Additional Funding Sources for Preservation Projects

This list of potential funding sources for historic preservation projects is compiled and maintained by the Texas Historical Commission’s Division of Architecture and was last updated in June 2023. This list provides only brief summaries of potential funding sources. Information including eligibility requirements and application deadlines is subject to change without notice. Please contact grantors directly for more information on their programs.

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development
State Office
101 S. Main St.
Temple, TX 76501
254-742-9700
offices.sc.egov.usda.gov
- Direct Housing Loans
  Website: rd.usda.gov
  Section 502 loans are primarily used to help low-income individuals or households purchase homes in rural areas. Funds can be used to build, repair, renovate, or relocate a home, or to purchase and prepare sites, including providing water and sewage facilities.
- Housing Repair Loans and Grants
  Website: rd.usda.gov
  The Very Low-Income Housing Repair program (Section 504) provides loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their dwellings or to the elderly to remove health and safety hazards.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fort Worth Regional Office
801 Cherry St., Unit #45, Suite 1000
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-978-5600
www.hud.gov
- 203(k) Rehabilitation Program
  Website: www.hud.gov
  Section 203(k) program is HUD’s primary program for the rehabilitation and repair of single family properties, and is a tool for community and neighborhood revitalization and for expanding homeownership opportunities.
- Community Development Block Grants
  Website: www.hud.gov
  The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Funds are primarily used to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and opportunities to expand economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons.
- FHA Title 1 Property Improvement Loan Program
  Website: www.hud.gov
  The FHA Title 1 Property Improvement Loan may be used for improvements to the interior or exterior of a home and is an option for homeowners who have limited equity in their home.
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program
  Website: www.hud.gov
  The purpose of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is to expand the supply of decent, safe, affordable housing and strengthen public-private housing partnerships between units of general local governments, public housing authorities, nonprofits, and for-profit entities.
National Park Service
Technical Preservation Services
1849 C St., NW (org 2255)
Washington, D.C. 20240
202-513-7270
www.nps.gov
- Historic Preservation Tax Incentives: 20% Tax Credit
  Website: nps.gov/tps/tax-incentives
  Website: thc.texas.gov/preserve/grants-tax-credits-and-funding/historic-preservation-tax-credits
  20 percent federal income tax credit available for income-producing buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or National Historic Landmarks, buildings that contribute to NRHP districts and certain local historic districts, or buildings that are eligible for listing in the NRHP.
Texas Historical Commission
P.O. Box 12276
Austin, TX 78711-2276
512-463-6100
- Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
  Website: thc.texas.gov/preserve/grants-tax-credits-and-funding/historic-preservation-tax-credits
  25 percent state franchise tax credit available for buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or National Historic Landmarks, buildings that contribute to NRHP districts and certain local historic districts, or buildings designated as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks or State Antiquities Landmarks.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development
State Office
101 S. Main St.
Temple, TX 76501
254-742-9700
offices.sc.egov.usda.gov
- Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG)
  Website: rd.usda.gov
  The RBEG program provides grants for rural projects that finance and facilitate development of small and emerging rural businesses, help fund distance learning networks, and help fund employment-related adult education programs.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Community Development Block Grants
  See Preservation Funding for Homeowners above
Business and Community Lenders (BCL) of Texas
1011 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 500
Austin, TX 78701
888-241-2215
www.bcloftexas.org
- Community Impact Loans
  In partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), BCL of Texas offers Community Impact loans for buildings, equipment, or community facilities.
Meadows Foundation
3003 Swiss Ave.
Dallas, TX 75204
214-826-9431
800-826-9431
http://www.mfi.org
- Meadows Foundation Grants
  The Meadows Foundation distributes grant funds in the areas of arts and culture, civic/public affairs, education, health, and human services.
National Endowment for the Humanities
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20506
1-800-NEH-1121
www.neh.gov
- Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research Grants
  Website: neh.gov
  The Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program makes awards to institutions and organizations conducting empirical field research to answer significant questions in the humanities. Archaeology and ethnography are important methodologies utilized by many disciplines across the humanities and social sciences that provide observational and experiential data on human history and culture.
- Collaborative Research Grants
  Website: neh.gov
  Collaborative Research Grants support historic preservation research applications and interpretive or archeological research and publication undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for a period of one to three years.
- Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
  Website: neh.gov
  The Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant aims to strengthen humanities by encouraging infrastructure and capacity building.
- Preservation and Access Education and Training
  Website: neh.gov
  
  Preservation and Access Education and Training grants help develop knowledge and skills among professionals responsible for preserving and establishing access to humanities collections.
- Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
  Website: neh.gov
  Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help organizations improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections. These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical objects, and digital materials.
- Public Humanities Projects
  Website: neh.gov
  Public Humanities Projects provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. Projects must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship, and must demonstrate the potential to attract a broad, general audience.
- Research and Development
  Website: neh.gov
  The Research and Development grants support projects that address challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections. Projects must demonstrate how advances in preservation and access would benefit he cultural heritage community.
- Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
  Website: neh.gov
  The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program helps meet the challenges of preserving holdings of humanities materials by supporting sustainable conservation measures.
National Park Service
Website: www.nps.gov
- African American Civil Rights Grants
  State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division
  1849 C Street, NW
  Mail Stop 7360
  Washington, D.C. 20240
  202-354-2020
  nps.gov
  The African American Civil Rights Grant Program documents, interprets, and preserves the sites and stories related to the African American struggle to gain equal rights as citizens in the 20th century. The National Park Service's 2008 report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, serves as the foundation reference document for the grant program and for grant applicants to use in determining the appropriateness of proposed projects and properties.
- American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP): Battlefield Planning Grants
  American Battlefield Protection Program
  1849 C Street, NW
  Room 7228
  Washington, D.C. 20240
  202-354-2037
  nps.gov
  Battlefield Planning Grants aid in the protection of battlefield land and sites associated with battlefields.
- Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
  American Battlefield Protection Program
  1849 C Street, NW
  Room 7228
  Washington, D.C. 20240
  202-354-2037
  nps.gov
  Civil War Battlefield Acquisition Grants help states and local communities acquire fee-simple ownership or conservation easements to preserve threatened Civil War battlefield land. In Texas, only Galveston, Palmito Ranch, and Sabine Pass battles are eligible.
- Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program
  State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division
  1849 C Street, NW
  Mail Stop 7360
  Washington, D.C. 20240
  202-354-2020
  nps.gov
  The Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program supports the rehabilitation of historic properties and fosters economic development of rural communities. This program funds physical preservation projects for historic sites, including architectural and engineering services, through subgrants.
- Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program
  For application assistance: National Park Service STLPG@nps.gov, 202-354-2020, website: nps.gov
  The Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program is to support subgrant programs that enable the rehabilitation of rural historic properties at the National, State, and local level of significance and rehabilitate, protect, and foster economic development of rural communities.
- Japanese American Confinement Sites
  Intermountain Regional Office
  12795 Alameda Parkway
  Denver, CO 80225
  303-969-2500
  nps.gov/jacs
  Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants are awarded to preserve and interpret U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.
- Preservation Technology and Training Grants
  National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
  645 University Parkway
  Natchitoches, LA 71457
  318-356-7444
  nps.gov
  The Preservation Technology and Training Grants program provides funding for innovative research that develops new technologies or adapts existing technologies to preserve cultural resources. Grant recipients undertake innovative research and produce technical reports which respond to national needs in the field of historic preservation.
- Route 66 Cost-Share Grant Program
  National Trails Intermountain Region
  National Park Service
  P.O. Box 728
  Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728
  505-988-6701
  nps.gov
  Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program Grants provide cost-share grant assistance to support the preservation of the most significant and representative historic Route 66 buildings, structures, road segments, and cultural landscapes in the eight states through which the route passes.
- Save America's Treasures Grants
  State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division
  1849 C Street, NW
  Mail Stop 7360
  Washington, D.C. 20240
  202-354-2020
  nps.gov
  The Save America’s Treasures grants program began in 1999 and helps preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections that convey our nation’s rich heritage to future generations of Americans.
- Tribal Heritage Grants
  State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division
  nps.gov
  Tribal Preservation Program Grants include formula grants to Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and competitive Tribal Heritage Grants. These grants assist American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations protect and promote their unique cultural heritage and traditions.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
2600 Virginia Ave., NW, Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20037
800-944-6847
savingplaces.org
- HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative
  Website: www.savingplaces.org
  Grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative provide funding to HBCUs to develop Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans to ensure they are equipped to preserve and maintain their historic campuses and historic assets. Grant awards are for activities such as obtaining the services of qualified consultants with expertise in areas of preservation architecture, planning and reuse, landscape design, engineering, and environmental sustainability to complete campus preservation plans or individual-building plans.
