The Santa Monica Conservancy was awarded a $2,500 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The seed grant funds will be used to prepare a historic assessment report for one of the last remaining, intact shotgun houses (ca. 1890s) in Santa Monica. The SMC hopes to rehabilitate the Shotgun House and open a preservation resource center in it. The historic assessment report will provide information about the house's history, construction, modifications, significant spaces and features, and general condition. It will also serve as a primary planning document for decision-making about the treatment and maintenance possibilities and scope of work as well as a budget guide.

In announcing the grant, National Trust President, Richard Moe said, "With these start-up dollars, the Santa Monica Conservancy joins the hundreds of other communities and organizations across the country actively ensuring that America's architectural and cultural heritage is preserved."

The program for dispensing small grants for local projects is administered by the National Trust Preservation Fund, which holds three competitive funding rounds annually. Grants ranging from $1000 to $5,000 are awarded to nonprofit groups and public agencies and must be matched at least dollar for dollar with public or private funds. Santa Monica Conservancy’s grant was made possible by the California Endowed Fund, a special endowment for projects in the state of California, and by an anonymous gift to the National Trust’s Western Office to support preservation projects in the Southern California.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private nonprofit membership organization chartered by Congress to encourage public participation in all aspects of historic preservation.