Georgia Heritage Grant Program

The Georgia Heritage Grant Program is administered through the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The program originated during the 1994 Legislative Session, when the Georgia General Assembly initiated appropriations for grant funding to support preservation of historic properties in Georgia. The program provides seed money for preservation activities involving historic properties and archaeological sites throughout the state. According to the current program information, the Georgia Heritage Grant Program is funded solely through revenue generated by sales of Georgia preservation license plates. The program offers matching funds on a statewide competitive basis for the preservation of Georgia Register-eligible historic properties. Eligible applicants identified in the source are local governments and nonprofit organizations. The supplied program information does not identify additional applicant classes or establish more detailed organizational qualifications for nonprofit applicants. Because the program applies throughout Georgia and is directed toward eligible historic properties within the state, the geographic scope is statewide rather than nationwide. Funding is intended for historic preservation, including preservation of qualifying historic properties and archaeological sites. The source specifically describes the awards as matching funds and seed money. Therefore, applicants should expect to contribute a match, although the supplied information does not state the required matching ratio, percentage, dollar amount, or allowable sources of matching funds. The source also does not provide an award floor, award ceiling, total amount available for the current grant cycle, expected number of awards, detailed allowable or prohibited cost rules, or a period of performance. These funding values should not be inferred without additional official program documentation. For the current grant cycle, applications are open from August 17, 2026 through October 17, 2026. Applications must be submitted on or before October 17, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Because the source does not specify a time zone, the program data-entry rules treat an unstated deadline time zone as Eastern Time. Applications are made available through NR-TIGERS, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs grant management system. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline is identified in the supplied program information. Application materials identified for the cycle include the 2026 Application Guide, Survey Requirement Form, Lobbying Form Example, Example Resolution, and assurances materials. The listed assurances materials include Assurances for Non-Construction Programs, Assurances for Construction Programs, and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities. The supplied source does not state which of these materials are mandatory for every applicant versus examples or materials applicable only to particular project types. It also does not provide narrative questions, scoring weights, formal evaluation criteria, an award notification date, or a performance period. The program is expressly described as competitive, but additional evaluation procedures should be verified in the official application guide or other current program materials rather than inferred. The current application window begins August 17, 2026 and closes October 17, 2026, with the final submission deadline at 11:59 p.m. Applications are submitted through NR-TIGERS. No named individual program contact, program email address, or telephone number is provided in the supplied source material. The source refers to the current grant cycle but does not explicitly state that the opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another defined recurring schedule. Accordingly, recurrence and a future cycle date are not inferred from the available information. Applicants should rely on the current Georgia Department of Community Affairs and Historic Preservation Division materials for requirements not established by the supplied source.

Confirm that the property is Georgia Register-eligible and prepare the applicable listed application materials for submission through NR-TIGERS by October 17, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.; the program is competitive and requires matching funds.