Preservation Pennsylvania, through creative partnerships, targeted educational and advocacy programs, advisory assistance, and special projects, assists Pennsylvania communities to protect and utilize the historic resources they want to preserve for the future.

Preservation Pennsylvania (PPA) is the Commonwealth's only statewide, private non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the protection of historically and architecturally significant properties.

Preservation Pennsylvania administers a Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) program on behalf of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).

TAGs are available to assist Pennsylvania organizations with general operating budgets of less than $250,000, that have been in existence for more than two years and have tax-exempt status (501(c)(3)) with the Internal Revenue Service or be an entity of local government.

For more information see our Other Funding Sources page.







Advocacy

  • Statewide public policy initiatives, such as landuse reform and statewide incentives for reinvesting in existing communities.
  • Partner with National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Action on national public policy initiatives of concern to the Commonwealth
  • Public policy updates on web site and advocacy alert emails. To receive future advocacy alerts, send an email to info@preservationpa.org

Conferences and Workshops

  • Historic Preservation and Heritage Partnerships educational programs
  • special topics workshops

Annual Awards

  • F. Otto Haas Award
  • Initiatives ,Construction Project and Archaeology Project Awards

Publications

  • Newsletter, Preserving Pennsylvania including the special Pennsylvania at Risk which is devoted to a listing of endangered properties.
  • The Crisis Handbook --a guide to community action to save historic resources
  • Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: A Plan for Pennsylvania by Pulitzer prize-winner Tom Hylton; PPA is the book's official nonprofit sponsor

Technical Assistance
PPA provides limited technical assistance to its members and serves as a clearinghouse for information on other organizations and individuals who are able to provide focused technical assistance.

Financial Assistance
Preservation Fund of Pennsylvania--a statewide low-interest revolving loan fund that assists nonprofit organizations and government agencies to preserve threatened historic resources.


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