Cultural and Historical Support Grants
🏛 Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
✓ Free, no account · Source: Pennsylvania Grants (CODE PA) · Last verified Jul 15, 2026
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This grant is for Pennsylvania museums and official county historical societies that meet the American Alliance of Museums definition. Eligible institutions must be legally organized nonprofits that are educational in nature, have professional staff, and own or utilize tangible objects for public exhibition on a regular schedule.
Award amounts range from $2,500 to $65,000 and are based on an operating budget formula. No county shall receive more than 37.5% of available funds; individual awards may be reduced in counties exceeding this cap.
Funding supports general operating expenses at the applicant's discretion. All awards require Commonwealth budget approval.
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Program description
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Cultural and Historical Support Grants program provides general operating support funding to eligible Pennsylvania museums and official county historical societies. The goal of this program is to strengthen Pennsylvania’s museums and allow applicants to determine how to use funds for operating expenses. A museum must meet the American Alliance of Museums’ definition that “a museum must be a legally organized nonprofit institution, essentially educational in nature, with professional staff, which owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule” Grant awards range from $2,500 to $65,000. As a general rule, no county shall receive an allocation greater than 37.5% of the available funds. In counties that exceed this cap, individual grant awards may be reduced. Grant award amounts are based on a formula that uses the operating budget for the most recently completed fiscal year. All awards are submitted to the Commission for approval and depend upon the availability of funds in the Commonwealth budget.
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