Historic Preservation Grants

In partnership with the City Planning Department and the Historic Preservation Fund Committee (HPFC), OEWD provides small grants to non-profits organizations tasked with preserving historic buildings and districts in San Francisco. Examples of funded projects include the preparation of historic context statements for the City’s Mission Dolores and Parkside neighborhoods and the completion of a National Register nomination for the City’s Tenderloin neighborhood.

WHY AND HOW TO APPLY

The funds shall be used solely for the historic preservation purposes, including:

• Feasibility studies: architectural, structural, economic and planning

• Research and documentation including the review of historic preservation determinations contained in CEQA evaluations 

• Nominations of properties to local, state and federal historic registers

• Historic context statements such as those related to potential historic districts and architectural surveys
  

• Historic preservation education programs

• Other preservation-oriented purposes

The funds should be utilized for a project that provides a public benefit and cannot be issued for a private purpose. The HPFC encourages grant requests that are less than $25,000.

HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE