Project Grant P19AP00489

The Collins Chapel CME Church in Memphis, Tennessee will use a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Park Service to conduct preservation activities for the historic church building and site from August 2022 through August 2025. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program, the project aims to improve infrastructure to meet safety standards and develop plans to highlight the original 1841 architectural design of one of the oldest surviving Black-owned institutions in...

The Ralph David Abernathy III Foundation, Inc. will receive $499,232 from the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to preserve and interpret the history of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA from August 1, 2022 to August 30, 2025. The Foundation will use the funding to replace missing windows, refinish pews and sanctuary space at the church, which was a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Dr....

The Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, Al Legacy Foundation, Inc. received a $750,000 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The funding will support improvements to electrical systems and fire protection at the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the church is significant for its association with the civil...

The Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government received a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The grant will fund rehabilitation work to provide a stable, watertight building envelope for the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of its mission against racial discrimination throughout the 20th century, the church...

This federal Project Grant award of $749,545 was provided by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund the rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, which played a significant role in the African American civil rights movement from 1922 to 1968. The grant-funded...

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $315,000 Project Grant under the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (CFDA 93.145) to the Christian Community Health Center (CCHC), a minority-owned, non-profit, Black American-owned Federally Qualified Health Center in Chicago, Illinois. The funding, with an award date of September 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025, will support CCHC's efforts to enhance the healthcare workforce's...

This $489,800 project grant from the National Park Service, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), will fund repairs and accessibility improvements to the St. Mark's AME Church in Topeka, Kansas. The church, where Reverend Oliver Brown served as pastor during the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, will be preserved as an educational facility through this funding. Specifically, the grant will support masonry repair, termite damage remediation, window...

This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). The award will fund hazardous material abatement, ADA access improvements, and repairs to the foundation of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church and Parsonage in Montgomery, AL. The grant is intended to assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties...

This federal Project Grant award of $482,805.95 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (CFDA 93.137 - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program) will support a four-year initiative led by Jewish Family Service of Dallas, Inc. (JFS) to provide community-led support services and connections to healthcare for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino populations in 13 targeted ZIP codes in the Dallas, Texas area. The key services to be...

The National Park Service awarded a $500,000 Historic Preservation Fund Grant-in-Aid to the Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition Inc. to preserve the Michigan Street Baptist Church in Buffalo, NY. Under the award, the Coalition will complete repairs to the doors, windows, and interior finishes of the historic church building, along with electrical system improvements. The work will assist in preserving this historic resource in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for...