This $121,393 project grant from the National Park Service will fund the Ohio Historical Society to prepare two new National Register of Historic Places nominations and amend an existing nomination. The nominations will help diversify listings to include underrepresented communities as intended under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). Specifically, the Ohio Historical Society will complete nominations for the West Federal YMCA and Fellowship Missionary Baptist...
The Ohio History Connection, a non-profit organization, was awarded a $319,511 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund the digitization of 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers to continue the National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio. This effort will build upon the over 520,000 pages already digitized and made available through the...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award will be used by the local government recipient, Liberty Township in Ohio, to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities providing essential services to rural residents. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program supports a wide range of rural infrastructure...
The Ohio Eastern Star Home received a $500,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service on August 17, 2022 to construct and improve community facilities under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The grant funds will support projects that provide essential services to rural residents, such as constructing, enlarging, or extending community facilities as outlined in the program description. The award is scheduled for completion on...
The federal Project Grant award of $192,763.00 was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351). The grant was awarded on July 29, 2024 to the Ohio Hill Country Heritage Area, a non-profit organization, to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural Ohio. The two-year project will provide technical assistance,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,500,000 Community Facilities Loans and Grants Program (CFDA 10.766) project grant to Columbiana County, Ohio, to support infrastructure improvements. The funding will be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that deliver critical services to rural residents in the Lisbon, Ohio area. This grant program provides financial assistance to public bodies, non-profit organizations,...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $750,000 project grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the non-profit Union Foundation. The grant funding will support repairs and accessibility improvements to the United Colored American Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This grant aligns with the program's goals of preserving historic properties and addressing the struggle for equal rights in America. The Union Foundation...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service awarded a $100,000 Rural Housing Preservation Grant (CFDA 10.433) to The Community Action Program Corporation of Washington-Morgan Counties, a non-profit organization, to assist very low- and low-income rural residents in Ohio with necessary repairs, rehabilitation, and accessibility modifications to their homes, rental properties, and housing cooperatives. This Project Grant, awarded on October 21, 2024, will support the...
This federal Project Grant award of $769,400 was issued on June 1, 2024 by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home in Oberlin, Ohio by the nonprofit Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society. The project involves architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation planning, and physical preservation of this historic property listed on the National...
This $8,994,272 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Famicos Foundation, a non-profit organization and community development corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the St. Marks Presbyterian Church, a historic property listed or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The project period runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The grant...