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FY2025 - Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF)- Capacity
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06-12-2025 | $48.0 M | No Match Required |
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15.957 -- Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund
Description
The Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) program supports recovery, and related expenses, for historic and cultural resources in areas impacted by natural disasters that have received a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). Pursuant to Public Law 118-158, $48,000,000 will be awarded under the ESHPF grant program for necessary expenses related to the consequences of natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match.There are separate funding announcements, one for capacity grants to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and another for physical preservation projects. Funding announcement P25AS00257 is for capacity needed by State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices to complete compliance activities and for in-house, non-construction projects (i.e. survey, planning) in areas with major disaster declarations within their jurisdictions only; P25AS00489 is for States, Tribes, local governments, and nonprofits for defined physical preservation projects (including reconstruction), with documented damage from major disaster declarations within their jurisdictions. Please ensure you apply under the correct opportunity number for your project.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
This funding opportunity is limited to:State governments, as defined in 54 USC 3001 et seq. also known as the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. Further eligible applicants are defined in 54 USC 302902 - Grants to States; 54 USC 302908 - Grants to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau; and specifically in 54 USC 300317 – States. One nonprofit organization, Ohio History Connection, is eligible to apply serving as the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office.Tribal governments with signed Memorandum of Agreements with the National Park Service to assume the duties of the State Historic Preservation Office on Tribal lands, as defined in 54 USC 3001 et seq. also known as the National Historic Preservation Act.Grants are not available for sites or collections that are owned or leased by the federal government, or in which the federal government holds a property interest.The eligible entities above must have also had a major disaster declaration within their jurisdictions in calendar years 2023 and/or 2024. Applicants can interact with this map to verify their location within a declared disaster area. A list of major disaster declarations can also be found on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website.
Key Date(s)
- May 12, 2025: Last Updated Date
- May 12, 2025: Posted Date
- June 12, 2025: Current Closing Date for Applications
- June 12, 2025: Application Due Date
- September 30, 2025: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
STLPG Staff
STLPG@nps.gov