Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00578
The African American Civil Rights (AACR) Preservation Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00578) is a competitive National Park Service grant program designed to protect and sustain places that tell the story of the African American struggle for equal rights in the 20th century. The program focuses on real, tangible historic sites and structures connected to civil rights history, with the goal of ensuring these places can be preserved and interpreted for the public. To help define what types of sites and stories fit the program, the National Park Service uses its 2008 study, Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, as a key reference for evaluating whether proposed properties and projects are appropriate for funding.
This particular announcement is specifically for physical preservation projects, meaning the funding is intended for work that results in direct preservation outcomes at historic structures and sites. The grant can support a wide range of preservation activities commonly needed to stabilize, rehabilitate, or plan for the long-term care of historic properties. Examples of eligible work include architectural and preservation professional services, the preparation of historic structure reports, preservation plans, and construction or repair activities that physically preserve historic buildings or related resources. In other words, it is geared toward the hands-on and technical steps required to protect historic civil rights places, from planning and documentation tied to treatment decisions through to actual preservation work on the ground.
AACR grants are supported through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which is administered by the National Park Service. A notable feature of this opportunity is that it does not require a non-federal match, which can make it more accessible to organizations or communities that may not be able to raise significant matching funds. Awards are made through a competitive process, and for this funding round the maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $500,000, with an anticipated 17 awards.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities that are commonly involved in historic preservation and community heritage work. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement). The opportunity is categorized as discretionary grant funding, and the activity areas span arts and cultural affairs, community development, humanities, and related preservation purposes.
The grant was issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, with a posting date of August 1, 2017, and an original application deadline of September 29, 2017 (11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time). It is also important that the National Park Service released separate announcements for different types of AACR work; this specific opportunity number (P17AS00578) is limited to physical preservation projects, while historical research and documentation projects were covered under a separate funding announcement.Apply for P17AS00578
- 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 01, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 29, 2017 1159 Pacific Daylight Time. (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 17 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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| African American Civil Rights (AACR) History Grants Apply for P18AS00484 Funding Number: P18AS00484 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
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| Save America's Treasures - Preservation Apply for P18AS00728 Funding Number: P18AS00728 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
| Save America's Treasures - Collections Apply for P18AS00727 Funding Number: P18AS00727 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
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| African American Civil Rights (AACR) History Grants Apply for P20AS00002 Funding Number: P20AS00002 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $50,000 |
| African American Civil Rights (AACR) Preservation Grants Apply for P20AS00001 Funding Number: P20AS00001 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
| Save America's Treasures - Collections Apply for P20AS00004 Funding Number: P20AS00004 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
| Save America's Treasures - Preservation Apply for P20AS00005 Funding Number: P20AS00005 Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service Category: 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 clarificatio Funding Amount: $500,000 |
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