FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants

Federal funding opportunity P25AS00496 from National Park Service (Department of the Interior).

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes July 14, 2026

Posted: June 11, 2026
Closes: July 14, 2026
Award ceiling: $100,000
Award floor: $15,000
Program funding: $24,000,000
Expected awards: 45
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Grant
Assistance listing: 15.966
Category: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Archives: December 31, 2026

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 15.966 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated: $4.7M
FY2025 obligated: $60.9M
FY2026 (to date) obligated: $0
Awards in window: 143

Top recipients: Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-selma, Al Legacy Foundation, Inc, Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration Project Inc., Koinonia Farm, Inc., Michigan Strategic Fund, Historic Commission Alabama

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026

Synopsis

The National Park Service"s (NPS) African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) will document 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, education, and collection 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 P25AS00495 is for physical preservation of historic sites only; P25AS00496 is for history/research/documentation/survey/nomination projects. Please ensure you apply under the correct opportunity number for your project.FY2025 Public Law 119-4 provides $24,000,000 total for the AACR Grant Program.

Who can apply

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Private institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
State governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
City or township governments
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

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 U.S.C. § 300309, 54 U.S.C. § 300313 and 54 U.S.C. § 300314.Grants are not available for sites or collections owned or leased by the NPS, or in which the NPS holds a property interest.

How to apply

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Agency contact: National Park Service · STLPG@nps.gov · 202-697-2035

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