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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
The Historic Park Inn Hotel HVAC Component Retrofit Wright on the Park Mason City Cerro Gordo 2023 $35,000.00
Preparation of National Historic Landmark nomination of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa North Iowa Cultural Center & Museum (Surf Ballroom & Museum) Clear Lake Cerro Gordo 2013 $12,895.00
Rock Crest-Rock Glen Historic District Re-Nomination and Expansion City of Mason City - Historic Preservation Commission Mason City Cerro Gordo 2015 $18,300.00
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
Improving Storage of Sanford Museum's Archaeological and Paleontological Collections Sanford Museum and Planetarium Cherokee Cherokee 2014 $40,000.00
Creating a New Exhibit about Northwest Iowa Archaeology Tiel Sanford Memorial Fund Cherokee Cherokee 2020 $13,861.00
Lodomillo Township #4, Clayton County, Country School Renovation Friends of Lodomillo #4 Clayton County - Heritage Museum of the Knights Strawberry Point Clayton 2022 $5,000.00
Rehabilitation of Guttenberg Municipal Building City of Guttenberg Guttenberg Clayton 2018 $50,000.00
Clayton County Courthouse Clock Tower Clayton County Elkader Clayton 2014 $32,700.00
Completion of Area Historic Newspaper Preservation & Digitization Project Garnavillo Historical Society Garnavillo Clayton 2017 $690.00
Restoring the Clayton County Courthouse Clock Tower Clayton County Elkader Clayton 2019 $50,000.00
Establishing the Roots of a Collections Room To Promote the Budding of a Collection Midwest Lumber Museum Clinton Clinton 2015 $3,000.00
Conservation of Mural Of 1890s Riverfront and Joyce (Lumber Baron) Portrait Midwest Lumber Museum dba The Sawmill Museum Clinton Clinton 2020 $4,750.00
Historic Clinton Newspaper Digitization Project Clinton Public Library Clinton Clinton 2015 $6,305.00
DeWitt Observer Newspaper Preservation and Digitization Project Central Community Historical Society DeWitt Clinton 2021 $8,613.00
German Newspaper Microfilm/Digitization Project Norelius Community Library Denison Crawford 2017 $1,568.00
Donna Reed Heritage Museum/Archive Storage Upgrade and Collection Survey The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts Denison Crawford 2017 $1,333.00
Historic Documents Preservation City of Granger Granger Dallas 2014 $5,000.00
The Digitization of Perry's Newspaper Publishing History Perry Public Library Perry Dallas 2015 $15,315.00
Increasing Access to Oral Histories of the Iowa Jewish Historical Soc - Phase II Iowa Jewish Historical Society Waukee Dallas 2020 $21,603.00