The Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants Program
$5,525,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society shall administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Grant applicants are required to describe the project's anticipated impact by developing short-term, intermediate, and long-term evaluation metrics in order to evaluate project success. For example, they might include the number of patrons reached or oral histories collected, a list of priorities for future conservation or preservation efforts, or the number of objects inventoried or historic properties surveyed.