Montana Historic Preservation Grant

The Montana Historic Preservation Grant sits under the Montana Department of Commerce and funds capital work for historic sites, historical societies, and history museums. It covers infrastructure improvements, renovations, maintenance, and building code compliance, and the 2026 cycle closed on 28 February 2026, leaving the program between biennial rounds. Award size reaches $350,000 per project. For-profit applicants face a one-to-one match on the grant request, while other eligible applicants use a 20 percent match on total project cost. Eligible applicants include individuals using a fiscal agent or local government, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments. The project itself has to meet a historic criterion: listing on a historic registry, contribution to a historic district, or at least 50 years of documented significance. The best fits are preservation projects with a public purpose, clear documentation, and a direct connection to keeping a historic asset usable. That favors visible, well-scoped rehabilitation work over vague improvement plans, and it rewards applicants that can explain why the structure matters to a community now.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.