This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) provides $825,000 to The Lincolnite Club, a minority-owned, nonprofit organization in Marion, Alabama, for the Phase III rehabilitation of the historic Lincoln Normal School gymnasium. The funding will support architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on this National Register-listed historic site...
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...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $220,000 Cooperative Agreement on July 23, 2024 to the Lincoln Presidential Foundation under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.946) program. This project will contextualize the history of the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois with the centennial of Route 66, by interpreting how the telling and experience of Lincoln's story has evolved over generations along the historic Route 66 corridor. The project encompasses a broad range of cultural...
The Lincoln University of Missouri was awarded a $5,960,141.68 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program to deliver the Connect LU project. The project will provide laptops and WiFi hotspots to Lincoln University students, prioritizing those receiving Federal Pell Grants, in order to remove barriers to accessing educational resources. A full-time Student Technology Coordinator will manage...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the CFDA 16.525 "Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus" program will provide $500,000 to Lincoln University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Pennsylvania. The funding will enable Lincoln University, in collaboration with campus partners, to create culturally specific strategies tailored to LGBTQIA+ students and...
The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (SCIAAHM) was awarded a $477,585 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. With this funding, SCIAAHM will hire a full-time Museum Director to strengthen operations, sustainability planning, and board development in accordance with recommendations from a 2020 Museum Assessment Program report. The Director will benchmark practices...
This federal Project Grant award of $320,000.00 was provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The grant funding will support accessibility improvements to President Lincoln's Cottage, a historic property located in Washington, DC. The grant activities align with the program's objectives to document, preserve, and interpret culturally significant historic properties across the...
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYC Health + Hospitals), through its Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center facility, has received a $9,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). This 3-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, will support infrastructure upgrades and construction projects at the Lincoln Medical Center to enhance healthcare service delivery in the Bronx,...
The Lincoln University of Missouri was awarded a $5 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities federal grant program. The grant will support Lincoln University's efforts to expand markets for climate-smart hemp in Missouri and assist farmers in implementing and monitoring climate-smart agricultural practices through April 2026. The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities...
Lincoln University of Missouri will establish a scholarship program to enhance diversity in the food, agricultural sciences, and related fields workforce through a $526,315.79 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant was awarded on July 15, 2021 under the Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions program (CFDA 10.524) to provide scholarships through July 14, 2025. The program will engage, retain, mentor and expose...