Opportunity Information: Apply for P21AS00231
The FY2021 Historic Preservation Fund Annual State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P21AS00231) is a discretionary grant program administered by the National Park Service under CFDA 15.904. Its main purpose is to fund the ongoing operation and core work of SHPOs across the United States, specifically covering the 50 states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. territories, and three Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). The program is built to keep state-level historic preservation infrastructure functioning and consistent nationwide, using the allowable activities and cost areas laid out in the Historic Preservation Fund Grants Manual. When projects or staff work implicate professional preservation practice, the work is expected to align with the relevant Secretary of the Interior's Standards, which are commonly used federal benchmarks for preservation quality and integrity.
Program funding is designed as a matching grant to support a broad range of preservation responsibilities that SHPOs carry out on behalf of the public. These include identifying and documenting historic properties through surveys and inventories, evaluating and nominating eligible properties, and protecting historic resources through planning, review, and technical guidance. The opportunity also supports helping communities and property owners use preservation tools such as federal historic preservation tax incentives, and it encourages efforts that expand and maintain the National Register of Historic Places. A central theme is service and coordination: SHPOs use these funds to assist federal, state, and local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private individuals in carrying out preservation activities, which can include technical assistance, compliance coordination, and guidance on best practices for stewardship of historic places.
Legally, the program operates under 54 USC 301 et seq., better known as the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and awards must comply with and support that statute. Eligibility is tightly defined by the Act. Applicants are generally limited to state governments as defined in 54 USC, with additional eligible applicants specified in 54 USC 302902 (Grants to States), 54 USC 302908 (Grants to the Freely Associated States listed above), and the definition of "States" in 54 USC 300317. One notable exception is explicitly stated: Ohio History Connection, a nonprofit organization, is eligible to apply because it serves as the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office. In practice, this means the funding is not open to the general public, most nonprofits, or local governments as direct applicants; instead, it is aimed at the official statewide preservation office or its formally designated equivalent.
Key administrative details from the listing include an original application closing date of April 30, 2021, and an award ceiling of $2,000,000. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is listed as "Other." While the notice does not specify the exact number of expected awards in the provided text, the structure of the program implies multiple awards distributed across eligible SHPOs and equivalent offices, consistent with its nationwide operational support purpose. Overall, this opportunity functions as a core federal funding stream that helps state-level preservation programs run day-to-day and deliver the identification, evaluation, registration, and protection work envisioned under the National Historic Preservation Act.Apply for P21AS00231
- The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2021 - Historic Preservation Fund- Annual State Historic Preservation Office Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.904.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-02-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-04-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others.
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