Closed · P25AS00496 · CFDA 15.966 · Discretionary
FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $15K-$100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 14, 2026
- Close date
- 45
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $15,000 -- $100,000 across 45 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- $15K-$100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 45
- expected awards
- 15.966
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on July 14, 2026. CFDA 15.966 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $15,000 -- $100,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 14, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$24,000,000
Expected Awards
45
Instrument
Grant
Description
The National Park Service"s (NPS) African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) will document and preserve the sites and stories of the full history of the African American struggle to gain equal rights, from transatlantic slave trade forward. The program funds history and preservation projects using the NPS report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, as a guide 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 history projects including: survey and planning, research and documentation, education, and collection conservation. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match.There are separate funding announcements for physical preservation projects and for historical research/documentation projects. Funding announcement P25AS00495 is for physical preservation of historic sites only; P25AS00496 is for history/research/documentation/survey/nomination projects. Please ensure you apply under the correct opportunity number for your project.FY2025 Public Law 119-4 provides $24,000,000 total for the AACR Grant Program.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 10 doors
FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African Am… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (10 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +6 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). Only 2 other National Park Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 8,507).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- 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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What to do next
FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African Am… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
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