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 National Park Service awarded $1,465,994 to the Cleveland Restoration Society, Inc., on July 10, 2025, under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). This project grant supports the African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive physical preservation initiative, which funds the documentation and preservation of historic sites associated with African American civil rights history. The award funds restoration work on the East Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, a property listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

The specific products and services delivered through this award include roof and masonry repairs, asbestos abatement, and stained-glass protection at the East Mount Zion Baptist Church. The project is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2029, and represents a critical preservation effort to protect a historically significant African American religious institution. This award exemplifies the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid program's broader mission to identify, evaluate, and protect historic properties through physical preservation work, technical assistance, and documentation of underrepresented communities' cultural heritage.

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 P24AS00541 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 struggle 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 cleveland restoration society, INC., for repair of the roof and masonry, asbestos abatement, and stained-glass protection at east mount zion baptist church.