Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP)

Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP) is sponsored by Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. This program provides funding to help preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about Iowa's historical assets, including documentary collections, historic preservation, and museums.

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gov . Historical Resource Development Program Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit New applications are now being accepted for this program. The program provides grant funding to help preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about Iowa’s historical assets.

The Historical Resource Development Program provides funding for documentary collections, historic preservation and museums. Who: Nonprofits, Governments, Tribes, Individuals, For-Profits What: Up to $50,000 with a required match. Match ratios vary.

When: May 1, 2026 for the funding period July 1, 2026–November 30, 2028. Historical Resource Development Program Annual Grant Cycle Applications are now being accepted for the Historical Resource Development Program.

Applicants can access this year’s guidelines and scoring rubrics below: Read the General Guidelines and category instructions: Read the scoring rubric by category: If you would like to schedule a phone call or Zoom Meeting with the grants manager, please email her at [email protected] to set up a meeting time. Emergency Historical Resource Development Program Emergency HRDP applications will be accepted each year on July 1.

Funds are limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. We are currently only accepting emergency applications in the documentary collections category. Read the HRDP General Guidelines and appropriate category instructions Read the HRDP Emergency Guidelines .

See the Grantee Handbook to learn how to manage your grant, including contract compliance and publicity. Access and complete your Report and Payment Form online when a portion, or all, of your grant project is completed. Some projects may need to provide a status and budget report on an annual basis.

Grantees will be notified of this additional reporting requirement, if applicable. Download the State Historical Society of Iowa logo to use on materials promoting your project. Send images and event details when grant funded project activity is happening.

The State Historical Society of Iowa is dedicated to communicating the impact and value of your project activity through various communication platforms and networks. Learn more about the Field Services program. List items for HRDP Grant Awards History Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount The Future Home of the Queen I.

Dunkerton Grinnell Educational Village Dunkerton Historical & Tourism Association Dunkerton Dunkerton $5,000 Report of Survey of William M.

Black Dredge Boat Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque $50,000 Des Moines Art Center: Roof Replacement for Historic Saarinen and Pei Buildings Des Moines Art Center Des Moines Des Moines $50,000 Restoration of the Lafayette Lamb Historic House, Home to YWCA Clinton YWCA Clinton Clinton Clinton $50,000 Retaining Wall and Masonry Restoration Project Friends of Cedar Rock Quasqueton Quasqueton $50,000 Saving Motor Mill | Phase 2: Long-Term Stabilization of the Motor Mill Clayton County Conservation Elkader Elkader $50,000 Phase II Archaeology Field Study: Precontact and 1916-1918 Construction Camps Siouxland Historical Railroad Association Sioux City Sioux City $28,726 Middle Amana Cooper Shop Rehabilitation Amana Heritage Society Amana Amana $8,000 Painting the Secrest 1883 Octagonal Barn Richard Tyler Iowa City Iowa City $12,496 Homestead Village Church Museum Exhibits Amana Heritage Society Amana Amana $5,370 Hudson Herald Newspaper Archive Project Hudson Public Library Hudson Hudson $9,113 Newspaper Archiving City of Manning Manning Manning $5,000 Microfilming Newspapers from Poweshiek County Drake Community Library Grinnell Grinnell $4,813 Microfilming and digitizing the Bloomfield Newspapers Davis County Historical Society Bloomfield Bloomfield $24,390 Digitization of Fairfield Tribune 1895-1921 Fairfield Public Library Fairfield Fairfield $19,895 Wilton Newspaper Digitization and Access Wilton Public Library Wilton Wilton $20,650 Clinton Public Library Historical Newspaper Digitization Project Clinton Public Library Clinton Clinton $10,000 The Mormon Handcart Trek of 1856-1857 Exhibition Johnson County Historical Society Coralville Coralville $18,520 Wayne County BLK Mastodon Exhibit Installation Wayne County Historical Society / Prairie Trails Museum Corydon Corydon $47,000 Conservation of Lounge Chair and Ottoman (1938) Designed by Grant Wood Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Dubuque $13,955 Millstone Replacement The Danish Windmill Elk Horn Elk Horn $15,605 ⤢ Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount Media Collection Digitization Project Phase III Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa $5,650 Union County Historical Newspapers Digitization Project Creston Historic Preservation Commission Creston Union $12,270 Easier Public Access & Long-Term Preservation of IJHS Oral History Collection Iowa Jewish Historical Society Waukee Dallas $20,000 Fortepan Iowa Workshops at the University of Northern Iowa University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Statewide $18,877 Digitization & Microfilm of Tipton Advertiser, Conservative Newspapers 1853-2021 Cedar County Historical Society Tipton Cedar $18,295 Digitization of Lansing Journal and Lansing Mirror, 1925-2003 Friends of the Lansing Library Lansing Allamakee $5,097 Intensive Level Survey On Two Historic Neighborhoods In Wilton, Iowa Wilton Historic Preservation Commission Wilton Muscatine $17,500 Tribes of the Turkey River Interpretive Center Window Rehabilitation The Elgin Historical Society Elgin Fayette $25,500 Little Red School House Preservation Lapland Arts, Preservation, Literary and New Directions Network Lineville Wayne $50,000 Odd Fellows Hall Rehabilitation Van Buren County Conservation Keosauqua Van Buren $41,035 Camelot Theater Facade Restoration and Addition of Fire Exit Camelot Theater Foundation Nevada Story $36,840 Tastee-Freez/Tiger Drive-In National Register Nomination Project Greenfield Historic Preservation Commission Greenfield Adair $3,854 St.

