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P25AS00510: FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund - Underrepresented Communities Grants

Closed Closed July 7, 2026 Opportunity P25AS00510 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$100,000
• Award floor$15,000
• Total funding$1.3 million
• Expected awards15
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

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

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act as amended, 54 USC §300101, this funding opportunity is limited to:State Historic Preservation OfficesTribal Historic Preservation Offices, Federally-recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages/Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations, as defined by 54 USC § 300309, 54 USC 300313 and 54 USC 300314Certified Local Governments - list provided at "Find a CLG" http://go.nps.gov/clg Nonprofit, tax-exempt U.S. organizations, with or without 501©(3) designationGrants are not available for sites or collections owned or leased by the NPS, or in which the NPS holds a property interest.

More grants for nonprofits, state and local governments, tribes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants awards averaged $434,306; this notice allows up to $100,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (66% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The National Park Service"s (NPS) Underrepresented Communities Grant Program (URC) is intended to expand listings in the National Register of Historic Places to include communities that are currently underrepresented. URC grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), and are administered by the NPS. Projects include surveys and nominations of historic sites associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register. Every URC grant project MUST result in at least one new or amended nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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