News Release
News Release Date: July 7, 2020
Contact: NewsMedia@nps.gov
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced it has awarded $750,000 in Underrepresented Community Grants to support the identification and nomination of sites to the National Register of Historic Places. The Underrepresented Community grant program focuses on documenting the homes, lives, landscapes, and experiences of underrepresented peoples who played a significant role in national history. FY 2019 grants will help fund 18 projects to eight states, six tribes, two local governments, the District of Columbia, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Federal oil and gas revenues from the Outer Continental Shelf provide the lion’s share of deposits into the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which is the source of funding for Underrepresented Community grants.
“These competitive grants will help diversify the nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places," said National Park Service Deputy Director David Vela, exercising the authority of the Director. “They will provide assistance to state, tribal, and local governments to identify and preserve sites that will convey a more complete history of our country.”
Examples of projects selected for FY 2019 funding include a historic landscape nomination in the first underrepresented community grant awarded to the Federated States of Micronesia; a historic context study of women’s history in the District of Columbia; documentation of slavery in Massachusetts; and nominations of significant tribal sites in California and Washington.
Applications for $750,000 in FY 2020 funding will be available in the fall of 2020. Eligible applicants include state and tribal historic preservation offices and certified local governments.
For more information about the grants and the Underrepresented Community Grant Program, please visit https://www.nps.gov/preservation-grants/community-grants.html.
Underrepresented Community Awards:
State |
Projects |
Grantee |
Award |
California |
Graton Rancheria Tolay Lake Nomination |
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria |
$41,500 |
California |
Valley Cemetery Survey and Nomination |
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians |
$47,342 |
District of Columbia |
Historic Context Study of Women’s History and Suffrage in DC |
District of Columbia Office of Planning |
$50,000 |
Florida |
The Newtown Conservation Historic District |
City of Sarasota |
$50,000 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
Mahkontowe: A Micronesian Landscape Nomination |
Federated States of Micronesia National Government |
$49,840 |
Massachusetts |
Porter-Phelps-Huntington House and Phelps Farm National Register Update |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
$19,050 |
Maryland |
Historic Context Study of Asian American Communities in Maryland |
Maryland Department of Planning, Maryland Historical Trust |
$48,500 |
Michigan |
National Register Nominations for the Orsel & Minnie McGhee House and the Sojourner Truth Homes Public Housing Complex |
Michigan Strategic Fund |
$30,000 |
Mississippi |
Natchez Outbuilding Multiple Property Submission |
Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
$50,000 |
New York |
LGBT Site Nominations Project Phase 4: Nomination of Women’s History Sites |
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |
$25,000 |
Oklahoma |
Survey and Inventory of Sac and Fox Nation sites for National Register Nominations |
Sac and Fox Nation |
$49,645 |
Oregon |
Oregon Statewide African American Multiple Property Submission |
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
$30,000 |
Utah |
Northwestern Shoshone Survey and Inventory Project |
The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation |
$25,529 |
Virginia |
Survey and National Register Nominations for Seatack and L & J Gardens |
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
$47,187 |
Washington |
Filipino American Statewide Context and Survey |
Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation |
$50,000 |
Washington |
Stillaguamish Mount Higgins National Register Nomination |
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington |
$46,978 |
Wisconsin |
Stockbridge Meetinghouse and National Register Update Project |
Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wisconsin |
$39,429 |
Wyoming |
African American Historic Context for Wyoming as a Multiple Property Documentation Form |
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office |
$50,000 |
Total |
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$750,000 |
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