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P24AS00540: FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants

Closed Closed September 5, 2024 Opportunity P24AS00540

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Park Service notices from 2024.

National Park Service offered grants of up to $75,000 (at least $15,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make $24.0 million in total. Applications closed on September 5, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 6, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

National Park Service has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
P25AS00496June 11, 2026Closed July 14, 2026Closed
P23AS00471July 7, 2023Closed November 1, 2023Closed
P22AS00647August 4, 2022Closed November 8, 2022Closed
P21AS00432September 30, 2021Closed December 1, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedJune 6, 2024
DeadlineSeptember 5, 2024
Archived by Grants.govSeptember 30, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

All 11 applicant types the notice lists

Eligible applicants are State governments, local governments, nonprofits, educational institutions, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined by 54 USC 300300. Sites or collections owned or leased by the NPS, or in which the NPS holds a property interest, are not eligible grant funding.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

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.

Category: Other.

Who has won Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants (15.966) awarded $65.6 million across 151 grant awards, an average of $434,306 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, Al Legacy Foundation, IncAlabama1$3.0 million
Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc.Georgia2$1.2 million
Michigan Strategic FundMichigan2$825,000
Koinonia Farm, Inc.Georgia2$825,000
Historic Commission AlabamaAlabama2$767,000

Top states: Georgia ($10.2 million), Pennsylvania ($4.6 million), Alabama ($4.6 million), South Carolina ($3.1 million), Mississippi ($2.9 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is P24AS00540 still open?

No. It closed on September 5, 2024.

Who can apply for FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants?

National Park Service accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants?

Closed September 5, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $75,000 each. About $24.0 million in total.

Who has won Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, Al Legacy Foundation, Inc, Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc., Michigan Strategic Fund. The program made 151 awards worth $65.6 million in that time.

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