Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00485
The African American Civil Rights (AACR) Preservation Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00485) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) that supports the physical preservation of historic sites tied to the African American struggle for equal rights in the 20th century. The program focuses on protecting and sustaining places that help tell the story of civil rights history, with the goal of ensuring these resources can be maintained, interpreted, and appreciated by the public over time. In determining whether a proposed site and project are a good fit, NPS relies on its 2008 report, "Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites," which serves as a key reference point for evaluating the relevance and significance of properties and proposed work.
This specific announcement is only for physical preservation work at historic sites. While the overall AACR program also supports historical research and documentation, that is handled under a separate announcement (P18AS00484). Under P18AS00485, funding is intended for tangible preservation outcomes, and it can cover a broad range of preservation-related activities for historic resources. Examples mentioned in the opportunity include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and direct physical preservation work to structures. In other words, the program is aimed at both planning and implementation steps that move a preservation project forward, as long as the end goal is the preservation of a civil-rights-related historic site.
The grants are funded through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and administered by NPS. Awards are made through a competitive process, meaning applications are reviewed against criteria and ranked rather than funded on a first-come basis. One notable feature of this opportunity is that it does not require a non-federal match, which can make it more accessible for organizations and governments that may not have significant cash or in-kind resources to contribute alongside federal funds.
Eligible applicants include a wide mix of public, educational, tribal, and nonprofit entities. Specifically, the opportunity lists state governments; county governments; city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status; nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education); and certain other entities as described in the program's additional eligibility language. The funding activity categories connected to the opportunity include arts/cultural affairs, community development, humanities/cultural affairs, and other related categories, reflecting how preservation work intersects with culture, public history, and community benefit.
For this 2018 cycle, the application deadline was October 8, 2018, with submissions due by 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) was listed as $500,000, and the program anticipated making around 50 awards. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 15.904, which corresponds to NPS historic preservation assistance. Overall, P18AS00485 is best understood as a preservation implementation-oriented funding opportunity meant to stabilize, repair, rehabilitate, or otherwise physically preserve significant civil rights-era places connected to African American history, using federal Historic Preservation Fund dollars administered through the National Park Service.Apply for P18AS00485
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda), community development, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "African American Civil Rights (AACR) Preservation Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.904.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 07, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 08, 2018 Applications must be received by 1159 pm Eastern Daylight Time on October 8, 2018.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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