Closed · NPS-NOIP19AC00325 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary
Illinois Freedom Project - Youth Mentor Trainings & Workshop
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $128K-$128K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 21, 2019
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Illinois Freedom Project - Youth Mentor Trainings & Workshop is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $127,788 -- $127,788 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.
- $128K-$128K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.954
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Illinois Freedom Project is closed (last close June 21, 2019). 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 June 21, 2019
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 with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The objectives of the workshops is to: increase outreach relevancy, especially to underserved youth populations, to Lincoln Home National Historic Site (LIHO); participants will gain a deeper understanding of untold stories in history; students will be presented with stories of challenges faced by people in the past to gain inspiration for challenges they face today. In addition, they will be encouraged by these stories to make a different in their neighborhood, schools, and larger communities; and students will gain an appreciation of the historic sites and museums as places as touchstones of history and places of inspiration for challenges they face. The public purpose is to provide youth mentors in Illinois with an opportunity to become familiar with the story of freedom in Illinois and allow for youth to develop skillsets such as public speaking, leadership and working with others; which would be used as they develop into productive adults and contribute to the greater society. The Recipient has unique expertise in the broader story of African American life and history throughout the US. They also have the capacity and partnerships to expand and reach a much diverse audience through the knowledge and expertise of African American history that would allow for more diverse stories to be told through Lincoln Home NHS. Specific qualification include expertise knowledge on the history of African American Life and History throughout the US. Access to broad diversity of trainers and speakers that would provide relevant experience to youth mentors and students who will be in the workshop and training sessions.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NPS-NOIP19AC00325
Grants.gov marks Illinois Freedom Project with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Park Service book (3,314 peers, 39% of 8,507).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
Katherine S Borschel Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1958
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