Deadline: 29 September 2017
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) is seeking applications from eligible organizations to implement a program entitled “African American Civil Rights (AACR) Preservation Grants” that will document, interpret, and preserve the sites related to the African American struggle to gain equal rights as citizens in the 20th Century.
The NPS’ 2008 report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites serves as the foundation reference document for the grant program and for grant applicants to use in determining the appropriateness of proposed projects and properties.
Grants will fund a broad range of planning, development, and research projects for historic sites including: survey, inventory, documentation, interpretation, education, architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and “bricks and mortar” repair.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $8,400,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $75,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act as amended, 54 USC §300101, this funding program is limited to States, Territories, Federally-recognized Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations, as defined by 54 USC § 300300, local governments including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit organizations, including non-profit Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs).
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.