Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) Grants
New York State Archives (NYSED)
State grants for projects that document under-represented communities and preserve and provide public access to historical records held by New York not-for-profit archives, libraries and historical societies.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The application page publishes no dollar figures; award amounts are set out in the 2026-2027 DHP grant guidelines PDF linked from the page, which was not retrieved for this entry.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Guidelines are issued on a 2026-2027 cycle and applications are submitted through the NY State Archives online portal; the application page itself publishes no deadline date. Confirm dates in the current guidelines PDF.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Not-for-profit entities operating in New York State that provide public access to historical records, including archives, libraries, historical societies, colleges and universities, and consortia. Applicants must complete New York Statewide Financial System (SFS) prequalification before applying, which can take weeks.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- community archives · historical records · documentation · public access
- Apply at
- https://www.archives.nysed.gov/grants/documentary-heritage-program-applying-for-grant
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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