FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- P24AS00540
- Agency
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National Park Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $15,000 to $75,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- County Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Special District Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Park Service's African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) is offering $24 million in funding under the Historic Preservation Fund for FY2024. The program aims to document, interpret, and preserve sites and stories related to the African American struggle for equal rights from the transatlantic slave trade forward. Eligible applicants include state/local governments, nonprofits, educational institutions, and federally recognized tribes. Projects must focus on survey and planning, research and documentation, interpretation and education, or collections conservation. Applications will be evaluated on criteria such as historical significance, impact, feasibility, and qualifications. The application deadline is September 5, 2024.
Individual grants will range from $15,000 to $75,000, and the NPS expects to fund approximately 45 total projects. The grants do not require non-federal match. The anticipated award date is March 1, 2025, and there are no restrictions on the place of performance.
Synopsis
The National Park Service's (NPS) African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) will document, interpret, and preserve the sites and stories of the full history of the African American struggle to gain equal rights from transatlantic slave trade forward. The program funds history and preservation projects using the NPS report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, as a guide in determining the appropriateness of proposed projects and properties. AACR grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund a broad range of history projects including survey and planning, research and documentation, interpretation and education, and collections conservation. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match.There are separate funding announcements for physical preservation projects and for historical research/documentation projects. Funding announcement P24AS00541 is for physical preservation of historic sites only; P24AS00540 is for history/research/documentation/survey/nomination projects. Please ensure you apply under the correct opportunity number for your project.FY2024 Public Law 118-42 provides $24,000,000 for the AACR Grant Program.
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