Opportunity Information: Apply for P21AS00200
The FY2020 Historic Preservation Fund African American Civil Rights Preservation Grants (opportunity number P21AS00200) is a competitive grant program run by the National Park Service (NPS) under its African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR). The purpose is to help document, interpret, and preserve places that tell the full history of the African American struggle for equal rights as citizens, including sites connected to the transatlantic slave trade. NPS uses its 2008 report, Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, as a key reference for evaluating whether proposed properties and project topics fit the program and whether the site is significant within this historical context.
This particular funding announcement (P21AS00200) is specifically for physical preservation work at historic sites. That means the funded activities are centered on protecting, repairing, and stabilizing historic structures and related preservation deliverables that directly support that physical work. The notice describes eligible project types as a broad range of preservation efforts, including architectural and engineering services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and hands-on preservation or rehabilitation work to historic structures. Because this announcement is limited to physical preservation, applicants whose projects focus instead on research, documentation, surveys, or preparing nominations should not apply under P21AS00200 and should use the separate AACR research and documentation opportunity (P21AS00199) instead. The listing also notes a separate, newer Historic Equal Rights grant program (P21AS00201) that supports physical preservation of sites tied to the wider struggle for all Americans civil rights, which is distinct from the African American Civil Rights program and has its own eligibility and focus.
Funding for the AACR program is provided through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which is administered by NPS. The FY2020 appropriation referenced in the opportunity (Public Law 116-94) provided a total of 15.5 million for the AACR Grant Program overall. Awards under this announcement are made through a competitive process, and an important feature is that the grants do not require a non-federal match, which can lower the barrier to applying for many organizations. The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $500,000 per award.
Eligible applicants span a wide range of public and nonprofit entities. These include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category). The program also states eligibility for federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined by 54 USC 300300. A key restriction is that grants are not available for sites or collections owned by the National Park Service, meaning NPS-owned properties are excluded even if they are historically relevant.
Administratively, this is a discretionary grant (not a formula entitlement), and it is associated with CFDA number 15.904. The original closing date shown for this specific FY2020 notice was January 12, 2021, and the opportunity was created on November 9, 2020. Overall, the program is designed to support tangible preservation outcomes at historically significant African American civil rights related sites, using federal preservation funds to help communities and organizations protect these places and keep their stories accessible for the public.Apply for P21AS00200
- The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2020 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- 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 2020-11-09.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-01-12. (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.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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.
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