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Briefing on FY 2026 Heritage Preservation Grant Recommendations Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment | April 1, 2026 Award Announcements! ▪ 731 Awards announced on March 16th (1,606 applications submitted) ▪ $24+ million in grant awards ($67+ million in requests) Austin Live Music Fund Creative Space Assistance Program • 399 awards • $7.14 million • 22 awards • $1.32 million Elevate • 288 awards • $12.8 million Heritage Preservation Grant • 22 awards • $3 million 2 Heritage Preservation Grant Program The purpose of the Heritage Preservation Grant is to preserve and restore historic sites and preservation activities that are actively marketed to tourists. Based on State Statute Ch. 351, the project must: ▪ Be used for historical restoration and preservation projects or activities to encourage tourism to visit preserved historic sites. ▪ At, or in the immediate vicinity of, Convention Center facilities or visitor information centers; ▪ Located in the areas that would be frequented by tourists and convention delegates 3 FY26 Program Highlights ▪ Historic preservation projects and history-focused activities that promote the site’s history to tourists ▪ Project Types: ▪ Heritage Event up to $50,000 or up to $150,000 ▪ Capital Improvement Project up to $250,000 ▪ Term: 24 months for Capital Projects; 12 months for Heritage Events ▪ Eligible: 501(c)(3) Non-Profit and For Profit ▪ Funds preservation project costs (no match) ▪ Online Application in Eng/Spn ▪ Outreach and Education: Virtual and In-Person Awareness Workshops ▪ Outreach and Education: New Applicants ▪ Outreach and Education: Creative Collaborations ▪ (Once awarded) Tourism Marketing Training in Eng/Spn REQUIREMENTS ▪ Marketed to attract and expand audiences and tourism ▪ Open and Accessible grounds ▪ Occurs in Austin City Council District or ETJ 4 Review Process • Interdepartmental staff review PRE-PANEL • Heritage Events (with or without a historic designation) • Capital Improvement Projects Panel Types • Preservation architects, museum educators, Preservation expertise historians, tourism professionals 5 Heritage Preservation Grant Scoring Criteria Preservation Impact – Up to 36 Points Tourism Impact – Up to 36 Points New Voices, Historic Places – Up to 18 Points New Local Historic Designation – Up to 10 Points 6 FY26 Grant Overview FY26 Heritage Preservation Grants Application: Stats 473% Increase in Eligibility Forms (126 submitted) 109% Increase in Applications Received (45 submitted) FY26 Recommended Heritage Preservation Grants: Stats 22 Preservation Project Awards (over $3M) 72.73% Awarded Proposals from New Applicants 72.73% Local Historic Designation (Existing) 8 Capital Improvement Projects 14 Heritage Event Projects 7 Details by Program: Heritage Preservation ▪ 8 Capital Project Awards: $1.5 Million ▪ 14 Heritage Events Awards: $1.5 Million ▪ Discipline Breakdown ▪ 4 Multidisciplinary 18% ▪ 4 Cultural Heritage 18% ▪ 4 Historic Preservation 18% ▪ 3 Heritage Events & Programming 14% ▪ 2 Music 9% ▪ 1 Arts Service Organization 5% ▪ 1 Cultural History/Humanities 5% ▪ 1 Legacy and Small Business 5% ▪ 1 Media Arts 5% ▪ 1 Museums 5% ▪ Race breakdown: ▪ 5 White 23% ▪ 3 Hispanic or Latino 14% ▪ 8 Black or African American 36% ▪ 2 Asian 9% ▪ 4 Prefer not to answer 18% ▪ Gender breakdown: ▪ 11 Woman 50% ▪ 7 Man 32% ▪ 1 Non-Binary 5% ▪ 3 Prefer not to answer 14% ▪ 3 Identify as LGBTQ (14%) 8 District Applicants & Awardees District # Applicants # Awardees Amount Requested Award Amount District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 ETJ Metropolitan Statistical Area 222 136 220 104 191 66 119 84 220 107 60 140 106 $ 9,220,256 $3,814,158.00 54 $ 5,220,000 $1,236,308.00 112 $ 8,419,292 $4,083,931.00 49 $ 3,335,000 $1,758,600.00 79 $ 6,782,800 $1,888,950.00 19 $ 2,660,600 $472,207.00 49 $ 4,170,000 $1,649,450.00 30 $ 3,710,000 $743,000.00 125 $ 10,491,226 $5,466,823.00 45 $ 5,195,000 $1,679,584.00 19 $ 1,905,000 $600,000.00 44 $ 4,146,120 $906,514.00 9 FY26 Recommended Heritage Preservation Grants Proposed by Preservation Project District Boggy Creek Farm, Llc James Smith Place Preservation Project Austin Woman's Club North-Evans Chateau Restoration Project Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts, Inc. Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum Paramount Theatre Roof Project Charles Umlauf House and Studio Infrastructure Improvement State Theater Company Stateside Theatre HVAC Project East Austin Conservancy Parque Zaragoza Grandstands Restoration W H Passon Historical Society, Inc. Southgate-Lewis House Restoration and Rehabilitation Project German Texan Heritage Society German Free School Roof Project 3 9 9 5 9 3 1 9 10 FY26 Recommended Heritage Preservation Grants Proposed by Preservation Project District Preservation Austin Heritage Event at McFarland-McBee House Antone's Nightclub LLC Heritage Event at Antone's Nightclub augzoo LLC Heritage Event at Wooldridge Square J.O.I Community Outreach Heritage Event at at Rosewood Park and Doris Miller Auditorium Earth Day Austin Heritage Event at Huston-Tillotson University Austin Chinese-American Network Heritage Event at Austin History Center Reggie's Rap Room LLC Heritage Event at Huston-Tillotson University 9 9 9 1 1 9 1 11 FY26 Recommended Heritage Preservation Grants Proposed by Preservation Project District Black History Bike Ride Heritage Event at Haskell House Black Makers Market Carver ATX Foundation Austin Moonflower Performing Arts Group Heritage Event at George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Geneaology Center Heritage Event at Rosewood Park and Doris Miller Auditorium Heritage Event at George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Geneaology Center Lynny's LLC Heritage Event at 1914 East 12th Street Downtown Austin Development Corporation Heritage Event at Republic Square The Children's Haven Association Heritage Event at 1908 Chicon Street 9 1 1 1 1 9 1 12 Completed & In-Progress Projects AFTER Images provided by O'Connell Architecture, LLC and Alamo Drafhouse Cinemass, LLC Baker School (Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Baker, LLC) 3908 Avenue B GRANT AMOUNT: $250,000 APPROVED FINAL REPORT DATE: March 2026 PROJECT SCOPE: Window and Trim Restoration Project 14 Thompson House (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.) 1171 San Bernard Street GRANT AMOUNT: $250,000 APPROVED FINAL REPORT DATE: March 2026 PROJECT SCOPE: Foundation Stabilization; Exterior Wood Elements; ADA Ramp; Roof; Porch Repair; Windows and Doors; HVAC Images provided by James Nolan Construction and City Program Staff 15 Hofheintz-Reissig Store Current: Moonshine Grill (Awardee: Haunted Texas Corporation) 600 E 3rd Street GRANT AMOUNT: $138,140 APPROVED FINAL REPORT DATE: FY24 Project In-Progress PROJECT SCOPE: Event and Tour Development 16 Images provided by Haunted Texas Corporation and City Program Staff Next Steps: Process Improvements ▪ Internal Retrospective Meetings – City Staff/Leadership, The Long Center ▪ Reviewing survey data ▪ Application Experience Survey ▪ Commissioner Perspectives Survey ▪ Panelist Survey ▪ Identify areas for enhancement leading up to the July launch ▪ Definitions, Processes, etc ▪ Share any updates in May before build out for July launch 17 Now Open! ▪ Nexus Program! ▪ Opened: March 10th ▪ Deadline: April 16th at 6:59 PM ▪ $5k and $10k grants to support individuals and arts groups producing public art, performances, and cultural projects in Austin. ▪ Built-in/ automatic Eligibility verification* ▪ Variety* of workshops scheduled ▪ Virtual Open Office Hours ▪ Regular: 10 AM – Noon (March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31, April 7, April 14) ▪ All day: 10 AM – 5 PM on April 16th ▪ Info Sessions: March 10th (6PM Virtual/recorded), March 14th (10:30 AM, Virtual/Spanish), March 19th (5:30 PM, In-Person Ruiz Branch Library with ASL) ▪ Ask Us Anything Session, March 21st 11 AM – 1PM (in-person at University Hills Branch Library) 18 Thank you austintexas.gov/heritage-preservation-grant heritagetourism@austintexas.gov Join Virtual Open Office Hours Second and fourth Tuesday of each month, no appointment necessary 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 19