FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Underrepresented Community Grants | P22AS00294

Opportunity Information: Apply for P22AS00294

The FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund Underrepresented Community Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P22AS00294) is a discretionary grant program run by the National Park Service (NPS) and financed through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). Its central purpose is to broaden and diversify the types of places and histories recognized in the National Register of Historic Places by supporting work connected to communities that have been historically underrepresented in the National Register. In practice, this program is meant to correct gaps in representation by helping applicants document, evaluate, and formally nominate historic resources tied to those communities.

The core activities supported by this grant focus on the kind of groundwork that leads directly to National Register action. Funded projects can include historic resource surveys, research, documentation, and the preparation of nomination materials for historic sites, districts, buildings, structures, or objects associated with underrepresented communities. A non-negotiable requirement is that every funded Underrepresented Community Grant project must produce at least one tangible National Register outcome: either a new nomination submitted to the National Register of Historic Places or an amended nomination that updates or expands an existing listing. That requirement is central to the program design, since the goal is not only research or planning, but an actual increase in the number and quality of National Register nominations that reflect underrepresented histories.

Eligibility is limited by statute under the National Historic Preservation Act (referenced in the notice as 54 USC 300101 and related sections). Only certain governmental and preservation entities can apply. Eligible applicants include State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs), federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages or Corporations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in federal law. Certified Local Governments (CLGs) are also eligible, and the program points applicants to the official CLG list maintained by NPS (http://go.nps.gov/clg). The eligible applicant types listed in the opportunity also cover state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), as well as certain tribal organizations, but the program description makes clear that awards are restricted to the preservation entities and CLGs identified under the Act and related authorities.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is categorized under CFDA 15.904 and uses a grant as the funding instrument. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $75,000 per project. The announcement was created on May 4, 2022, and the original closing date for applications was August 10, 2022. The agency administering the program is the National Park Service. While the notice does not specify a required match in the text provided, the defining compliance expectation that applicants must plan around is the deliverable: at least one new or amended National Register nomination emerging from the funded work.

Overall, the Underrepresented Community Grants program is best understood as a targeted National Register pipeline fund. It is designed to pay for the professional and technical work needed to identify, document, and formally nominate places associated with communities that are not adequately represented in existing National Register listings, with the explicit intent of changing what is recognized and preserved at the national level.

• The National Park Service in the arts, humanities, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Underrepresented Community Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.904.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-05-04.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-08-10. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).

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