Paul's History & Archive Room Renovation Project St. Paul's United Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Linn $16,000 Central Fire and Police Station Roof Replacement City of Burlington Burlington Des Moines $50,000 Interior and Exterior Rehabilitation of the Mary E.

Moore Building at 122 Fifth Street, West Des Moines Commonwealth Properties LLC West Des Moines Polk $50,000 Repair/Preservation of Exterior Wooden Architectural Features on the Close House Public Space One Iowa City Johnson $23,842 Repointing of WCHS Landers House North Façade, Phase 1 Winneshiek County Historical Society Decorah Winneshiek $7,010 Exterior Repairs to the Weaver House John and Raquel Bohi Bloomfield Davis $50,000 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque Storm Window Project Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque Dubuque Dubuque $24,000 Mount Vernon Visitors Center Masonry Preservation Project Mount Vernon/Lisbon Community Charitable Development Group Mount Vernon Linn $11,305 Homestead General Store Collections Inventory Project Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa $7,000 Ames History Museum - Reading & Research Room Ames History Museum Ames Story $22,025 Protection of Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit Spillville Winneshiek $24,501 Restoring Paintings at the German American Heritage Center and Museum German American Heritage Center and Museum Davenport Scott $3,900 Educating and Celebrating the History of Blues Music at Davenport's new MLK Park Mississippi Valley Blues Society Davenport Scott $25,000 ⤢ Fiscal Year 2023 Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount Lemberger Collection Digitization Project University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Black Hawk $26,383 Restoration & Preservation of Historic Spirit of the American Doughboy Sculpture City of Mechanicsville Mechanicsville Cedar $9,669 Enhancing History Through the Filmmaker’s Eye Putnam Museum and Science Center Davenport Scott $14,250 The Community Stories Project Exhibit Johnson County Historical Society Coralville Johnson $20,292 History of the North Scott Community School District Scott County Library System Eldridge Scott $5,940 Restoration of the Floor of the Entryway to the Merry Brook School House Harrison County Genealogical Society Woodbine Harrison $850 Preserving Local Music: Digitizing the Fredlo Recording Studios Collection Friends of the Davenport Public Library Davenport Scott $19,138 William M.

Black Dredgeboat Sprinkler System Replacement Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque $32,000 Teeds Grove Schoolhouse: Improvements to the Roof, Floor and Door Great River Threshers Miles Jackson $5,000 Keokuk Union Depot Waiting Room Exterior Masonry Restoration Keokuk Union Depot Foundation Keokuk Lee $50,000 Mt.

Hope One Room Schoolhouse Door General Joseph Warren #832 Questers Indianola Warren $1,702 Phase I Intensive-Level Survey of Historic Black Business Sites in Davenport Friends of MLK, Inc. Davenport Scott $26,710 Zion Schoolhouse Roof Replacement and Eaves Repair Des Moines County Conservation Foundation West Burlington Des Moines $5,000 Survey of National Historic Register Sites, Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, Iowa Prairie Rivers of Iowa Ames Story $32,942 Restoring the Museum’s Exterior to Re-establish Integrity Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Decorah Winneshiek $50,000 The Historic Park Inn Hotel HVAC Component Retrofit Wright on the Park Mason City Cerro Gordo $35,000 Masonry Rehabilitation of the West Façade of the Lisbon History Center Building City of Lisbon Lisbon Linn $22,000 A Catalyst for Community: Rehabilitating North Des Moines Hall Indigo Dawn, LLC Des Moines Polk $50,000 Farm House Museum Roof Replacement University Museums Ames Story $50,000 Historic Fire Station and Jail Masonry Repairs Phase One La Porte City Historical & Ag Museum La Porte City Black Hawk $9,642 The Future of Visual Storage: Redesign, Refinement, and Reinterpretation Museum of Danish America Elk Horn Shelby $25,000 Preservation Microfilming and Digitization of the Boone News Republican Ericson Public Library Boone Boone $13,730 Ames History Permanent Exhibit Ames History Museum Ames Story $47,587 ⤢ Fiscal Year 2022 Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount Dubuque's Black Heritage Survey City of Dubuque Dubuque Dubuque $30,000.