- National Fund for Sacred Places
  Website: www.FundforSacredPlaces.org
  A grantmaking and support program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it provides grant funding to keep these historic places an important part of our national cultural heritage.
- African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as sites, museums, and landscapes representing African American cultural heritage.
- Battlefield Preservation Fund
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  Battlefield Preservation Fund grants serve as a catalyst to stimulate efforts to preserve battlefields, viewsheds, and related historic structures. Priority is given to battlefields that have limited access to other specialized battlefield funding programs.
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors provides grants to assist in the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic interiors.
- Emergency/Intervention Funding
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  Intervention funding is awarded in emergency situations when immediate and unanticipated work is needed to save a historic structure.
- Hart Family Fund for Small Towns
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  The Hart Family Fund for Small Towns assists preservation and revitalization initiatives in small towns with populations of 10,000 or less by providing grants for preservation planning and education efforts.
- Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  The Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation provides grants for projects that foster appreciation of our nation’s diverse cultural heritage and preserve the livability of the nation’s historic communities.
- National Trust Preservation Funds
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  National Trust Preservation Funds provide grants for preservation planning and education efforts. Priorities for funding include building sustainable communities, reimagining historic sites, promoting diversity and place, and protecting historic places on public lands. This program includes the Fondren Fund for Texas.
- Southwest Intervention Fund
  Website: forum.savingplaces.org
  Grants from the National Trust’s Southwest Intervention Fund are intended to further preservation efforts of the traditional cultures of the Southwest region, including West Texas. The fund provides support for preservation planning efforts and enables prompt responses to emergency threats or opportunities. Strategic opportunities to save sites or help jumpstart preservation projects are eligible for the fund’s small, catalytic grants.
Texas Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847
Austin, TX 78711-2847
512-463-7476
800-TELL-TDA
www.texasagriculture.gov
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for Rural Texas
  Website: texasagriculture.gov
  The CDBG Program for Rural Texas aims to develop viable communities by providing decent housing and suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities for persons of low to moderate income.
- Texas Capital Fund: Downtown Revitalization Program
  Website: texasagriculture.gov
  The Downtown Revitalization Program is intended to stimulate economic growth through the funding of public infrastructure improvements to aid in the elimination of slum and blight conditions in the historic downtown areas of rural communities.
- Texas Capital Fund: Main Street Improvements Program
  Website: texasagriculture.gov
  The Main Street Improvements Program is intended to stimulate economic growth through the funding of public infrastructure improvements to aid in the elimination of slum and blight conditions in the historic downtown areas of rural Main Street communities, as identified by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission
P.O. Box 12276
Austin, TX 78711-2276
512-463-6100
- Certified Local Government (CLG)
  Website: thc.texas.gov
  Certified Local Government (CLG) grants provide funding to participating city and county governments to develop and sustain an effective local preservation program critical to preserving local historic resources. Cities and county governments that have been individually certified by the National Park Service as CLGs (prior to the time of their grant application) are eligible to apply.
- Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program
  Website: thc.texas.gov
  The Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program provides partial matching grants to Texas counties for the restoration of their historic county courthouses.
- Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
  Website: thc.texas.gov
  25 percent state franchise tax credit available for buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or National Historic Landmarks, buildings that contribute to NRHP districts and certain local historic districts, or buildings designated as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks or State Antiquities Landmarks.
- Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant Program
  Website: thc.texas.gov
  The Texas Preservation Trust Fund provides matching grants to qualified applicants for the acquisition, survey, restoration, preservation, planning, and heritage education activities leading to the preservation of historic properties and archeological sites.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Rd.
Austin, TX 78744
512-389-4800
tpwd.texas.gov/business/grants
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Grants
  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acts as a silent partner in hundreds of communities across the state through its grant, assistance, education, and outreach programs. From the largest metroplex to the smallest rural community, these programs help to build new parks, conserve natural resources, preserve historical sites, provide access to water bodies, and develop educational programs for youth.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development
State Office
101 S. Main St.
Temple, TX 76501
254-742-9700
- Community Facility Direct Loan & Grant Program
  Website: rd.usda.gov
  Community Programs provides grants and loans to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural areas and towns of up to 20,000 in population.
