoolhouse Door General Joseph Warren #832 Questers Indianola Warren 2023 $1,702.00
Cassette Tape Digitization Project Phase II Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa 2022 $1,900.00
Creating Public Accessibility to the Minutes of the Communal Amana Society (1855 - 1932) Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council Amana Iowa 2014 $2,000.00
Tabor Historical Society Documents Preservation Program Tabor Historical Society Tabor Fremont 2015 $2,116.00
Preservation and Digitization of Hartman Reserve Slide Collection Friends of Hartman Reserve, Inc. Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2017 $2,265.00
Microfilm and Digitize Buena Vista University Alumni Publications Buena Vista University Storm Lake Buena Vista 2020 $2,491.00
Preston's Station Historic District Preston's Station Historic District Belle Plaine Benton 2020 $2,500.00
Burkhard Riegel Blacksmith Shop Museum Collection City of Clermont Clermont Fayette 2013 $2,520.00
Digital Preservation Ellsworth Historical Museum, City of Ellsworth Ellsworth Hamilton 2015 $2,725.00
The First 125 years of Children & Families of Iowa Children & Families of Iowa Des Moines Polk 2015 $2,740.00
Preservation & Digitization of Cornellian Student Newspaper and Yearbooks Cornell College Mount Vernon Linn 2016 $2,910.00
Maple Grove Schoolhouse: Improvements to the Foundation, Roof & Lights Rona L. Wyant Marengo Iowa 2022 $2,936.00
2nd Baptist Church Nomination Mt. Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission Mount Pleasant Henry 2014 $2,950.00
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
Oral History Digitization Project Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa 2021 $2,970.00
Digitization of City of Dubuque Directories into Searchable (OCR) PDFs Available on CD and Website City of Dubuque Dubuque Dubuque 2014 $2,970.00