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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
Yellow River State Forest Fire Tower National Register Nomination Project Friends of Yellow River State Forest Harpers Ferry Allamakee 2021 $3,333.00
Completion of Area Historic Newspaper Preservation & Digitization Project Garnavillo Historical Society Garnavillo Clayton 2017 $690.00
Opening a Path to Hancock County Iowa History Garner Public Library Garner Hancock 2021 $18,176.00
Mount Hope One Room Country Schoolhouse Window Restoration General Joseph Warren #832 Questers Indianola Warren 2021 $5,000.00
Mt. Hope One Room Schoolhouse Door General Joseph Warren #832 Questers Indianola Warren 2023 $1,702.00
Protection and Storage of Granger House Archival Material Granger House Victorian Museum Marion Linn 2018 $300.00
Masonic Lodge Restoration Phase III Grant Community Preservationists Grant Montgomery 2015 $25,896.00
Teeds Grove Schoolhouse: Improvements to the Roof, Floor and Door Great River Threshers Miles Jackson 2023 $5,000.00
Preservation of Historic Photographs Grinnell Historical Museum Grinnell Poweshiek 2017 $5,000.00
Digitzation of Local Newspapers Griswold Public Library Griswold Cass 2018 $8,016.00
Exterior Restoration of GAR Memorial Hall Hampton Historic Preservation Commission Hampton Franklin 2014 $31,940.00
Hardacre Theater National Register of Historic Places Nomination Project Hardacre Theater Preservation Association, Inc Tipton Cedar 2015 $3,000.00
Calkins Nature Area Museum Displays Hardin County Conservation Iowa Falls Hardin 2017 $40,000.00
Harlan Newspapers Historical Preservation Project Harlan Community Library Harlan Shelby 2021 $4,770.00
Restoration of the Floor of the Entryway to the Merry Brook School House Harrison County Genealogical Society Woodbine Harrison 2023 $850.00
Donald Young Collection / Rural School Records Preservation Henry County Heritage Trust, Inc. Mount Pleasant Henry 2016 $11,627.00
Nomination of Four Properties in Rural Henry County to the National Register of Historic Places Henry County Historic Preservation Commission Salem Henry 2015 $11,600.00
Historic General Dodge House Interpretation & Education Film Proposal Historic General Dodge House Council Bluffs Iowa 2021 $10,000.00
Archival Preservation at the Historic Squirrel Cage Jail Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 2018 $1,226.00
Ida County Newspaper Microfilm & Digitization Project Ida Grove Public Library Ida Grove Ida 2019 $6,152.00