- Rural Business Enterprise Grants
  (See Preservation Funding for Businesses section)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Community Development Block Grants
  (See Preservation Funding for Homeowners section)
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Austin Regional Office
903 San Jacinto, Suite 206
Austin, TX 78701
512-381-8150
www.eda.gov/funding-opportunities
- Economic Development Assistance Programs
  The Economic Development Administration’s (EDA’s) mission is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide economy. The EDA supports development in economically distressed areas of the United States by fostering job creation and attracting private investment.
- Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program
  Under the Planning program, the EDA assists eligible recipients in creating regional economic development plans designed to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of a community or region. As part of this program, the EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies.
- 1772 Foundation
  Website: 1772foundation.org
  The 1772 Foundation offers grants related to historic properties redevelopment programs (revolving funds).
- American Express
  Website: about.americanexpress.com
  American Express supports organizations and projects that preserve or rediscover major historic sites and monuments for current and future generations to experience, with an emphasis on preservation of sites that represent diverse cultures.
- AT&T Foundation
  Website: about.att.com/csr
  The AT&T Foundation supports nonprofit organizations and programs that address quality-of-life issues, with an emphasis on improving education and advancing community development. Funding priorities include community revitalization and arts and cultural programs.
- Bank of America Charitable Foundation
  Contact your local Bank of America branch.
  Website: about.bankofamerica.com, bankofamerica.com/foundation
  The Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports efforts to address critical issues facing neighborhoods and communities. Funding priorities include community development, education, and workforce development.
- BNSF Railway Foundation
  Website: bnsffoundation.org
  The BNSF Railway Foundation is dedicated to supporting the communities served by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and offers grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of civic, cultural, educational, health and human service, and youth activities.
- The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
  Website: rudybruneraward.org
  The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence seeks to discover special places and celebrate and publicize their achievements. These places often transcend the boundaries between architecture, urban design, and planning. They are born through processes of transformation―the renewal of something old, or the creation of something new that resonates in the history of community life. The award seeks to illuminate the complex process of urban placemaking, so it may be strengthened to better reflect the balance between form and use, opportunity and cost, and preservation and change.
- The Getty Foundation
  Website: getty.edu
  The Getty Foundation supports institutions and individuals committed to advancing the understanding and preservation of the visual arts. The majority of funding is through initiatives that target a particular issue or region, and that are carried out in collaboration with the other Getty programs.
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
  Website: grahamfoundation.org
  The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts makes project-based grants to individuals and organizations and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.
- Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
  Website: herzsteinfoundation.org
  The Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation supports charitable efforts that offer individuals opportunities for advancement through education and enrichment of the human spirit, and contribute to the quality of life in our society.
- Meadows Foundation
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
  - Collaborative Research Grants
  - Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
  - Preservation and Access Education and Training
  - Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
  - Public Humanities Projects
  - Research and Development
  - Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
- National Park Service
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
  - African American Civil Rights Grants
  - American Battlefield Protection Program: Battlefield Planning Grants
  - Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
  - Japanese American Confinement Sites
  - Preservation Technology and Training Grants
  - Route 66 Cost-Share Grant Program
  - Save America's Treasures Grants
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
  - African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
  - Battlefield Preservation Fund
  - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors
  - Emergency/Intervention Funding
  - Hart Family Fund for Small Towns
  - Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation
  - National Trust Preservation Funds
  - Richard E. Deutsch Memorial Fund for Rosenwald Schools
  - Southwest Intervention Fund
- Ed Rachal Foundation
  Website: edrachal.org
  The Ed Rachal Foundation supports charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
- The Summerlee Foundation
  Website: summerlee.org
  The Summerlee Foundation provides grants to research, promote, and document all facets of Texas history.
- Texas Historical Commission
  (See Preservation Funding for Businesses and Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
  Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
  Texas Preservation Trust Fund
- Texas Historical Foundation
  Website: texashistoricalfoundation.org
  The Texas Historical Foundation funds bricks-and-mortar restoration projects, events promoting Texas history to the general public, publications and scholarly research in Texas history, Texas history educational curriculum development and implementation, as well as curatorial and archeological projects.
