Project Grant PG27142420

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Park Service awarded $750,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to The Lighthouse Black Girl Project on July 10, 2025. This project grant supports the rehabilitation and preservation of the Unita Blackwell Property in Jackson, Mississippi, through architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation work on the structures. The award is part of the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Park Service awarded $108,303 to the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to develop a collections management plan. The award, effective July 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029, supports the African American Civil Rights (AACR) competitive history-based grant initiative. This program funds projects that document and preserve...

Summary: Save America's Treasures Grant Award The University of Illinois received a $273,772 Project Grant award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) on September 23, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. The award funds the archiving and conservation of the W.S. Merwin Papers, a nationally significant historic collection. This physical preservation project will be performed at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois,...

The National Park Service awarded $179,966 to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to support the archiving and conservation of the historic Leon Gardiner Collection. This project grant, administered through a partnership between the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services, will fund the physical preservation...

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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $339,120 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC). Through this 2-year grant, which runs from March 2024 to February 2026, FAIC will develop and deliver 5 technical skill-based workshops for conservators and 4 outreach workshops for broader audiences. These workshops aim to address critical needs identified in...

The National Park Service awarded Auburn University a $499,799 Project Grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to stabilize and rehabilitate the Tankersley Rosenwald School located in Hope Hull, Alabama. The work will focus on addressing structural issues in the building, including a significant roof collapse, to preserve the historic property. Auburn University will complete the exterior rehabilitation work by August 2025. Additionally, Georgia Tech...

Save America's Treasures Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the Regents of the University of California at Riverside $184,000 under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) on September 23, 2025, to support conservation of the California Museum of Photography camera collection. This Project Grant, administered by NPS in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library...

Urban Bush Women Inc., doing business as Urban Bush Women, was awarded a $430,500 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The funding will support efforts from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 to improve the management, preservation, and accessibility of Urban Bush Women's archival collections documenting the work of choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and the organization from 1984 to...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the Taft Museum of Art a $162,163 Project Grant on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to fund the physical conservation of the Duncanson mural, a nationally significant cultural artifact. The conservation project is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2029. This award supports the museum's efforts to preserve and restore this important historic collection item through professional conservation services and...