Additional Funding Sources
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Virginia Grants
Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR)
DHR administers several grant opportunities that provide financial and technical assistance to support the preservation and protection of historic resources in Virginia.
https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/programs/grants-funding-opportunities/
Cost Share Grants
Certified Local Government Grants (CLG)
Virginia Humanities
Virginia Humanity grants support projects that explore the stories of Virginia—its history, people, communities, and cultural traditions—as well as issues and questions that impact the lives of Virginians in the present day.
https://virginiahumanities.org/grants/
Rapid Grants
https://virginiahumanities.org/grants-2023/rapid-grants/
July 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026
UVA Wise Grants
Virginia Commission for the Arts
The Virginia Commission for the Arts is the state agency dedicated to investing in the arts for the Commonwealth of Virginia. For more than 55 years – since its establishment in 1968 – the VCA has uniquely elevated Virginia’s arts organizations, inspired communities across the state, and lifted artists of all disciplines through funding and additional resources.
https://vca.virginia.gov/grants/
Accessibility Microgrants
https://vca.virginia.gov/grant/accessibility-microgrants-opens-june-1-2026/
Cycle 1: July 1, 2026 – December 1, 2026
Cycle 2: January 1, 2027 – June 1, 2027
Virginia Touring Grants
Applicants must apply at least two weeks prior to the activity, and before the deadline of December 1, 2026
West Virginia Grants
West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History
The West Virginia Culture Center celebrates and preserves the Mountain State’s rich creative spirit, unique cultural traditions, and storied past. From showcasing local artists and musicians to stewarding historic sites and archives, this branch of the Department of Tourism oversees vital programs and facilities.
https://wvculture.org/agencies/arts/grants/
Historic Preservation Grants
July 1 - Sept 30
Tennessee Grants
Tennessee Arts Commission
The Tennessee Arts Commission was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly with the special mandate to stimulate and encourage the presentation of the visual, literary, music and performing arts and to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage of Tennessee.
https://tnartscommission.org/grants/
Creative Placemaking
The Creative Placemaking grant competition is designed to help communities enhance the distinctive local character of Tennessee places for positive economic and community outcomes.
Tennessee Historical Commission
The State Historic Preservation Office/Tennessee Historical Commission is the state agency responsible for the stewardship of historic resources in Tennessee. Developing a statewide historic preservation plan is a requirement of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA).
https://www.tn.gov/historicalcommission/about-us/preservation-plan.html
Historic Preservation Fund Grant (HPF)
open January through February 28, 2027
East Tennessee Foundation
We provide philanthropic leadership inspiring donors to make lives better and communities stronger in enduring ways across generations.
https://easttennesseefoundation.org/nonprofits/grants-we-offer/
East Tennessee Development District
A local list of community development grant opportunities and contacts
Tennessee Wars Commission Grant Fund
The Tennessee Wars Commission Grant Fund provides financial support to coordinate planning, preservation, protection, promotion, and interpretation of structures, buildings, sites, and battlefields related to Tennessee’s military heritage.
https://www.tn.gov/environment/about-tdec/grants/thc/tn-wars-commission.html
Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
The Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF) was established to assist the state in permanently conserving and preserving tracts of land within the state of Tennessee for the purposes of promoting tourism and recreation, including outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, equestrian activities and hiking; protecting, conserving and restoring the state’s physical, cultural, archeological, historical and environmental resources; and preserving working landscapes.
Tourism Enhancement Grant
The purpose of this grant is to support Tourism Development projects by eligible grantees to allow for the creation or expansion of physical attractions, facilities, or events that are available and open to the public, that improve the appeal of the destinations to tourists, and that enhance tourist experiences that are primarily promoted to or used by tourists.
https://industry.tnvacation.com/industryresourcestourism-grants-and-scholarships/tourism-enhancement
Kentucky Grants
Kentucky Arts Council
The Kentucky Arts Council’s mission is to foster environments for the people of Kentucky to value, participate in, and benefit from the arts.
Preservation Kentucky
Statewide membership-based 501(c)(3) public charity nonprofit that fosters the preservation of Kentucky’s historic buildings, rural landscapes and archaeological sites through advocacy and education. Mission is to help preserve our diverse history, architectural legacy and material cultural for communities throughout the state.
Preservation Kentucky | Preservation Grants
The Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky
The Kentucky Preservation Fund
North Carolina Grants
North Carolina Art Council
The North Carolina Arts Council launched its work in 1967 as awareness of the importance of arts to all citizens was becoming a national movement. Since then, the arts in North Carolina have come to be valued as one of our state’s most durable and productive assets.
https://www.ncarts.org/grants-resources
Artist Support Grants
North Carolina Preservation Consortium
The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of collections in libraries, museums, archives, and historic sites; monuments, memorials, and outdoor art; archaeological sites and collections; historic and cultural architecture; and private collections of family treasures.
Appalachian Grants
Appalachian Community Fund
ACF supports community-led efforts addressing systemic economic, racial, environmental, and social issues in Central Appalachia in order to ensure a more just and equitable future for our region.
Grant Opportunities - Appalachian Community Fund
Technical Assistance Grant
LGBTQ Fund
Waymakers Collective
Grants for individual artists and organizations who are contributing to imagining Appalachian Futures with a particular focus on art and cultural practices that propose more just and inclusive alternatives including work on a personal scale, a social scale, and an ecological scale.
National Grants
The National Trust - African American Cultural Heritage
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund works to advance the broader preservation movement towards a more diverse and equitable representation of American history. Grants showcase the beauty and complexity of Black history and culture in America, while underscoring the urgent need to protect, preserve and interpret these invaluable American assets.
Historical Preservation Fund
The main goal of this program is to preserve history and tell the WHOLE story.
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/grant-programs.htm
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust Preservation Funds (NTPF) are an umbrella group of grant funds intended to encourage preservation at the local level by supporting ongoing preservation work and by providing seed money for preservation projects. There are three deadlines per year in February, June, and October. Grants from this fund are generally between $2,500 and $5,000. Out-of-round funding can occur (when available) in the case of an emergency. Email the Grants Office for more information.
National Endowment for the Arts
The main goal of this organization is to help fund projects based on the arts and the people in it.
Mid Atlantic Arts
The Mid Atlantic Arts’ grant programs supports funding for both organizations and artists.
The National Trust - Preserving Black Churches
A project of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund program assisting historically Black churches and congregations reimagine, redesign, and redeploy historic preservation to address their stewardship needs and the Black history stories they preserve.
https://savingplaces.org/black-churches
Application Deadline September 11, 2026