Texas Historical Foundation grants provide seed money to help nonprofit organizations save their own pieces of the state’s past. Eligible recipients are 501(c)(3) organizations with a current project related to Texas history. Proposals for the following types of projects are considered quarterly:
- Historic property restoration
- Events promoting state history to the general public
- Preservation of artifacts, archival materials, or legal documents
- Texas history curriculum in classrooms
- Museum programming
- Publications and scholarly research in Texas history
- Archeology
- Preservation of the arts
Grant Forms
All areas of the application must be completed and requested supporting documentation included in order to be considered for a THF grant.
Proposals should be sent via email to grants@texashistoricalfoundation.org in PDF format on or before the quarterly deadlines listed below. Please be aware that beginning in the Spring 2023 grant cycle, applicants are required to use the most current version of the application form, available below, without modification to format. Forms downloaded prior to October of 2022 will not be accepted.
Within ten business days after grant decisions are made, all applicants will receive a letter announcing whether their proposal was accepted or denied. See the FAQ page for more information about the application process.
Recipients must submit a follow-up report, signed by an organizational representative, with accompanying documentation upon completion of the funded project or within one year of the grant disbursement.
If your project timeline has extended and you will not meet the completion date projected in your original proposal, please notify THF staff and include this information in your follow-up report. Once the project has concluded, a follow-up report should be sent within 60 days to notify THF of completion.
Application Deadlines
| Summer 2023 | June 1 | Announced early August |
| Fall 2023 | September 1 | Announced early February |
| Winter 2024 | December 1 | Announced early March |
| Spring 2024 | March 1 | Announced early May |
The Texas Historical Foundation partially funded The African-American Heritage Project of Nacogdoches, Inc. to install new windows built to historical specification in the Clay House, a 120-year-old house in the Zion Hill Historic District. The completion of this project was a major step in our ongoing efforts to restore this important structure in this historically significant African-American neighborhood.
-- Richard Orton
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