Heritage Month Grant Process
Grants are available to help communities and organizations develop meaningful Heritage Month events and programs in their areas. These are the general guidelines:
- The grant process typically opens each year in late October, with an application deadline in mid-December.
- Grants will be awarded in February for Heritage Month events to be held in May.
- Grant awards can be up to $5,000 for a qualifying event.
- Grant applications must reflect the current year’s theme.
- Grant awards require a 25 percent match, either in cash and/or in-kind.
- The project must occur during the month of May.
- The applicant must be a non-profit or not-for-profit organization.
- The applicant must not be an agency of local, county or state government. However, collaborative efforts, such as friends groups involving state agencies, are acceptable.
- Grants will not be awarded to fund ongoing operating cost of the organization.
2013 Heritage Month Grants
This year's theme is: Saving our Heritage: Arkansas’s Historic Structures. Arkansas is fortunate to have preserved so many historic structures. Homes, businesses, churches, bridges, courthouses, banks, log cabins and even entire historic districts have been preserved and protected. But there may be structures in your town that need attention and resources so they can be saved. A wealth of assistance is available through the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program to help save important places in Arkansas, including educational materials, federal tax credit program information, and technical resources to name just a few. From local museums and historical societies to private homes and businesses, preserving our past is something Arkansas does well.
For more information about this grant program, e-mail
randy@arkansasheritage.org.