2025 Historical Promotion Grant Cycle

The application period is now open for the 2025 Historical Promotion Grant program. Information about the program can be found on this page, along with links to the new online application form and other related documents. 

Read more about the new online application process below. Hard copy applications are no longer accepted.

THE 2025 APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 AT 5 PM.
 

New Application Process

The 2025 grant cycle will use a new online application process, as follows:

• Applicants must submit the online application form, available by clicking the button above or through this link. Hard copy applications are no longer accepted.
• Applicants must submit applicable supporting documents via email by clicking the teal button above through this link: historicpreservation@clark.wa.gov. Applications will not be deemed fully complete or forwarded for review until all required materials are submitted. 
• Staff is happy to help applicants with any part of the new application process. Please email us at historicpreservation@clark.wa.gov.

Background

RCW 36.22.170 allows the county to impose a $1 surcharge on filing fees to be used, at the discretion of the council, to promote historical preservation or historical programs, including preservation of historical documents. To make grant annual recommendations, the Historical Promotion Grants Program was initiated in 2006.

The Historical Promotion Grants program is designed to increase awareness and education to better preserve, exhibit, and/or interpret local history and historic preservation.

The Historic Preservation Commission reviews applications in the fall and submits recommendations to the County Council in November. Final grant awards occur in December, and funding is available in January.

Eligibility

Applicants must be either a non-profit organization or public entity, tax exempt under the regulations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, that either (1) operates or owns a museum or similar historical institution within the boundaries of Clark County which promotes our local history, or (2) performs educative, interpretive, or similar activities within the boundaries of Clark County which promotes our local history.