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Grants

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission offers multiple funding opportunites to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and public agencies throughout the Commonwealth. This section will provide you with information about each program and each type of grant. To view the complete guidelines for each grant category, please click on the heading in the list on the left navigation menu.

FY 2011-2012 PHMC Grant Program Update

Keystone Historic Preservation Program - Application Deadline March 1, 2012

The enacted Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Budget maintained the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund that provides funding for the Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program. The Keystone Historic Preservation Grant program provides funding support for projects that identify, preserve, promote and protect historic and archaeological resources. The maximum grant award from PHMC to an organization is $25,000. Grants require a 50/50 CASH match. The application submission deadline is March 1, 2012. For program information, please contact Karen Arnold, program manager at (717) 783-9927 or kaarnold@pa.gov or review the Keystone Historic Preservation Construction Grants or the Keystone Historic Preservation Project Grants page.

Museum Assistance Grant Program - Cancelled

The enacted Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Budget did not provide funding for Museum Assistance Grant line item. The Museum Assistance grant program provided funding support for Pennsylvania's museums and historical organizations including General Operating Support for Museums and County Historical Societies, Statewide Organizations, Project Grants, Statewide Conferences, Historical Markers and Technical Assistance. If you have any questions or require further clarification on the status of the PHMC grant program, please contact Scott Doyle at (717) 783-6012 or midoyle@pa.gov

Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program

Certified Local Government Grant Program

Funding under this program is limited to federally designated Certified Local Governments. There is only one type of grant.

Competitive
Matching
Maximum Award $15,000. The Review Committee may, at its discretion, approve an award greater than $15,000.
Funding is available for Staffing and Training and Pooling and Third Party Administration.
Due to the lack of funding to support Historic Preservation Project Grants for the current Fiscal Year, CLG's may apply for Cultural Resource Surveys, National Register Nominations, Planning and Development Assistance and Archaeology projects. Please refer to the Historic Preservation Project grant guidelines for a description of theses categories of support.
Funding for projects is available through all PHMC project grant categories. Please contact a grant manager to select the appropriate program.

Certified Local Government Grant Administrator
Andrea MacDonald
(717) 787-4215
amacdonald@pa.gov

Certified Local Government Grant Manager
Janice E. Stramara
(717) 783-2838
jstramara@pa.gov

Application Submission Deadline : January 13, 2012

	Name	Description
	eGRANT	Link to online eGRANT system
	HP_evaluation_criteria.pdf	HP_evaluation_criteria
	khp_app.pdf	KEYSTONE HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT APPLICATION
	MarkerNominationFormPDF.pdf	Marker Nomination Form Word
	MarkerNominationFormWord.doc	PENNSYLVANIA
	mpg_app.pdf	History and Museum Project Grant Application

Grants Forms

For Reference Only: The following forms are for reference only (with the exception of the Historical Marker nomination). Please use the eGrant system to submit grant applications.

eGrant Direct link to the eGrant system

Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant Application (PDF, 1 MB) For Reference Only

Project Grant Application (PDF, 225 KB) Use for Historic Preservation Project Grants. For Reference Only

Statewide Organization Grants Application (PDF, 230 KB) For Reference Only