African American Civil Rights Grant Opportunity

Civil rights leaders march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963

Photo Credit: National Archives

The National Park Service announces availability of grant funding through the African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR). The program will document, interpret, and preserve sites and stories telling the full story of the long struggle for African American civil rights from the transatlantic slave trade onwards. Governmental, tribal, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. The NPS 2008 report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, will serve as the reference document 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 preservation projects including survey and inventory, National Register nominations, oral histories and more. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal funding match.

Available Grant Funding

Grants are available to fund two types of projects: "history" and "preservation." History grants will support interpretive and research-based projects, while preservation grants will fund planning and "bricks and mortar" preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures.

We recommend applicants set up a saved search on Grants.gov for appropriate Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) (see table below) to be notified when Notice of Funding Opportunities are available.
Instructions on setting up a saved search on Grants.gov can be found here: Subscribe to Saved Searches (grants.gov)

15.966 - African American Civil Rights (AACR)
15.926 - American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP)
15.928 - Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants - ABPP (BLAG)
15.932 - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
15.966 - History of Equal Rights (HER)
15.925 - Maritime Heritage Program (Maritime)
15.922 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
15.966 - Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant (Bruhn)
15.929 - Save America's Treasures (SAT)
15.966 - Semiquincentennial (SEMI)
15.966 - Tribal Heritage Grants (THG)
15.966 - Underrepresented Communities (URC)

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