Preserve America Grant Program

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	Federal Grant Title:	Preserve America Grant Program
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Heritage Preservation Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DOI-GRANTS-120505-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 05, 2005
	Creation Date:	Dec 05, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 16, 2005 Applications must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Standard time, Friday, December 16, 2005. This is NOT a postmark deadline.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jan 15, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	150
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$20,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are as follows: Designated Preserve America Communities: including officially designated Preserve America Neighborhoods. Preserve America Communities and Preserve America Neighborhoods located within a Federally designated National Heritage Area are eligible provided that they are not currently receiving Federal funds from the National Heritage Area management entity. Certified Local Governments (CLG) applying for Preserve America Community designation. State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO) Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPO)
Grant Description: Applications are invited for Federal Preserve America Grants. In the Fiscal Year 2006 Department of the Interior Appropriations Act, PL 109-54, Congress appropriated funds from the Historic Preservation Fund for this grant program. Preserve America grants offer a new type of funding from the Federal Government to support communities that have demonstrated a commitment to recognizing, designating, and protecting local cultural resources. Grants are available to assist local economies find self-sustaining ways to promote their cultural resources through heritage tourism. Preserve America is a White House initiative developed in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Department of the Interior, and other Federal agencies. Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, serves as the Honorary Chair of this initiative. The Preserve America grant program is administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. For information on how to be designated as a Preserve America community, go to www.preserveamerica.gov. Grants will be awarded through a competitive process and each grant will require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be in the form of cash or in-kind donated services for grant-assisted work. The grant and the non-Federal match must be expended during the grant period (1 to 2 years). The minimum grant request is $20,000 Federal share (resulting in a total project cost of $40,000). The maximum grant request for any project is $150,000 (resulting in a total project cost of $300,000). SHPOs and THPOs may apply on behalf of a group of community projects, each seeking less than the $20,000 minimum grant. Preserve America funding would then be awarded to the SHPO or THPO and subgranted by them to these smaller projects in individual Preserve America Communities. SHPOs and THPOs seeking funding through this mechanism will hold competitions for individual subgrants after receiving Preserve America funding, and are not required to describe individual subgrants at the time the SHPO and THPO apply for funding. The Preserve America Grants Selection Panel may, at its discretion, award less then the minimum grant request.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Applications are invited for Federal Preserve America Grants.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/hpg/PreserveAmerica/index.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Preserve America, NPS, Preserve America Grants, Phone 202-354-2020, Fax 202-371-1794, Email nps_preserveamerica@nps.gov nps_preserveamerica@nps.gov Preserve America, NPS