in november 2018, the phf was awarded a grant of $19,567 by the u.s. national archives under its access to historical records: major initiatives grant program to "support the work of the pennsylvania state historical records advisory board, including the annual archives and records management seminar, the development of six to eight youtube videos designed to increase public support for and awareness of historical records programs, creating and distributing 10,000 bookmarks advocating for the importance of preserving electronic records, and the archives without tears (awot) workshops, which will be offered throughout the state." prior to this, the phf had also received national archives funding in 2013 and 2014 for support of its archives without tears workshops.