Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP) | P19AS00015

Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00015

The Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, focused on helping rural communities preserve and rehabilitate historic properties. The central purpose of the program is to support the physical rehabilitation of historic buildings and sites that are either already listed in the National Register of Historic Places or are eligible to be listed. In practical terms, the funding is aimed at hands-on preservation work that stabilizes, repairs, and restores historic resources so they can remain in use and continue contributing to local community life.

A key feature of HRSP is that it operates as a pass-through or subgrant program. The direct applicant to the National Park Service is expected to administer the award and then make subgrants to other entities for the actual preservation projects. Those subgrants must specifically support physical preservation and rehabilitation activities, rather than purely planning or promotional work. Another important requirement is that any subgrant recipients must be located within the applicant's jurisdiction, meaning the applicant can only award funds onward to eligible projects and organizations that fall within the geographic or governmental area the applicant serves.

The program is limited to projects in places classified as rural by the US Bureau of the Census. This rural eligibility requirement is central to the program's design, as it prioritizes preservation needs in smaller or less densely populated communities that may have fewer resources to maintain historic properties. Applicants and subgrantees therefore need to ensure the project location meets the Census definition of rural to be considered eligible.

Eligible applicants for the main award are broad and include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. Nonprofit organizations are also eligible, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. The opportunity listing also indicates that additional applicant types may be eligible under an "Others" category, depending on the additional eligibility details tied to the program. The funding aligns with several public-purpose areas, including arts and humanities (as related to cultural affairs), community development, housing, and regional development, reflecting the role historic rehabilitation can play in revitalization and local economic stability.

For this specific notice (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00015), the maximum award amount was $750,000, and the National Park Service anticipated making about 10 awards. The opportunity was posted on December 20, 2018, and required applications to be submitted through Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on March 1, 2019.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda), community development, housing, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification), regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.904.
• This funding opportunity was created on Dec 20, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 01, 2019 Applications must be submitted through grants.gov and received by 1159 pm Eastern Standard Time on March 1, 2019.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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