Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (84.345A)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (84.345A)
	CFDA Number:	84.345
	CFDA Description:	Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-060106-001
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 01, 2006
	Creation Date:	Jun 01, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 03, 2006 Applications Available: June 1, 2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Aug 02, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	3
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,980,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.
Grant Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants to establish a facility to house, display, and interpret artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree. Special Requirements: Each nonprofit educational organization awarded a grant under this program must enter into an agreement with the Department. Each agreement must require the organization: (1) To demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of the facility. The private entity must provide matching funds in an amount equal to four times the amount of the contribution of the State or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the matching funds may be provided by the Federal government; (2) To create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the costs of the on going operations of the facility; (3) To establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad throughout the United States. These satellite centers must raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and private sources; (4) To establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities that have collections and programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad; and (5) To submit, for each fiscal year for which an organization receives funding under this program, a report to the Department that contains; (a) A description of the programs and activities supported by the funding; (b) The audited financial statement of the organization for the preceding fiscal year; (c) A plan for the programs and activities to be supported by the funding, as the Secretary may require; and (d) An evaluation of the programs and activities supported by the funding, as the Secretary may require.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.345A.Applications for grants under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program--CFDA Number 84.345A must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at: http://www.grants .gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program at: http://www.grants .gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (URR); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-8266.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
Phone (202) 245-6140
julius.cotton@ed.gov
Program Manager:
Jay Donahue
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW., Room 6164
Washington, DC 20006-8544
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