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Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation provides nonprofit organizations and public agencies grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 for projects that contribute to the
preservation or the recapture of an authentic sense of place. Individuals and for-profit
businesses may apply only if the project for which funding is requested involves a National Historic Landmark. Funds may be used for professional advice, conferences, workshops, and education programs.

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors provides nonprofit organizations and public agencies grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to assist in the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic interiors. Individuals and for-profit businesses may apply only if the project for which funding is requested involves a National Historic Landmark. Funds may be used for professional expertise, print and video communications materials, and education programs.

Banc of America Historic Tax Credit Fund invests in projects eligible for the federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credit. The Fund is unique in that it provides equity to developers of smaller historic tax credit projects that qualify for as little as $500,000 in historic tax credit
equity as well as those that qualify for up to $5 million.

National Trust Loan Programs:

Inner-City Ventures Fund
finances community development projects that result in preserving historic properties that benefit low-, moderate-, or mixed-income neighborhoods.

National Preservation Loan Fund provides funding to establish or expand local and statewide preservation revolving funds, to acquire and/or rehabilitate historic buildings, sites, structures and districts, and to preserve National Historic Landmarks.

Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/bedi/index.cfm
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410
(202) 708-1112
(202) 708-1455 TTY

The Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) is designed to assist cities with the redevelopment of abandoned, idled and underused industrial and commercial facilities with expansion and redevelopment of
real or perceived environmental contamination. BEDI is one of the key competitive grant programs that HUD administers to stimulate and promote economic and community development activities under Section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. (Also visit the
Environmental Protection Agency for more funding options related to Brownfields: http://www.epa.gov/
.)

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