Cooperative Agreement 03MKAMD003

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, is for $400,000 to implement two cohorts of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Program (MLK Program) from 2024-2025 and 2026-2027. The award recipient is Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a minority-owned, Hispanic-serving international nonprofit organization in Medellin, Colombia. The MLK Program provides intensive English language training and leadership development for...

The Ralph David Abernathy III Foundation, Inc. will receive $499,232 from the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to preserve and interpret the history of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA from August 1, 2022 to August 30, 2025. The Foundation will use the funding to replace missing windows, refinish pews and sanctuary space at the church, which was a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Dr....

This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The award will fund hazardous material abatement, ADA access improvements, and repairs to the foundation of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church and Parsonage in Montgomery, AL. The grant is intended to assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties...

The Rochester Museum and Science Center will provide anti-racism education programs for third grade students and the general public through a $108,109 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). Under the award, the Museum will deliver a full-day field trip experience for third grade students utilizing its "Take It Down" exhibit, which focuses on a community effort to remove racist artwork from a historic...

The City of South Bend, Indiana Venues, Parks Arts Board received a $814,592 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program. The grant funding will support the addition of new recreational amenities to Martin Luther King Jr. Park, including a renovated splash pad, new tournament basketball courts, native plantings and pollinator garden, bat houses, a...

This federal Project Grant award of $749,545 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund the rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, which played a significant role in the African American civil rights movement from 1922 to 1968. The grant-funded...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (Department of the Interior) awarded $23.82 million to the California Department of Parks and Recreation on August 6, 2025, under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), with a completion date of August 5, 2030. This Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State and Local Assistance Program grant supports park development and improvement projects at publicly owned recreation areas. The...

The Federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 provided to the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Preservation Society Inc. is funded through the National Park Service's (NPS) Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929). This grant will support structural repairs, window repairs, electrical improvements, and HVAC upgrades to the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, a nationally significant civil rights landmark. The grant aims to preserve and conserve this historic property, which...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded $380,850 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to Project We Hope, Dream, and Believe on September 1, 2021 for the restoration and preservation of the Malcolm X House in Inkster, Michigan. The goal of the project grant funding is to convert the home, also known as the Wilfred and Ruth Little Home, into a museum highlighting Malcolm X's civil rights work. The Historic Preservation...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded $2,990,620 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc. on June 27, 2025. This African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive physical preservation grant supports the completion of building rehabilitation for the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church located in Selma, Alabama, a site significant to African...