- Union Pacific Foundation
  Website: up.com
  The Union Pacific Foundation supports the communities the Union Pacific Railroad serves. Grants should improve quality of life and address a critical challenge. Funding priorities include grants for community spaces, including museums, libraries, and historic places.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies and Preservation Funding for Businesses)
  Community Facility Direct Loan & Grant Program
  Rural Business Enterprise Grants
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  (See Preservation Funding for Homeowners)
  Community Development Block Grants
- U.S. Economic Development Administration
  (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
  Economic Development Assistance Programs
  Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program
Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation
(See Regional Preservation Funding)
The Growing Field
Fort Worth, Texas
817-707-2468
www.thegrowingfield.org
- Harvesting Grace Seed Fund
  The Growing Field is a consulting firm dedicated to helping churches find new connections and resources to reimagine their future, engage with their community, and remain sustainable for the next generation. The company’s services are reserved for Texas churches only.
  The Harvesting Grace Seed Fund was established to provide financial support for outreach programs that move the needle on a community need, make their service available without prejudice, utilize volunteers and collaborate with other community partners.
Partners for Sacred Places
Texas Office
6040 Camp Bowie Blvd., Suite 62
Fort Worth, TX 76116
866-315-4840
fundforsacredplaces.org
- National Fund for Sacred Places
  Partners for Sacred Places, the only national advocate for the sound stewardship and active community use of America’s older religious properties, provides a collection of resources for the preservation of historic religious buildings through their Information Center, including funding, repair and maintenance guides and economic studies.
  The organization was founded in 1989 by a national task force of religious, historic preservation, and philanthropic leaders. Since then, Partners has served several thousand congregations and other local organizations and represents the needs and concerns of over 100,000 older, community-serving sacred places across America.
  The National Fund for Sacred Places is a grant program offered by Partners for Sacred Places in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to provide financial support for historic houses of worship and their associated charitable organizations for the purposes of planning, individualized technical assistance, training, and capital grants for building restoration.
  Grants are assessed following five criteria: National/Regional Significance, Community Engagement, Project Scope & Need, Fundraising Campaign Readiness, and Healthy Congregations.
  Submissions must be for properties originally built as houses of worship, listed or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, and owned by an active community of faith. Properties must have urgent repair needs, but projects that improve usability or ADA compliance, or make a vacant or underused space usable for important community outreach are also eligible.
  Projects must adhere to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
  Projects must be able to raise matching funds at a 1:1 rate for grants of $50,000 to $100,000. Grants from $100,001 to $250,000 require matching funds of 2:1.
San Antonio Area Foundation
(See Regional Preservation Funding)
Texas Historical Commission
(See Preservation Funding for Businesses and Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
- Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
- Texas Preservation Trust Fund
Texas Historical Foundation
(See Preservation Funding for Nonprofit Organizations)
Trull Foundation
(See Regional Preservation Funding)
National Park Service
Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (See Preservation Funding for Government Agencies)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
State Office
101 S. Main St.
Temple, TX 76501
254-742-9800
nrcs.usda.gov
- Direct Housing Loans
  (See Preservation Funding for Homeowners)
- Rural Business Enterprise Grants
  (See Preservation Funding for Businesses)
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
  Website: nrcs.usda.gov
  The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits.
- Financial Assistance Programs
  Website: nrcs.usda.gov
  The NRCS offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. Through these programs, the agency approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land.
See also the Council on Foundations’ list of community foundations in Texas:
www.cof.org/community-foundation-locator.
- Abell-Hanger Foundation
  Website: abell-hanger.org
  In furtherance of the mandate in its charter to support “any benevolent, charitable, educational, or missionary undertaking,” the Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations, which are involved in such undertakings for the public welfare, including, but not limited to, education, health services, human services, arts and cultural activities, and community or societal benefit.
- Amarillo Area Foundation
  Website: amarilloareafoundation.org
  Amarillo Area Foundation supports the entire range of human needs in the Panhandle and manages hundreds of funds in the form of donor-advised funds, scholarships, unrestricted funds, and project funds. Emphasis is on education, health, human services, youth, and families.
