Deadline: 14-Nov-24
The National Park Service is offering funds through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history.
It includes private nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.
The authorizing legislation for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program identifies up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program for projects to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288; as amended by Public Law 111-88).
Funding Information
- Maximum Award Amount: $500,000
- Minimum Award Amount: $5,000
Eligible Projects
- The types of projects eligible for funding from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program include the following categories:
- Capital projects: including construction of new interpretive centers, restrooms and interpretive trails.
- Documentation: including identification, research, and evaluation of historic confinement sites; projects may include archeological surveys, National Register of Historic Places nominations, and National Historic Landmark nominations.
- Oral history interviews: including recording, transcribing, digitally processing and sharing the interviews.
- Interpretation and education related to historic confinement sites: projects may include wayside exhibits, creative arts and educational curricula.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- Applicants are encouraged to submit the application well before the deadline.
- Individuals may not apply.
- Eligible Sites
- Projects funded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program does not provide funding for:
- Projects that have already been completed
- Establishment of Friends groups
- Fundraising or the formulation of fundraising plans
- Lobbying
- Long-term maintenance, operations, or curatorial work beyond the grant period
- Organizational operations/permanent staff positions
- Land acquisition at sites other than: Heart Mountain, Honouliuli, Jerome, Rohwer, and Topaz.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
