The U.S. Department of Interior’s Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Program provides funding for a portion of the operation of Colorado’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The National Park Service specifies that at least 10 percent of these funds be subgranted to Certified Local Governments (CLGs).

Since 2000, History Colorado (Colorado’s SHPO) has provided the required match to these funds through History Colorado’s State Historical Fund. Therefore, local governments may apply for CLG grants without providing matching funds.

Counties and municipalities must be designated a CLG prior to the grant application submittal deadline in order to be eligible for CLG grant funding. Discover how to become a CLG.

CLG General Grants

General grants are available annually for Certified Local Governments in good standing. For the FY 2026 General Grant Round, CLGs are eligible to apply for up to $25,000 in no-match grant funding for preservation plans; survey and survey plans; historic context studies; design guidelines; ordinance updates; disaster preparedness and resilience plans related to historic preservation programs; nominations of properties to the local, State, or National Registers; education, outreach, and engagement projects; and other innovative projects that directly support your local government historic preservation program.

Key Dates:

Grant Application Available - December 5, 2025

Draft Applications Due (Optional) - February 2, 2026 by end of day

Applications Due - February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Award Notifications - April 6, 2026 (anticipated)

Projects Completed - June 1, 2028

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Awarded CLG Grants

Grant recipients can find forms and guidance for grant management on our CLG Grants Administration page.

FY 2025

City of Cañon City - Intensive-Level Selective Survey of 22 Resources

City of Cortez - Document and Publicize the Cortez Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Park County - National and Local Register Nominations

City of Loveland - Intensive Survey of Cleveland Avenue Neighborhood

Town of Crested Butte - Hybrid Survey of Early Recreation Era Resources

Town of Lyons - Historic Preservation Outreach Materials

Town of Rangely - Preservation Boot Camp Initiative

City of Westminster - 250-150-115: A Celebration of History of the United States, Colorado, and Westminster

City of Idaho Springs - Digital Multimedia History Tour

FY 2024

City of La Junta - Cultural Resource Survey of Northeast La Junta

Town of Carbondale - Historic Preservation Design Guidelines

City of Northglenn - Citywide Survey Plan

Town of Minturn - Cultural Resource Survey

City of Cortez - Class III Cultural Resource Survey

City of Aurora - Survey Plan Update

City of Loveland - NAPC Commission Assistance and Mentoring Program

FY 2023

City of Golden - Indigenous Connections Ethnography Phase II

City of Steamboat Springs - Education, Engagement, and Outreach Strategy + Training

Otero County - Otero County History as Seen Through Historic Sites - Workbook and Teacher Resource Manual

Boulder County - Class III Cultural Resource Survey

Town of Saguache - Saguache Adobe Workshop

City of Leadville - West End Residential Survey

Town of Lyons - Lyons Historic Context Study

FY 2022

City of Cortez - Inventory of 17 Properties from the Post-WWII Auto/Tourism Boom

Town of New Castle - Historic Resource Survey of Main Street and Previously Designated Properties

Town of Buena Vista - Westside Historical & Architectural Survey

City of Central - Residential Intensive-Level Survey, Phase I

Town of Windsor - Historic Preservation Plan

City of Fort Morgan - Citywide Survey Plan

City of Greeley - Cranford Neighborhood N of 16th Street Reconnaissance Survey

FY 2021

City of Montrose - Tortilla Flats Historical Context & Survey

Boulder County - Class III Cultural Resource Survey

City of Florence - Historic Context Study

City of Golden - Golden Region Native American Ethnography Project

City of La Junta - Historic Resource Survey of Downtown La Junta

City of Salida - Citywide Survey Plan

CLG Scholarships

History Colorado is currently offering approximately $8,600 in scholarships, available on a first-come, first-served basis, for Certified Local Government staff members, historic preservation commissioners, and elected officials to attend Colorado Preservation Inc's Saving Places Conference on February 11-13, 2026, at the DoubleTree by Hilton (3203 Quebec Street) in Denver and online. CLGs may apply for scholarships to attend in-person or virtually. Registration rates can be found on the conference website. We encourage CLGs to register by the early bird deadline of December 10, 2025. Scholarships are capped at $1,000 per CLG.

Please see the application for more details.

**Scholarship funds are currently exhausted. Applications will still be accepted to be added to the waitlist in the order in which they are received in case additional funds become available. The final deadline to apply for any remaining funds is January 30, 2026.

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