- Austin Community Foundation
  Website: austincf.org
  The Austin Community Foundation’s FundATX and Community Grants fund projects and programs that address community needs such as arts and culture, education and training, community development/community service, environment, health, human services, recreation, and animal-related services.
- Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation
  Website: hbrf.org
  The Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation seeks to enrich the lives of the citizens of Texas by funding specific programs or special projects in the areas of youth and education. Grants for arts and culture, civic and community, science and research, and health and human services are occasionally considered.
- Brazos Community Foundation
  Website: cfbv.org
  The Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley works with individuals, families, and businesses to build and manage permanent endowment funds which provide grants to charitable organizations that are working to improve the quality of life in the Brazos Valley.
- Brown Foundation, Inc.
  Website: brownfoundation.org
  The Brown Foundation distributes funds for public charitable purposes, principally for support, encouragement, and assistance to education, the arts, and community service.
- Chisholm Trail Communities Foundation
  Website: chisholm-trail.org
  The Chisholm Trail Communities Foundation seeks to enrich the communities it serves through grants in the areas of arts and culture, community development or community services, education, the environment, and health and human services.
- City of Austin
  Website: austintexas.gov/Heritage-Grants
  The Heritage Grant, a program administered by the City of Austin, serves to promote tourism through the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic buildings, sites, or districts. The program is funded through a percentage of hotel occupancy taxes.
- Coastal Bend Community Foundation
  Website: cbcfoundation.org
  The Coastal Bend Community Foundation makes grants in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, families and children, health and human services, and the public good.
- Communities Foundation of Texas
  Website: cftexas.org
  The Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) distributes grant funding to nonprofit organizations that provide programmatic services for low-income families, public safety, animals, arts, education, elderly, environment, health, social services, and youth.
- Community Foundation of Abilene
  Website: cfabilene.org
  The Community Foundation of Abilene builds endowments that enrich the quality of life in Abilene and the surrounding areas. The Foundation accepts gifts, administers funds, invests assets, and makes grants to charitable organizations.
- Community Foundation of Brazoria County
  Website: communityfoundationofbrazoriac.godaddysites.com/
  The Community Foundation of Brazoria County makes grants in the fields of arts and culture, education, environment, faith-based organizations, health and medical research, and human services.
- Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
  Website: communityfoundation.net
  The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country enhances and supports the quality of life in the Texas Hill Country.
- Community Foundation of West Texas
  Website: cfwtx.org
  The Community Foundation of West Texas benefits the South Plains community through grants to nonprofit organizations, educational programs, and scholarships. Grants are made for start-up funding, general operating support, program support, and demonstration programs.
- Cullen Foundation
  Website: cullenfdn.org
  The Cullen Foundation supports a wide variety of charitable activities, including education, health, arts, and public service programs.
- Dallas Foundation
  Website: dallasfoundation.org
  Founded in 1929, the Dallas Foundation is the oldest community foundation in the state and awards grants to qualified nonprofit organizations in the areas of the arts, education, health, social services, and general community that improve the well-being of the residents.
- East Texas Communities Foundation
  Website: etcf.org
  The East Texas Communities Foundation aims to serve as a flexible and cost-effective vehicle for donors to invest in the community, promote philanthropy, and build permanent endowments for the region’s changing issues and opportunities.
- El Paso Community Foundation
  Website: epcf.org
  The El Paso Community Foundation awards funds to grant applicants in the areas of arts and humanities, education, environment/animal welfare, health and disabilities, human services, and economic development. Priority is given to more effective ways of doing things and ideas that require risk-taking; projects where a moderate amount of grant money can have an impact; and projects that show collaboration with other organizations.
- Foundation for Southeast Texas
  Website: cfsetx.org
  Foundation for Southeast Texas is a nonprofit, public charity that accepts funds from donors, manages them, and distributes them to nonprofits in our local community and beyond.
- Greater Houston Community Foundation
  Website: ghcf.org
  The Greater Houston Community Foundation fosters the spirit of philanthropy and spans all areas of need in the Houston community, from education and research to arts and culture.
- Greater Round Rock Community Foundation
  Website: rrcommunityfoundation.org
  The mission of the Greater Round Rock Community Foundation is to serve as a catalyst to nurture and inspire philanthropic giving; to build “community capital” through a permanent endowment fund; to provide a flexible vehicle for donors with varied philanthropic interests; to take initiative in addressing needs and shaping effective responses; and to enrich the quality of life in the Greater Round Rock Area.