00 Grant Assistance in Restoration of Brush College Bell Tower North Lee County Historical Society Fort Madison Lee $3,250 Taylor’s Ford Bridge Rehabilitation Buchanan County Independence Buchanan $35,000 Restoration and Conservation of Historic Stained Glass Windows First Presbyterian Church, Davenport Iowa Davenport Scott $29,959 Acquisition and restoration of an original Iowa State Patrol Kawasaki Motorcycle Automobile Heritage Foundation Des Moines Polk $25,000.

00 Jasper County Courthouse Murals and Artwork Restoration Newton Historic Preservation Commission Newton Jasper $30,000 Brandon-Jefferson Township Historical Society Building Renovation: Electrical Brandon-Jefferson Township Historical Society Brandon Buchanan $3,666 Phase 1 Archaeological Survey: Railroad Labor Camps Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District Siouxland Historical Railroad Association Sioux City Woodbury $32,250 Collections Survey and Planning Project Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque $25,000 Maquoketa Carnegie Library Tuckpointing Maquoketa Public Library Maquoketa Jackson $30,000 York Comes to Life Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Sioux City Woodbury $25,000 Digitizing Sidney Iowa Newspaper Volumes Fremont County Historical Society Sidney Fremont $7,698 Waveland Trolley Loop Project Des Moines Historical Society Des Moines Polk $7,500 Increasing Access to Oral Histories of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society, Phase III Iowa Jewish Historical Society Waukee Dallas $19,324 Jester Park Lithic and Historic Artifact Exhibit Polk County Conservation (PCC) Granger Polk $25,000 Digitizing, Preserving and Accessing Czech Publications Published in Iowa National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Cedar Rapids Linn $19,631 First National Bank Historic Structure Report City of Ottumwa Ottumwa Wapello $7,350 Cassette Tape Digitization Project Phase II Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa $1,900 John Hiller Building South Section Wall Restoration Jamey Licandro Bettendorf Scott $30,000 A People’s History Website Drake University Des Moines Polk $36,000 Portico, Transom, and Sidelight Restoration of the Landers Home Winneshiek County Historical Society Decorah Winneshiek $5,265 Marion Alumni Association Historic Preservation Marion Independent School Foundation and Alumni Association Marion Linn $5,000 Nomination of Fairport Fish Hatchery Historic District to NRHP Muscatine County Historic Preservation Commission Muscatine Muscatine $12,620 Digitization of Mediapolis newspapers for Free Public Access, 1886-2019 Mediapolis Public Library Foundation Mediapolis Des Moines $6,097 Rehabilitation of Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge at Rainbow Bend Park-Calhoun County Calhoun County Historic Preservation Commission Rockwell City Calhoun $21,000 Maple Grove Schoolhouse: Improvements to the Foundation, Roof & Lights Rona L.

Wyant Marengo Iowa $2,936 Larrabee School Storm Window Restoration City of Clermont Clermont Fayette $18,000 Lodomillo Township #4, Clayton County, Country School Renovation Friends of Lodomillo #4 Clayton County - Heritage Museum of the Knights Strawberry Point Clayton $5,000 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque Wood Window Restoration Project Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque Dubuque Dubuque $30,000 Preservation and Development of Spurrier School Liberty Hall Historic Site Lamoni Decatur $4,500 ⤢ Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount Digitizing Media from Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archives Collection Friends of the Davenport Public Library Davenport Scott $14,847 19th Century Belt-driven Machine Shop Interpretation Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque $43,817 Harlan Newspapers Historical Preservation Project Harlan Community Library Harlan Shelby $4,770 1873 Bird’s Eye View of Burlington by Augustus Koch Conservation and Imaging Des Moines County Historical Society Burlington Des Moines $2,962 Opening a Path to Hancock County Iowa History Garner Public Library Garner Hancock $18,176 Oral History Digitization Project Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa $2,970 Mount Hope One Room Country Schoolhouse Window Restoration General Joseph Warren #832 Questers Indianola Warren $5,000 Preparation of National Historic Landmark Nomination of the REA Power Plant Franklin County Historical Society Hampton Franklin $17,085 Digitization of Mount Pleasant Newspapers for Free Public Access, 1849-2019 Mount Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission Mount Pleasant Henry $25,456 Dam Gate Outdoor Industrial Sculpture Exhibit Winneshiek County Historic Preservation Commission Decorah Winneshiek $4,308 Origins of Ancient Village Life on the Plains of Northwest Iowa Origins of Ancient Village Life on the Plains of Northwest Iowa Westfield Plymouth $18,179 Historic General Dodge House Interpretation & Education Film Proposal Historic General Dodge House Council Bluffs Iowa $10,000 Upgrading Storage Supplies for Housing Specimens in the Ada Hayden Herbarium Iowa State University Ames Story $21,093 Creston Restored Depot Awnings Creston Historic Preservation Commission Creston Union $3,616 Fremont Mill Bridge Rehabilitation Jones County Conservation Board Center Junction Jones $44,687 Le Mars Sentinel Newspaper Digitization Le Mars Public Library Le Mars Plymouth $10,206 Restoration of the Upper South Hotel Phase 2 Amana Colonies Historical Sites Foundation South Amana Iowa $44,687 DeWitt Observer Newspaper Preservation and Digitization Project Central Community Historical Society DeWitt Clinton $8,613 Restoration of Historic Windows in the German American Museum and Library Saint Lucas Historical Society Saint Lucas Fayette $18,000 Bodensteiner House: Roof Replacement, Fascia/Soffit Repair, and Eliminating Invasive Animals Winneshiek County Historical Society Decorah Winneshiek $7,631 Digitizing and Microfilming Dyersville, Iowa Newspapers James Kennedy Public Library Dyersville Dubuque $15,232 McCormick's Vault Interactive Exhibit Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment Council Bluffs Pottawattamie $5,779 Swedish-American Museum Building Rehabilitation Swedish Heritage Society Foundation Swedesburg Henry $33,640 Preserving Manning's Past Manning Historic Preservation Commission Manning Carroll $1,595 Restoration of Art from Pacific Junction, Iowa’s Museum from the Flood of 2019 Mills County Historical Society and Museum Glenwood Mills $6,186 Henry A.

