Apply Now for Historical Preservation Grants Program

Deadline: 31-Dec-21

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has announced the applications for its Historic Preservation Grants to benefit posterity secure recognition for DAR and produce lasting value from the grants.

Funding Information

The maximum grant award is $10,000; smaller projects are encouraged.

Eligibility Criteria

Projects related to all chapters of American history will be considered; however, preference will be given to those projects that relate to the Colonial-through-the-Federal periods.
In order to assure ultimate completion of the project, all other funding (beyond that requested via this grant) must be already firmly secured. Projects should be tangible and long-lived, with lasting historic preservation benefit. Therefore, ineligible requests include administrative or operating expenses (e.g. rent, salaries, benefits, utilities, printing); surveys; permits; travel (e.g. mileage, lodging, meals, site rental); food/beverage; vehicles; fundraising; conferences; reenactments, performances; trips, camps, workshops; and political activities.
Recipients awarded a DAR Historic Preservation Grant during one administration must wait until the next DAR administration (e.g., July 2022–June 2025) before applying for an additional grant for another project or a different phase of the same project.
DAR Chapters and State Societies are eligible to apply for grants associated with properties/sites that are owned or operated by the DAR entity and included in the NSDAR Historic Sites database; no more than 20 percent of grants will be awarded to DAR Chapters or State Societies in a given cycle. Funding will not be approved for State Regent Projects, for digitizing Chapter records, or for other lineage societies projects.

Application Requirements

The application will require:

Organizational description
Contact information
Brief project statement and budget summary
DAR Chapter or State Society sponsor name
Specific Organization Information
General and financial information/overview about the organization
Project Information — detailed description of the project, and phases if applicable
Summary of the project need, urgency and benefit to the community
Name and title of the project manager; information on consultation of professionals
Description of how DAR will be recognized for participation in the project
Detailed itemizations of the project budget, in-kind contributions and timeline – project may not begin prior to May 1, 2022. There is space for up to 10 items in budget and prospective timeline.