Opportunity Listing - FY2025 -Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) -Preservation

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FY2025 -Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) -Preservation

Agency: National Park Service

Assistance Listings: 15.957 -- Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund

Last Updated: May 12, 2025

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 FY2025 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/or 2024. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not...

require non-Federal match.There are separate funding announcements for capacity and survey grants to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and 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 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

Eligible applicants

Education

Public and state institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Independent school districts

Government

Special district governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
County governments
State governments
City or township governments

Miscellaneous

Other

Nonprofit

Other Native American tribal organizations
Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Additional information

Eligible applicants are State governments, local governments, nonprofits, educational institutions, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined by 54 USC 300300. 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. Important noteResources must be listed in or determined eligible by the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) or Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, equivalent Tribal register, or designated a National Historic Landmark, either individually or as contributing to a district.Unlisted resources must be listed in the National Register or equivalent Tribal register by the conclusion of the grant.Eligible resources must have incurred damage by a natural disaster with a major disaster declaration in calendar years 2023 and/or 2024. Applicants can interact with this map to verify the resource(s) location within a declared disaster area. A list of major disaster declarations can also be found on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website.Applicants intending to work on multiple sites (i.e. multiple buildings in a historic district; multiple sites across the state, etc.) are encouraged to submit one application with supporting documentation for each site.

Grantor contact information

Description

STLPG Staff STLPG@nps.gov

Email

STLPG@nps.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
P25AS00489_ESHPF-Pres_NOFO_25-0512.pdf	P25AS00489_ESHPF-Pres_NOFO_25-0512.pdf	May 12, 2025 06:07 PM UTC
HPF-Generic_NR-EligibilityWorksheet_2021-11-03_508.pdf	HPF Generic NR-Eligibility Worksheet	May 12, 2025 08:08 PM UTC
BudgetJustificationWorksheet_2022-02-10.pdf	Budget Justification Worksheet	May 12, 2025 08:08 PM UTC
ProjectImagesWorksheet_2022-02-07_508.pdf	Project Images Worksheet	May 12, 2025 08:09 PM UTC
ESHPF_ProjectDescriptionWorksheet.pdf	ESHPF Project Description Worksheet	May 12, 2025 08:09 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Closing: July 15, 2025

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET, on the listed application due date.Applicants...

are held responsible for their proposals being submitted to the National Park Service. Applications must be received by the date above. Applicants are encouraged to submit the application well before the deadline.Application preparation time may take several weeks. Start the application process as soon as possible. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered for award. If it is determined that a proposal was not considered due to lateness, the applicant will be notified after the selection process.

Application process

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Award

$48,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$75,000

Award Floor

$15,000,000

Award Ceiling

Funding opportunity number:

P25AS00489

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

Historic Preservation

History

Version:

Posted date:

May 12, 2025

Archive date:

September 30, 2025