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Landmarks Illinois Preservation Heritage Fund.

Landmarks Illinois awards small preservation grants for threatened significant structures and sites, with emphasis on planning, evaluation, stabilization, and protection.

Offered byLandmarks Illinoisverified 2026-07-10

Overview

What it does.

The fund is useful for early work that makes a larger preservation project possible. Awards are made twice a year, and applicants must document significance, threat, project need, and eligible scope.

Best for: A Chester nonprofit or governmental preservation partner needing a study, stabilization step, rehabilitation, nomination, or reuse evaluation for an eligible threatened historic place.

Eligibility

Who and what may qualify.

Eligible applicants

  • Illinois nonprofit organizations and governmental bodies preserving or protecting eligible significant Illinois structures or sites

Applicants excluded by the source

  • Individuals and for-profit owners applying without an eligible nonprofit or governmental applicant

Eligible uses

  • Engineering, architectural, and feasibility studies
  • Stabilization
  • Rehabilitation
  • Legal services
  • Surveys and National Register nominations
  • Preservation-ordinance support

Application

How to start.

  1. Confirm that a nonprofit organization or governmental body will apply and review the current project guidelines.
  2. Document the structure's significance, threat, and proposed preservation outcome.
  3. Submit through the official application by April 1 or October 1.

Timing: The official program lists recurring April 1 and October 1 deadlines; the next date after verification is October 1, 2026.

Planning notes

Limits to account for.

  • Applicants must be nonprofit organizations or governmental bodies.
  • The property or site must meet the fund's significance and threat criteria.
  • Completed work is not eligible.

Can help prepare a project for tax credits, capital grants, or private financing.

Evidence

Official sources.