Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- P26AS00021
- Agency
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National Park Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $5,000 to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Environment
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Independent School Districts
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- Katie Gaertner katie_gaertner@nps.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Interior National Park Service is seeking applications for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program to support projects that preserve, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic Japanese American confinement sites where detainees were held during World War II. Eligible applicants include state and local governments, tribal governments, educational institutions, nonprofits, and other public entities. Projects must benefit one or more of the ten War Relocation Authority sites (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake) or other historically significant confinement locations designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Evaluation criteria include project need and desired outcome (30 points), project impact (20 points), project feasibility including budget and personnel qualifications (30 points), project sustainability (10 points), and project support from formerly confined individuals and stakeholders (10 points). A mandatory 50 percent non-Federal cost match is required. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by June 15, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET, and all applicants except individuals must be registered in SAM.gov with a valid Unique Entity Identifier.
The FY 2026 funding opportunity makes $4,604,000 available through approximately 20 awards ranging from $5,000 to $500,000 each. Project performance periods generally last two years with an anticipated project start date of August 2026 and completion by December 2028, contingent upon funding authorization. Eligible project types include capital projects, documentation and research, oral history interviews, interpretation and education, preservation of historic resources, planning projects, and non-Federal real property acquisition at designated sites. The anticipated award date is summer 2026, with performance locations distributed across multiple western and central states where confinement sites are located.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The authorizing legislation for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program identifies up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program for projects to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation"s commitment to equal justice under the law (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288; as amended by Public Law 111-88). Projects funded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites. The term historic confinement sites is defined as the ten War Relocation Authority sites (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. These sites are specifically identified in Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archaeological and Conservation Center, in 1999. This document may be seen at www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74 and at other internet sites.
Update #1 ·
The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The authorizing legislation for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program identifies up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program for projects to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation"s commitment to equal justice under the law (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288; as amended by Public Law 111-88). Projects funded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites. The term historic confinement sites is defined as the ten War Relocation Authority sites (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. These sites are specifically identified in Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archaeological and Conservation Center, in 1999. This document may be seen at www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74 and at other internet sites.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2026 JACS NOFO P26AS00021.docx | DOCX document | |
| Appendix-A-JACS-NOFO 2026.docx | DOCX document |
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