The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). This grant supports comprehensive arts programming and education initiatives for youth in New York City, with a...
The National Park Service awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.916 Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, doing business as Fiscal Management. This funding will support the demolition and reconstruction of the exterior façade, railings, roof, lighting, and pavers at a park in New York City. The project aims to improve visitor access and safety by...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,227,260 Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid (CFDA 15.904) Project Grant to the Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association, Inc., a minority and Black American owned non-profit organization, for the preservation and rehabilitation of the Lincoln High School in Sumter, South Carolina. The grant funds will support hazardous material abatement, preservation of interior features, and rehabilitation of the first-floor wing...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $271,248 from the U.S. National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) will support the completion of a cultural landscape report for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial within the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C. The project will document the site through research, written and graphic materials, and resource management prescriptions to inform preservation,...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support a series of programming titled "Harlem as an Incubator" from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The programming will present the history of Harlem as an incubator of arts, culture, and activism for people of the African diaspora through lectures, public discussions, and readings. The goal is to construct...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), provides $189,999.00 to the American Society of Landscape Architects Library & Education Advocacy Fund, Inc. to develop and pilot a framework for K-12 educators nationwide to explore local and national landscapes through a design-centered lens. The project, titled "Teaching Environmental Humanities Through...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City was awarded a $184,981 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures (CFDA 15.929) federal grant program. The grant will fund the processing and digitization of approximately 20,595 documents from two archaeological excavations in Lower Manhattan conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a result of the project, the Commission will create two online exhibitions and make the digitized...
This $320,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) will fund accessibility improvements to President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, DC. The grant, awarded to the nonprofit President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home, will support a multi-year effort to enhance accessibility and visitation at this historic site associated with the nation's 16th president. The project aims to...
This Project Grant award of $272,364.00, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (CFDA 84.042) program. The grant will support the "STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS USING HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE, PERSISTENCE, RETENTION AND GRADUATION" project at Lehman College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in the Bronx, New...
This Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), is supporting the Louis Armstrong House Museum to rehabilitate the historic Louis Armstrong House in Corona, Queens, NY. The $800,000 grant, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, will fund architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation of the historic...