15.904 historic preservation fund grants-in-aid historic preservation fund grants-in-aid assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as education,…

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded $2,990,620 through the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL Legacy Foundation, Inc. on June 27, 2025. This African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive physical preservation grant supports the completion of building rehabilitation for the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church located in Selma, Alabama, a site significant to African American civil rights history. The project will be performed in Selma, AL with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2029.

The grant funds preservation and rehabilitation services for the historic church structure, including architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on the building. These services support the identification, evaluation, and protection of the church as a historically significant property eligible for or listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The rehabilitation effort addresses critical infrastructure needs while maintaining the structural integrity and cultural legacy of the 100-year-old church building, thereby documenting and preserving the site's importance to African American efforts to gain equal rights.

15.904 historic preservation fund grants-in-aid historic preservation fund grants-in-aid assist in the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties by such means as education, survey, planning, technical assistance, preservation, documentation, and financial incentives like grants and tax credits available for historic properties. Opportunity P24AS00542 african american civil rights (aacr) is a competitive physical preservation grant program to document and preserve the sites and stories of the history of the african american efforts to gain equal rights as citizens from the transatlantic slave trade forward. Projects are for historic sites listed in, or eligible for listing in the national register, and include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. Beneficiaries include states, tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. This project is awarded to the historic tabernacle baptist church-selma, AL legacy foundation, INC. For the completion of building rehabilitation.