Closed · NPS-18-NERO-0117 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary
Improve Visitor Experience & Enhance Visitor Access to the Isle au Haut District of Acadia National Park
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25K-$25K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 14, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Improve Visitor Experience & Enhance Visitor Access to the Isle au Haut District of Acadia National Park is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $24,500 -- $24,500 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- $25K-$25K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.954
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Improve Visitor Experience & Enhance Visitor… is closed (last close August 14, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 14, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$24,500
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition.Under the cooperative agreement, the National Park Service and Isle au Haut Boat Services will offer a limited opportunity for park visitors to experience the Isle au Haut according the Visitor Use Management Plan. Public access to the island is limited to private vessels and the ferry. Ferry service to Duck Harbor on Isle au Haut is the most vital, if not exclusive, means of managing park lands on Isle au Haut in a manner consistent with Public Law 99-335 and the mission of Acadia National Park. The National Park Service anticipates a greater role for Isle au Haut Boat Services in providing visitor access and managing visitor use levels on parklands consistent with the Visitor Use Management Plan.The Isle au Haut Boat Services has delivered passengers to the Town of Isle au Haut and Acadia National Park lands at Duck Harbor for many years. The company was formed by Isle au Haut residents in 1973 as a for-profit venture to ensure that ferry service to the island continued and was operated primarily under the control of and for the benefit of island residents. Because of the need to provide year-round service, the company operated at a loss each year and, in 2002, incorporated as the Isle au Boat Services, a nonprofit tax-exempt organization. Ferry service is provided to maintain the integrity of the community, especially those who live there year-round. It is a vital link for the long-term viability of the island community and the only practical means of public access to Acadia National Park on Isle au Haut.Maintaining a ferry service under the control of residents and operating on a year-round basis is in the best interest of the community. It is in the best interest of the National Park Service to support the existing ferry service to the community by using it to continue to deliver visitors to the park at Duck Harbor. Without the park visitor business to Duck Harbor, Isle au Haut Boat Services would have greater financial losses and might not be able to continue service.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Business and Commerce
The printed eligibility set for Improve Visitor Experience & Enhance Visitor… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). 2,513 other National Park Service listings share this eligibility-code string (30% of 8,507).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Mary Raczko Grants Management Specialist Phone 617-913-1105
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