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The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., which operates Monticello, received a two-year, $375,482 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The purpose of this award is to support staffing and resources needed to migrate the "Getting Word" African American oral history archive onto a new digital platform. The "Getting Word" project documents the histories and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded The Montpelier Foundation a Project Grant of $552,204 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966), with an award date of August 22, 2025, and a completion deadline of April 30, 2029. This grant supports the Semiquincentennial Grant Program, which funds physical preservation of state-owned cultural resources associated with America's founding and the nation's 250th anniversary...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $10 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), awarded January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2030. This collaborative initiative, titled "Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America: Creating and Sustaining Access to Founding Era/Early Republic Primary Sources," will research,...

The Montpelier Foundation received a $469,920 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to develop and implement civic engagement programs focused on the First Amendment. Over a three-year period ending August 2025, the Foundation will partner with the First Amendment Museum and local organizations to deliver four teacher professional development seminars, 18 community workshops, and student workshops expected to reach 2,750...

The National Park Service awarded a $482,374 Historic Preservation Fund Grant-in-Aid to the Clermont Foundation under the CFDA 15.904 program. The funding will support rehabilitation of the main house, smokehouse, and spring house at Clermont Farm in Berryville, Virginia from October 2022 through September 2025. Clermont Farm was surveyed by George Washington in 1750 and illustrates a mid-sized farm established on the colonial frontier. Rehabilitation of the structures will preserve the historic...

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center was awarded a $220,369 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. The Center will identify, map, and interpret the history of African American land ownership and residential life in Central Virginia from 1744 through 2020 by analyzing over 400,000 pages of property records using citizen science crowdsourcing tools. Records will be mapped and...

The Trustees of Princeton University will receive $565,000 through September 2025 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue work on The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Editorial Project. This Project Grant funding supports the ongoing editorial work of the authoritative scholarly edition of papers written by and to Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. President, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The Project furthers the program's goals of advancing...

The Fort Ticonderoga Association received a $488,034 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The 3-year grant will enable Fort Ticonderoga to implement new methods to enhance visitor understanding of the American Revolution as the nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the war. Key deliverables include finalizing exhibition designs and interpretive components with accessibility consultants, hiring and...

The National Park Service awarded a $1,270,665 Save America's Treasures Project Grant to Historic Hudson Valley to preserve the historic Sunnyside estate, the home of author Washington Irving. The 3-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2027) will address critical issues threatening the structural integrity and preservation of the landmark, including water damage, masonry deterioration, and harmful UV exposure. Key activities include installing a site drainage system, repairing the building envelope,...

This $3,085,574 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) was made to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The funding will be used to mitigate deterioration at the historic Belle Isle Manor House site in Richmond, VA. Specific activities include repairing drainage, preserving exterior woodwork and masonry, and stabilizing and restoring porches. This grant...