This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) supports the rehabilitation of the All Star Bowling Lanes in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The grant recipient, the nonprofit Center for Creative Partnerships, will utilize the funding for comprehensive restoration efforts such as installing new HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems, adding ADA-accessible restrooms,...
This $746,964 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 repair and preservation work on the Union Community Hospital in Columbia, SC. The grant, awarded to the Wegoja Foundation on July 15, 2025, will support architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation activities to address issues with the building's roof and foundation. The...
The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to the National Mary Potter Club Inc. to rehabilitate the vacant Mary Potter School Shop Building in Oxford, North Carolina. Funds will support work to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical and an elevator in the existing interior space. Upon completion by August 2025, the building will serve the public as a multi-purpose community and literacy center while also functioning as a tourist...
The University of South Carolina received a $5,000,000 grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904). This competitive physical preservation grant will fund repairs to the roof and mechanical systems, as well as accessibility improvements, at the Booker T. Washington Auditorium. The project aims to document, interpret, and preserve the historic site related to the African American civil rights struggle....
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) was provided to the Brookland Center For Community Economic Change, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to rehabilitate the interior of the former Lakeview School, a historic property eligible for listing in the National Register. The project will preserve this culturally significant site associated with the African American...
This $499,521 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund restoration of the Sullivan Building in Selma, Alabama. Administered under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904), the award will support structural repairs to the building's roof, electrical, plumbing and ductwork systems. Once renovations are complete by August 2025, the space will be used as a community center and cultural venue promoting economic development....
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $141,090 to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to produce an updated biography of Maggie L. Walker. The project will utilize newly cataloged records of Walker's life and business to provide a more comprehensive understanding of her work with the Order of St. Luke and her efforts to...
The Project Grant award in the amount of $150,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043). The funding will support Benedict College's National Alumni Association division in delivering training, counseling, and technical assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This...
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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to the Historic Albany Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund the restoration and rehabilitation of the Van Ostrande-Radliff House, the oldest building in Albany, New York, to serve as the new headquarters for the Historic Albany Foundation. The project aims to transform the currently vacant and dilapidated historic building into a facility...