The purpose of the heritage partnership program funding is to engage national heritage area recipients partners communities and or visitors in shared environmental stewardship

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939) to the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, a non-profit organization and community development corporation in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this federal grant is to engage National Heritage Area recipients, partners, communities, and visitors in shared environmental stewardship through the implementation of the management plan for the Oil Region National Heritage Area. The key products and services supported by this funding include promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities, as well as building resource stewardship ethics among participants. Beneficiaries of this project include the general public, state and local governments, non-profits, and private entities within the Oil Region National Heritage Area.

This is done by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation conservation education and outdoor recreation programs and activities and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. This project supports the implementation of the management plan for the oil region national heritage area. Beneficiaries include general public states and or their political subdivisions nonprofits private entities the heritage area management coordinating entity.