Cooperative Agreement G910A60012T02

The National Park Service awarded a $1.45 million Save America's Treasures Project Grant to the California Missions Foundation to rehabilitate the Church at Mission Santa Ines in Santa Barbara, California. The grant will fund critical structural reinforcement of the adobe walls, repair of historic interior wood ceiling beams, and re-coating of exterior rendering. Matching funds of $1.55 million will also be provided by the Foundation. Work is scheduled to take place between October 1, 2022 and...

The National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate on a three-year, $700,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and provide open access to Mexican American art and archival materials. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which supports preserving and providing intellectual access to humanities resources, approximately...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC) received a $440,878 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture program (CFDA 45.033), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. The award supports collections management improvements designed to create an accessible, internationally available Puerto Rican archive. Key deliverables...

Federal Grant Award Summary The City of El Paso received a $500,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) program, effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The El Paso Museum of History will redesign, fabricate, and install an enhanced permanent exhibition incorporating state-of-the-art immersive technologies, including advanced filming techniques,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $404,517 to The Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society (doing business as Mattie Rhodes Center) under the Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (CFDA 45.033) program. The award, effective October 1, 2025, with completion by September 30, 2028, supports the digitization and preservation of the Hand-in-Hand folk art collection, which comprises over 1,000 pieces including sculpture, ceramics,...

The National Park Service awarded a $1,000,018 Project Grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States (NTHP) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will support restoration work at the Cooper Molera Adobe property in Monterey, California from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Located within the Monterey Old Town National Historic Landmark District, the 2.5 acre Cooper Molera Adobe site represents over 175 years of...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose, Incorporated (Movimiento) will develop visual arts exhibitions and related public programs under a $523,940 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. Over the three year award period ending August 2024, Movimiento will produce twelve major visual art exhibitions providing honoraria for up to 250 exhibiting artists. The organization will also expand public programs and...

The Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) was awarded a $578,500 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program. The grant funding will support MACLA's development of 12 major visual arts exhibitions and related public programming to engage the community in civic dialogue and deepen understanding of Latino art and culture. The project aims to create a new cultural model for an arts center where residents see the arts as a...

The City of Las Cruces, NM was awarded a $734,599.40 Project Grant from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to improve outdoor recreation facilities at the Henry Benavidez Community Center Park. The funding, which includes $367,299.70 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, will be used to add new amenities such as turfgrass, a sand volleyball court, walking trails with exercise stations, benches with shade structures,...

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,875,000 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the City of South Padre Island, Texas on July 5, 2022. The grant funds will support renovating an existing 5,000 square foot visitor center into a cultural, heritage and maritime museum to attract new visitors and support the local tourism industry. The museum will develop a work-and-learn model allowing University of Texas Rio Grande...