The objective of the historic preservation funds (HPF) to complete a project that assists in the preservation of a historic resource

The Union Foundation was awarded a $165,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to digitize cemetery records. The objective of the grant is to complete a collections conservation project that will digitize records from the Union Baptist Cemetery and United American Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program provides congressionally mandated funding to support projects that assist in the identification, evaluation, and preservation of historic resources. This particular award will help preserve important burial records through their digitization.

The program funds a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to sites in keeping with the secretary of the interiors standards and guidelines for archeology and historic preservation. This collections conservation project is awarded to the nonprofit, union foundation, via congressionally directed spending for digitization of the cemetery records of the union baptist cemetery and united american cemetery.