Opportunity Information: Apply for P25AS00496
The FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund African American Civil Rights History Grants (opportunity number P25AS00496) is a discretionary grant program run by the National Park Service (NPS) to support projects that document, interpret, and help preserve the stories and places tied to the African American struggle for equal rights, starting with the transatlantic slave trade and continuing forward through later eras of civil rights history. The program sits within the NPS African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) and is funded through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). A key reference point for what kinds of topics, themes, and sites fit this program is the NPS framework report, Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, which applicants are expected to use as a guide when explaining why a proposed project is historically significant and appropriate for AACR support.
This specific announcement, P25AS00496, is intended for non-construction, history focused work rather than bricks and mortar preservation. The types of activities it supports include survey and planning efforts (such as identifying and evaluating civil rights related resources), research and documentation projects, education and interpretation products, and conservation of historical collections. It also covers documentation and survey work that can lead to formal recognition activities like nominations, which is often an important step in long-term preservation even when no physical work is being funded under this track. Grants are awarded competitively, and an important feature is that there is no non-Federal match requirement, meaning applicants do not have to provide cost share to be eligible.
It is also important to distinguish this history grant opportunity from the separate AACR funding announcement for physical preservation projects. Funding announcement P25AS00495 is reserved for physical preservation of historic sites, while P25AS00496 is specifically for history, research, documentation, survey, and nomination type projects. Applicants need to choose the correct opportunity number based on what they are actually proposing, since construction or preservation work belongs under the preservation track, not this history track.
Funding for the overall AACR Grant Program is substantial in FY2025, with Public Law 119-4 providing a total of 24,000,000 for AACR. For this particular opportunity listing, the award ceiling is 100,000 per grant, and the program anticipates making about 45 awards. The application deadline shown is July 14, 2026. The assistance listing tied to this opportunity is CFDA (Assistance Listing) 15.966, and the funding instrument type is a grant.
Eligibility is broad and includes state governments, local governments (including county and city or township governments), public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status), and tribal entities. The eligible tribal categories include federally recognized tribal governments as well as other tribal organizations, and the description also references eligibility for Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian organizations as defined in the cited sections of U.S. Code. This wide eligibility is meant to ensure that governments, educational institutions, community organizations, and tribal communities can all bring forward projects that strengthen the public record and public understanding of African American civil rights history.
One major restriction to keep in mind is that grants are not available for sites or collections that are owned or leased by the NPS, or where the NPS holds a property interest. In other words, the program is designed to support non-NPS partners and stewardship outside of NPS controlled properties, even though NPS administers the funding. For applicants, that means confirming ownership and control details early, especially if the project involves collections or a site with any federal property interest.
Overall, P25AS00496 is best understood as a history and documentation focused funding opportunity meant to strengthen research, public interpretation, and the long-term preservation pipeline for African American civil rights resources, using an NPS established civil rights framework to help applicants connect their work to nationally significant themes and stories.Apply for P25AS00496
- The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.966.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-06-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-07-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 45 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund African American Civil Rights History Grants (P25AS00496) - FAQs
What is the FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund African American Civil Rights History Grants program (P25AS00496)?
P25AS00496 is a discretionary, competitive grant opportunity administered by the National Park Service (NPS) under the African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) and funded through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). It supports projects that document, interpret, and help preserve the stories and places tied to the African American struggle for equal rights, beginning with the transatlantic slave trade and continuing through later eras of civil rights history.
What kinds of projects does P25AS00496 fund?
This opportunity is focused on non-construction, history-centered activities. Supported work includes survey and planning efforts (such as identifying and evaluating civil rights-related resources), research and documentation projects, education and interpretation products, and conservation of historical collections. It also supports documentation and survey work that can lead to formal recognition steps such as nominations.
Does this grant pay for construction or physical preservation work?
No. P25AS00496 is intended for history, research, documentation, survey, nomination, interpretation, and collections conservation work rather than "bricks and mortar" preservation or construction activities.
What is the difference between P25AS00496 and P25AS00495?
P25AS00496 is the history-focused track (research, documentation, surveys, nominations, interpretation, and collections conservation). P25AS00495 is the separate AACR funding announcement reserved for physical preservation of historic sites. Applicants should select the opportunity number that matches the work they are proposing, because construction or preservation work belongs under the preservation track rather than this history track.
What historical topics and time periods are eligible under this program?
The program supports projects tied to the African American struggle for equal rights, starting with the transatlantic slave trade and continuing forward through later eras of civil rights history. The intent is to strengthen documentation and public understanding of these stories and the places associated with them.
Is there a recommended framework or reference applicants are expected to use?
Yes. A key reference is the NPS framework report, Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites. Applicants are expected to use it as a guide when explaining why their proposed project is historically significant and appropriate for AACR support.
Are nominations and formal recognition activities allowed?
Documentation and survey work that can lead to formal recognition activities like nominations is included as an eligible type of work under this history-focused track, and can be an important step in long-term preservation planning even when no physical work is funded.
Is cost sharing or a non-Federal match required?
No. A notable feature of this opportunity is that there is no non-Federal match requirement, so applicants do not need to provide cost share to be eligible.
How much funding is available per award?
The award ceiling for this opportunity listing is $100,000 per grant.
How many awards does the program expect to make?
The program anticipates making about 45 awards under this opportunity listing.
When is the application deadline?
The application deadline shown for this opportunity is July 14, 2026.
What type of funding instrument is this?
The funding instrument type is a grant.
What is the Assistance Listing (CFDA) number for this opportunity?
The Assistance Listing tied to this opportunity is 15.966.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad. Eligible applicants include state governments; local governments (including county, city, or township governments); public and state controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations (including 501(c)(3) organizations and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status); and tribal entities.
Which tribal entities are included in the eligibility description?
The eligibility description includes federally recognized tribal governments as well as other tribal organizations, and also references eligibility for Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian organizations as defined in cited sections of U.S. Code.
Are projects involving National Park Service (NPS) owned or controlled sites eligible?
No. Grants are not available for sites or collections that are owned or leased by the NPS, or where the NPS holds a property interest. The program is designed to support work on non-NPS properties and collections, even though the NPS administers the funding.
What should applicants check early if their project involves a site or a collection?
Applicants should confirm ownership, lease, and property-interest details early. If the NPS owns or leases the site or collection, or holds a property interest, the project is not eligible under this opportunity.
Is this program competitive?
Yes. Grants are awarded competitively.
How does this opportunity fit within the larger AACR program funding?
This opportunity is part of the NPS African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR), which is funded through the Historic Preservation Fund. For FY2025, Public Law 119-4 provides a total of $24,000,000 for AACR overall.
What is the main goal of the history-focused track (P25AS00496)?
P25AS00496 is designed to strengthen research, public interpretation, and the long-term preservation pipeline for African American civil rights resources by supporting documentation, surveys, evaluation, nominations-related work, education, interpretation products, and conservation of historical collections, guided by NPS civil rights framework themes.
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