9/11 Memorial Act Grant
- Posted
- August 29, 2025
- Closed
- September 3, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $4,000,000
- Award floor
- $100,000
- Program funding
- $4,000,000
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 15.964
- Archives
- September 5, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 15.964 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $4M
- FY2025 obligated
- $4M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 5
Top recipients: National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program provides competitive grants for the continued operation, security, and maintenance of the on-site memorials of the events and victims of the September 11, 2001. For the purposes of this grant, these on-site memorials are referred to as "covered memorials". A "covered memorial" is defined as a memorial located in the United States established to commemorate the events of, and honor the victims of, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, at the sites of the attacks. In addition, covered memorials must offer free admission to active and retired members of the military, registered first responders to the 9/11 attacks, and family members of victims of the attacks as well as offer free admission hours to the public at least once per week.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
In accordance with the 9/11 Memorial Act (H.R.6287 / Public Law 115-413, 132 STAT. 5427- 29), this funding opportunity is limited to a memorial located in the United States established to commemorate the events of, and honor the victims of, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, at the sites of the attacks (covered memorial). Eligible entities are limited to organizations described in section 501 (c) (3) of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of that Code, as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, the focus of which is the operations and preservation of a covered memorial. described in the previous sentence. Eligible entities must own and/or operate a covered memorial, as defined above.
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