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Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF): Capacity - FY 2025

Agency: U.S. Department of Interior
CFDA: 15.957
Federal FON: P25AS00257
Office: National Park Service (NPS)
Multipart Grant: No
Next Due: 06/12/2025 (Application)
Solicitation Date: 05/12/2025
   
Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $48,000,000 (Estimated)
Award Range: $75,000 (Min) / $15,000,000 (Max)
Number of Awards: 30 (Estimated)
Summary:

The purpose of this program is to support the 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) in calendar years 2023 or 2024. Funding will provide states and tribes with the capacity needed to address increased workload, including increased compliance activities, and for defined in-house projects.

Eligible activities include:

  • Review and compliance
  • Survey and inventory
  • Planning
  • Costs for producing or amending a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places or Tribal Register
  • Limited administrative costs necessary to complete and administer the project
  • Cost of any required audits or financial requests
  • Costs of public notices of grant opportunity
  • Costs associated with required training or reporting
  • Any other costs determined eligible by the funding agency
Eligibility Notes:

Eligible applicants are:

  • State governments and the territories of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments with signed memoranda of agreement with the National Park Service to assume the duties of the State Historic Preservation Office on tribal lands
  • Ohio History Connection, applying on behalf of the state

To be eligible, applicants must have had a major disaster declaration within their jurisdictions in calendar years 2023 and/or 2024. A list of major disaster declarations can be found online at www.arcgis.com.

Applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are not eligible.

Eligible Applicants:
Local Government
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
Application Notes:

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2025.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

Applications must include:

  • SF 424
  • SF 424A
  • SF 424C (if applicable)
  • SF 424D (if applicable)
  • SF LLL (if applicable)
  • Project abstract summary
  • Project narrative/description worksheet (6,000 characters max per criterion)
  • Budget narrative/justification worksheet
  • Project images worksheet (19 photos max)
  • Indirect cost statement (if applicable)
  • Letter of owner consent (if applicable)
  • Letters of support (if applicable)
  • Conflict of interest and unresolved matters disclosure (if applicable)
  • Overlap or duplication of effort statement

The following are required in order to submit an application:

  • Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
  • SAM (System for Award Management) registration
  • SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.

Applications will be evaluated using the following criteria:

  • Significant (25 points)
  • Need/urgency/threat (25 points)
  • Feasibility (25 points)
  • Sustainability (25 points)

Refer to pages 12-15 of the NOFA file for additional application evaluation information.

Refer to the NOFA file and Application folder for additional application information.

Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $48,000,000 (Estimated)
Award Range: $75,000 (Min) / $15,000,000 (Max)
Number of Awards: 30 (Estimated)
Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program; however, applicants may detailed any nonfederal contributions in the application.

Funding Notes:

An estimated $48 million is expected to be available to support approximately 30 awards ranging from $75,000 to $15 million through this program.

Projects are expected to span three years, beginning on March 31, 2026, and ending on March 31, 2029. Project must show substantial progress within one year of the award. Extensions of project periods may be approved if there has been substantial progress on projects.

Administrative costs plus indirect costs, including subaward administrative costs, may not exceed 25 percent of total project costs.

Funds may not be used for:

  • Sites or collections owned or leased by the federal government or in which the federal governments holds a property interest, or work on federally owned properties
  • Physical preservation
  • Construction of new buildings
  • Cash reserves, endowments, revolving funds, or fundraising costs
  • Lobbying or advocacy activities
  • Miscellaneous costs, contingencies, reserves, and overhead
  • Local government certification
  • Preservation tax incentives
  • Pre-award costs, except for work associated with damage that occurred within the declared disaster period
  • Cost related to Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) activities
Contacts:

Program Staff
STLPG@nps.gov

Agency Address
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20240

Contact Notes:

Questions should be directed to the program staff.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.

Files:
NOFA File: US15661_NOFA_FY2025.pdf (201.6 Kb)
Application File: US15661_Application_FY2025.zip (2.2 Mb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (67.7 Kb)
File Notes:

The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Application folder contains required forms for the submission of an application. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program.

Grant Keywords
Department of the Interior, DOI, NPS, National Park Service, historic preservation, historic preservation capacity, Robert T. Stafford, Stafford Act, major disaster, declared disaster, presidential disaster, disaster, man-made disaster, natural disaster, drought, earthquake, eruption, fire, firestorm, hail, hurricane, ice, precipitation, rain, severe wind, sleet, snowstorm, storm, thunderstorm, tornado, tropical storm, tsunami, volcano, weather, wildfire, disaster area, disaster assistance, avalanche, flash flood, flood, flood hazard, flooding, mudslide, brook, coastal flooding, creek, lake river, ocean, overflow, tidal wave, tide, wave, damage control, mitigate, mitigation, rebuild, recover, recovery, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, repair, restoration, restore, FEMA, disaster recovery, distressed community, fix, infrastructure, neighborhood revitalization, redevelopment, refurbish, rehab, renewal, renovate, renovation, building, architectural improvement, engineering, planning, arts and culture, culture, cultural heritage, Review, compliance, Survey, inventory, National Register of Historic Places, Tribal Register, register nomination, historic register nomination, historic property, historic properties, historical, history, historic resources assessment, urban redevelopment, urban revitalization, cultural resource, historic architecture, historic building, historic resource, historic site, historic structure, retrofit, retrofitting, ESHPF, NPS ESHPF, tribe, tribal, territory, territories, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau
Grant Categories
Arts & Culture
Community Development
Disaster Preparedness