• 20% Federal Investment tax Credit
  Owners of historic commercial and rental properties listed on the State and National Registers may qualify for a federal 20 percent tax credit for the substantial rehabilitation of income-producing historic properties.

• New Markets Tax Credits Program
  Permits taxpayers to receive a credit against Federal income taxes for making qualified equity investments in designated Community Development Entities (CDEs). Substantially all of the qualified equity investment must in turn be used by the CDE to provide investments in low-income communities. The credit provided to the investor totals 39 percent of the cost of the investment and is claimed over a seven-year credit allowance period. Can be used in addition to Feeral
  
  
• Historic Barns Tax Credit 25% of expenses for the rehabilitation of historic barns.
  
  
• Sacred Sites
  The Sacred Sites Fund provides congregations with grants for exterior restoration projects. Priority will be given to essential repairs to the primary worship building. Highest consideration is given to projects such as roofing and drainage system repairs; masonry repointing and restoration; structural repairs; and stained glass window repair and restoration. The Sacred Sites Fund will consider funding for professional services* including conditions surveys; plans and specifications; project management; engineering reports; stained glass surveys; and laboratory testing of materials and finishes. Sacred Sites grants may be considered for barrier-free access construction, if it is done in conjunction with a larger preservation project. Grants cannot be used for pipe organ restoration, interior work, mechanical upgrades, or routine maintenance.

• Funding for Historic Preservation - Funding Chart (Landmark Society of WNY)
  
  
• Grant and Funding Sources (Preservation League of New York)
  
  
• Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives (National Park Service)
  
  
• Preserve New York
  A Grant Program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts
  The Preserve New York Grant Program provides support for three types of projects: cultural resource surveys, historic structure reports, and historic landscape reports. An applicant must be a not-for-profit group with tax-exempt status or a unit of local government. State agencies and religious institutions are not eligible to apply. The program generally provides only partial support on a competitive basis. Grants are likely to range between $3,000 and $10,000.
  
  For more information or to discuss your proposal, please contact Shelley LaClair, 518-462-5658 x. 13; or Tania Werbizky, 607.272.6510 (Ithaca).
  
  
• Buffalo's Historic Property Exemption Law of 1998
  Rehabilitated historic structures are eligible for local property tax abatements through deferred increases in real property tax assessments - no increase for five years and pro-rated increases over the next five years to full assessment.
  
  
• Where economic hardship conditions exist, certain landmark structures threatened with demolition may, upon recommendation of the City of Buffalo Preservation Board, receive property tax relief.
  
  
• Where economic hardship conditions exist, certain landmark structures threatened with demolition may, upon recommendation of the City of Buffalo Preservation Board, receive property tax relief.
  
  
• Various New York State preservation grants. See Grants Action News
  
  
• NYSCA Grants
  
  
• Community Preservation Corporation

Government Agencies:

For information relative to state and federal programs that recognize and and protect historic resources, including the statewide survey and inventory of historic resources, the State and National Registers of Historic Places, the historic investment tax credit program, EQBA grants, and the environmental review of projects receiving state or federal funding, contact:

• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
  Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau
  Empire State Plaza
  Agency Building 1
  Albany, New York 12338
  (518) 237-8643

For information on low interest rehabilitation loans and grants available through the City of Buffalo, contact:

• Department of Community Development
  920 City Hall
  Buffalo, New York 14202
  (716) 851.5016
  
  
• Department of Inspections and Community Revitalization
  324 City Hall
  Buffalo, New York 14202
  (716) 851-4913

Public Interest Groups:

For technical and financial assistance in the research, planning and preservation of historic properties and neighborhoods, contact.

• National Trust For Historic Preservation
  Northeast Regional Office
  45 School Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108
  (617) 523-0885
  
  
• Preservation League of New York State
  307 Hamilton Street
  Albany, New York 12210
  (518) 462-5658
  
  
• Buffalo Friends of Olmsted Parks
  P.O. Box 590
  Buffalo, New York 14205
  
  
• Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
  Market Arcade Complex
  Suite M108, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203
  Phone/Fax 716.852.3300
  
  
• Preservation Coalition of Erie County
  Market Arcade Complex
  Suite M108, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203
  Phone/Fax 716.852.3300
  
  

For collections of historic photographs, atlases, directories, and some building plans, contact:

• Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
  25 Nottingham Court
  Buffalo, New York 14216
  (716) 873-9644
  
  
• Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
  Lafayette Square
  Buffalo, New York 14203
  (716) 858-8900