Wallace Birthplace Farm: Farmhouse Renovation The Wallace Centers of Iowa Orient Adair $41,055 Repainting of the Historic Flynn Barn Living History Farms Urbandale Polk $7,875 Cook Family Portrait Restoration West Des Moines Historical Society West Des Moines Polk $3,500 National Register Nomination of Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa Aspen Grove Cemetery Association Burlington Des Moines $4,800 Madison County Courthouse Exterior Restoration Project Madison County Historic Preservation Commission Winterset Madison $50,000 Yellow River State Forest Fire Tower National Register Nomination Project Friends of Yellow River State Forest Harpers Ferry Allamakee $3,333 Ellsworth Community College Archives Osgood Library Iowa Falls Hardin $13,970 ⤢ Project Title Applicant City County Grant Amount Ruedy Communal Kitchen Property Cataloging Project Amana Heritage Society Amana Iowa $5,000 Conservation of Mural of 1890s Riverfront and Joyce (Lumber Baron) Portrait Midwest Lumber Museum dba The Sawmill Museum Clinton Clinton $4,750 Critical storage upgrade for the University of Iowa MNH mammal collections The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History Iowa City Johnson $17,900 Benton County Historical Society Re-Roofing of the Vinton Depot and Rail Museum Vinton Benton $42,085 Microfilm and Digitize Buena Vista University Alumni Publications Buena Vista University Storm Lake Buena Vista $2,491 Steeple Square Stained Glass Window Restoration and Training Steeple Square Dubuque Dubuque $31,935 Correctionville Newspaper Digitization Project Correctionville Public Library Correctionville Woodbury $4,000 Preston’s Station Historic District Preston’s Station Historic District Belle Plaine Benton $2,500 Preserve and Provide Digital Access to the Glidden Graphic Newspaper Carroll County Genealogical Society Carroll $3,940 Stabilization of the Taylor County Round Barn Taylor County Historical Society Bedford Taylor $50,000 Increasing Access to Oral Histories of the Iowa Jewish Historical Soc - Phase II Iowa Jewish Historical Society Waukee Dallas $21,603 Mansion Envelope Restoration Project: Phase II South Elevation Brucemore, Inc. Cedar Rapids Linn $50,000 Digitization of the Darwin Turner Audio Collection The University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City Johnson $27,666 Palmyra Methodist Episcopal Church Assessment, Preservation, and Adaptive Reuse Palmyra Township Palmyra Township Warren $22,400 Processing the Danish Sisterhood of America Archival Collection Museum of Danish America Elk Horn Shelby $45,300 Winterset City Park Historic District Nomination Madison County Historic Preservation Commission Winterset Madison $9,600 Restoration and Preservation of the William M.

Black’s Hurricane Deck Roof Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Dubuque $50,000 Creating a New Exhibit about Northwest Iowa Archaeology Tiel Sanford Memorial Fund Cherokee Cherokee $13,861 Conserving and Exhibiting the Sketches of George Simons Pottawattamie Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council Bluffs Pottawattamie $33,838 Repair of Museum Building Housing Collection Items and Genealogy Records Fremont County Historical Society Sidney Fremont $5,262 Digitizing Our Collections Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Dubuque $23,065 ⤢