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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
Digitzation of Local Newspapers Griswold Public Library Griswold Cass 2018 $8,016.00
Graceland Cemetery Chapel Preservation Project Newtown-Avoca Historical Society Avoca Pottawattamie 2018 $43,816.00
Preserve and Provide Digital Access to Buena Vista University Campus Newspapers Buena Vista University Archives Storm Lake Buena Vista 2018 $10,411.00
Nomination of Proposed Loras College Historic District in Dubuque to the National Register of Historic Places Loras College Dubuque Dubuque 2018 $6,600.00
Preserving the Farmhouse at the Garst Farmstead Historic District Whiterock Conservancy Coon Rapids Guthrie 2018 $39,122.00
Jasper County Courthouse Clockwork Project Newton Historic Preservation Commission Newton Jasper 2018 $44,500.00
Adair Viaduct Preservation RIADA, Inc. Adair Adair 2018 $50,000.00
National Register of Historic Places Colfax "Spring City" Commercial Historic District Colfax Main Street Colfax Jasper 2018 $6,460.00
Rehabilitation of Guttenberg Municipal Building City of Guttenberg Guttenberg Clayton 2018 $50,000.00
The Douglas Mansion Historic Rehabilitation Project Linn County Historical Society Cedar Rapids Linn 2018 $46,144.00
Archival Processing Project Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque 2018 $43,248.00
Protection and Storage of Granger House Archival Material Granger House Victorian Museum Marion Linn 2018 $300.00
Exploring Iowa’s Historical Artifacts: Educational Video Series Iowa Public Television Johnston Polk 2018 $20,620.00
Archival Preservation at the Historic Squirrel Cage Jail Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 2018 $1,226.00
Dubuque County Historical Society: Collections Documentation Project Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque 2018 $26,028.00
Appraising and Consolidating Archival Collections Museum of Danish America Elk Horn Shelby 2018 $43,000.00
Restoration and Promotion of Historic Church Painting St. John's Lutheran Foundation, Inc.; Des Moines, IA Des Moines Polk 2018 $4,336.00
Digitization and Microfilming of the Mapleton Press Fisher Whiting Memorial Library Mapleton Monona 2018 $1,006.00
Preserving and Increasing Access to the Collections of Ames Historical Society Ames Historical Society Ames Story 2018 $5,000.00
Assessment and Digitization of the Black Hawk Family YMCA Historical Collections Family YMCA of Black Hawk County Waterloo Black Hawk 2018 $9,241.00