Documentary Heritage Program (DHP) grants are designed to build a more comprehensive and equitable documentation of New York State's history and culture by supporting projects that identify, survey, collect, arrange, describe, and make available records that relate to groups and topics traditionally under-represented in the State's historical record.The Documentary Heritage Program is a statewide program established in 1988 by the New York Documentary Heritage Act (Education Law, Section 140) to provide financial support and guidance to not-for-profit organizations that hold, collect, and make available New York State's historical records. Funding is available to support projects that relate to groups and topics traditionally under-represented in New York's historical record.The New York State Education Department's (NYSED) 2019-2020 appropriation for DHP includes $92,000 for DHP Grants. There are two DHP Grant Project Types: "Documentation" and "Arrangement & Description." DHP is administered by the New York State Archives, a unit of the New York State Education Department.Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations, archives, libraries, historical societies, and similar institutions within New York State and consortia or partnerships of such agencies. Historical service agencies, colleges, universities, professional associations, and other not-for-profit institutions or systems that provide public access to historical records are also eligible.