Deadline: 29-Mar-23
The National Park Service (NPS) is offering grants through its Tribal Heritage Grant Program, funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF).
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 authorizes grants to federally recognized Tribes for cultural and historic preservation projects. These grants assist Tribes, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations in protecting and promoting their unique cultural heritage and traditions. From the beginning, the program has been shaped by Indian tribes. It focuses on what they are most concerned about protecting: Traditional skills, oral history, plant and animal species important in tradition, sacred and historic places, and the establishment of tribal historic preservation offices.
Funding Information
- Approximately $500,000 is available for FY2022 Tribal Heritage Grants. Amount: $15,000 to $75,000
- Grant projects should be completed in 2 years.
What Projects Can be Funded?
- Locating and Identifying Cultural Resources
- Preserving a Historic Property or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Comprehensive Preservation Planning
- Oral History and Documenting Cultural Traditions
- Training and Education for Building a Historic Preservation Program
- Cultural and Historic Preservation Interpretation and Education
What cannot be Funded?
- New Construction
- Tribes without a UEI number
- General Language Projects
- NAGPRA Projects
- Project mitigation work
- Non-Federally Recognized Tribes. Applications from tribes that are not federally recognized
- Projects without a Tribal Resolution (within 45 days of submission)
- Indirect Costs (plus administrative costs) above 25%
- Repair Grants for Properties not listed in the National Register of Historic Places
- Moving Historic Structures
- Salaries of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs) already funded by the NPS
- Salaries for a Training Grant
- Delinquent Grantees
- Construction of new buildings.
- Acquisition of collections or historic sites.
- Conservation of collections, except as part of gathering oral history documentation.
- Long-term maintenance or curatorial work beyond the grant period.
- Reconstructing historic properties (recreating all or a significant portion that no longer exists).
- Moving historic properties or work to historic properties that have been moved and are no longer eligible for listing in the NRHP.
- Cash reserves, endowments, or revolving funds.
- Fund-raising costs.
- Work performed prior to announcement of award.
- Lobbying or advocacy activities.
- Costs for work already funded through other federal programs such as the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program, American Battlefield Protection Program or other non-HPF grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Federally-recognized Tribes
- Alaska Native Villages/Corporations (Tribal Governments)
- Native Hawaiian organizations defined as eligible applicants under the National Historic Preservation Act
- This funding opportunity is limited to Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages/Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations
Requirements
- Non-federal matching share is not required for the Tribal Heritage Grant program but may be considered as part of the evaluation process. Non-federal match may be in the form of cash or donated time, services, or materials, but must be expended during the grant period. Match is considered part of the grant funding and is subject to all of the same requirements as the federal funds.
- Personnel time and/or materials must be directly related to the grant project in order to be eligible costs charged to the grant award.
- Administrative costs, both direct and indirect, may not exceed 25% of the total project cost of both the federal grant award and any non-federal match per the National Historic Preservation Act.
- Maximum hourly wages charged to this grant for personnel and consultants may not exceed 120% of the salary of a Federal Civil Service.
- Work must be conducted, supervised, reviewed, or verified by a person(s) from the appropriate discipline who meets the Secretary of Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards.
- If the applicant is not the owner of the property, they must include a letter or agreement from the owner granting the applicant permission to undertake the proposed work or project and stating that the owner will agree to place the required preservation covenant on the property during the course of the grant.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.