The Wahkiakum Foundation led the JBH house preservation and Julia legacy project from roughly 2003 to 2017. I don’t know what grants they got to help them, but according to their old 501c3 records they put a lot of money into their efforts.
In May 2024 we applied for an NEH research grant to explore best practices for a small rural site to preserve its artifacts. We did not get that grant, but we did get past the first rejection phase, and thus received written notes from the reviewers on how to improve for next time. Here is what they said: link
After our 501c3 process is complete we plan to apply for project-maintenance type grants from the county’s Cultural Access Program, assuming the county approves it. Here is a link to currently available documents on that program: link
We are in the process of applying for funding from the state legislature for a capital improvement grant … but, it is much more complicated than we were told … and, there are requirements that might make it so we cannot apply. “Direct Grant Program Guidelines”: link and, “Local Community Grant Program” application questions in pdf format: link
The Washington State Historical Society also offers some grants that will be very helpful once we have all of our preparations complete: link