Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is pleased to announce an open call for the Historic Site Preservation Fund.
The Historic Sites Grant Program offers grants for the acquisition of sites related to Civil War battles, Native American archaeology, and civil rights history. The Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund is used to defray costs for land acquisition to protect historic properties.
Funding Information
A one-to-one match is required. For example, an organization receiving $50,000 from MDAH must provide $50,000 in matching funds or other eligible equivalent, which cannot be from other state sources. The fund will only provide up to fifty percent of the appraised value of the property.
Eligibility Criteria
- Colleges and universities, historical societies, state agencies, local governments, and 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive a grant through this program.
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What acquisitions are eligible?
- Properties must either be historic battlefields, archaeological sites significant to Native American history or prehistory, or sites associated with the Civil Rights Movement. A property may have significance in more than one area, such as a battlefield with a recorded archaeological site within its boundaries, which will be taken into consideration in scoring applications.
- In addition, the property must have been previously recognized as significant. It must be individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places, listed in the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, or identified as nationally significant in a National Park Service Special Resource Study.
For more information, visit MDAH.
For more information, visit https://www.mdah.ms.gov/news/preservation-grant-applications-open