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Historic Preservation Fund — Certified Local Government (CLG)
Formula-based pass-through to State Historic Preservation Offices, which sub-grant at least 10% to Certified Local Governments for survey, planning, and rehabilitation activities.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $5K – $500K
- Non-federal match
- 40% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- State pass-through cycles.
- Typical prep time
- 4–10 weeks
- Statutory authority
- National Historic Preservation Act §101 (54 U.S.C. §302301 et seq.)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
City must be a Certified Local Government (CLG) approved by SHPO and NPS. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.