The Texas Historical Foundation is proud to announce eight new grantees in our Summer 2025 grant cycle. Each recipient is leading important projects that preserve, protect, and share Texas’s rich history.
- 91.3 KVLU Public Radio, Beaumont, will use granted funds for “Bayoulands”, a radio series and podcast covering the intersection of culture, history, and the arts in Southeast Texas.
- Sugarloaf Pictures, Austin, was awarded funds for “Tonkawa: They All Stay Together”, a documentary film following the Tonkawa over two years, exploring the tribe's past and present cultural traditions as they return to their ancestral Red Mountain home in Central Texas.
- C60, Houston, received support to develop educational programs centering Latino civil rights history in Texas and its national impacts. Subjects include C60’s namesake, LULAC Council 60, and the landmark Hernandez v. State of Texas legal case.
- Chestnut Square, McKinney, will restore the 1860s-era “Two Bit” Taylor Inn, part of their village of historic structures in the heart of old McKinney. Like the rest of the village, the Inn is open to the public.
- La Junta Patriótica of Melvin will embark on an effort to restore the century-old Plataforma Jiménez to its historic role as a dance hall and community center in the small West Texas town with deep Mexican American roots.
- Palacios Preservation Association, Palacios, received a grant to launch a local historic landmark program, part of a broader effort to ignite interest in preservation in the coastal community.
- Texas General Land Office, Austin, will give a boost to Student Research Showcase participants at this year’s Save Texas History Symposium, held November 7-8, 2025 at the Bullock Museum in Austin.
- San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation received a grant in support of restorations at the 1870 Anton Wulff House, an Italianate-style mansion in the King William Historic District.
THF is committed to funding projects that protect the state’s historic resources and celebrate the diverse stories that shape Texas. To learn more about our grant programs or apply for future cycles, please visit our website.