- Donald D. Hammill Foundation
  Website: hammillfoundation.org
  The Donald D. Hammill Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for people who have disabilities, the aged, and people who are financially disadvantaged, including the working poor and those who are indigent or chronically ill.
- Houston Endowment
  Website: houstonendowment.org
  The Houston Endowment supports programs in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services that improve life for the Houston area.
- Lower Colorado River Authority
  Website: lcra.org
  The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and its electric and water customers provide Community Development Partnership Program Grants for community projects. Volunteer fire departments, emergency medical services, school districts, libraries, civic groups, local governments, and nonprofit organizations may apply for the grants.
- Montgomery County Community Foundation
  Website: mccfoundation.org
  The Montgomery County Community Foundation was established to create and build a permanent fund to provide for the present and future well-being of our community.
- Moody Foundation
  Website: moodyf.org
  The Moody Foundation was established to benefit in perpetuity present and future generations of Texans. The Foundation was instrumental in Galveston’s revival of its historic past, making grants that enabled the Galveston Historical Foundation to purchase and save many buildings in the island’s older neighborhoods and the Historic Strand District, and to acquire and refurbish the sailing barque Elissa.
- North Texas Community Foundation
  Website: northtexascf.org
  The North Texas Community Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environment, and health and human services.
- Permian Basin Area Foundation
  Website: pbaf.org
  The Permian Basin Area Foundation makes discretionary and field-of-interest grants to nonprofit organizations to address needs in the areas of education, arts and culture, health and human services, community development, and the elderly.
- Preservation Austin
  Website: preservationaustin.org/programs/grants
  Preservation Austin offers matching grants of up to $5,000 in three categories: Education, Bricks and Mortar, and Planning/Historic Resource Survey/Local Historic Designation.
- San Angelo Area Foundation
  Website: saafound.org
  The San Angelo Area Foundation seeks to support the entire range of human needs in the San Angelo area. Grant recipients have included programs in the areas of arts and culture, education, faith-based organizations, environment, and health and human services.
- San Antonio Area Foundation
  Website: saafdn.org
  The San Antonio Area Foundation works with donors to address San Antonio’s needs through grants, programs, scholarships, and training. Grantmaking areas include arts and culture, community-at-large, strengthening nonprofits, disaster relief, and programs serving the African American population and women and girls.
- San Antonio Conservation Society
  Website: saconservation.org
  Building Grants for the restoration or rehabilitation of residential or commercial historic structures built before 1930 are available to individuals or organizations.
- Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation
  Website: starkfoundation.org
  The Stark Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Orange and surrounding communities through grants for education, health and human services, arts and culture, and community enhancement.
- Sterling-Turner Foundation
  Website: stfdn.org
  The Sterling-Turner Foundation grants funds to nonprofit organizations for operating support, specific project funding, capital campaigns, building campaigns, scholarships, tuition supplements, renovations, direct services, educational needs, and environmental issues.
- T. L. L. Temple Foundation
  Website: tlltemple.foundation
  The T.L.L. Temple Foundation has played a part in a number of worthwhile projects and programs in East Texas. The San Augustine County Courthouse was partially funded by a grant awarded to the San Augustine Garden Club by the T.L.L. Temple Foundation.
- Trull Foundation
  Website: trullfoundation.org
  The Trull Foundation grants funds to nonprofit, government, and religious organizations to help direct lives away from child abuse, neglect from hunger, poverty, and help persons and families devastated by the effects of substance abuse. The Foundation also has a concern for the coastal Texas environment including farming, ranching, aquaculture, and birds.
- Waco Foundation
  Website: wacofoundation.org
  The Waco Foundation’s grantmaking priorities are disadvantaged children and youth, low-income populations, disabled individuals, and traditionally marginalized populations.
- Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation
  Website: wfacf.org
  The Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation responds to long-standing as well as to new and emerging local needs. The foundation will consider funding for special projects, innovative programs, equipment, and capital building needs.
- Lola Wright Foundation
  Website: fdnweb.org/lolawright
  The Lola Wright Foundation supports children and youth, public health and human services, education and community development, and arts and culture.
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