FY2025 ABPP - Preservation Planning Grants
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FY2025 ABPP - Preservation Planning Grants: Administered by the National Park Service through the American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP), Preservation Planning Grants support a variety of projects that contribute to the preservation and interpretation of historic battlefields and associated sites of armed conflict on American soil by providing financial assistance to eligible applicants based on the outcome of a competitive merit review process. These grants are funded by direct appropriation from the U.S. Congress and are authorized under 54 U.S.C. § 308102.Due to the large number of activities that the Preservation Planning Grants may fund, applicants are encouraged to reach out to NPS ABPP directly with any questions about potential project eligibility at [email protected].
Federal Grant Title: | FY2025 ABPP - Preservation Planning Grants |
Federal Agency Name: | National Park Service (DOI-NPS) |
Grant Categories: | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | P25AS00476 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 15.926 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | March 31st, 2025 |
Original Application Deadline: | March 31st, 2025 |
Posted Date: | January 3rd, 2025 |
Creation Date: | January 3rd, 2025 |
Archive Date: | September 16th, 2025 |
Total Program Funding: | $1,198,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $200,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $20,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
Last Updated: | January 3rd, 2025 |
- Category Explanation
- Consistent with 31 U.S.C. § 6304, an executive agency shall use a grant agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the United States Government and a state, local government, or other recipient when:1. The principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer a thing of value to the state, local government, or other recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring (by purchase, lease, or barter) property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government; and2. Substantial involvement is not expected between the executive agency and the state, local government, or other recipient when carrying out the activity contemplated in the agreement.
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district 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 (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- 1) Alaska Native corporations2) Native American tribal-controlled colleges and universities3) Native Hawaiian Community institutions and Native Hawaiian organizationsEligible Sites Eligible project proposals must contribute to the preservation of one or more historic places associated with an armed conflict on American soil. NPS ABPP defines “American soil” as authorized under 54 U.S.C. § 300317, as the 50 States, District of Columbia, U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands), and Freely Associated States (Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau), and “armed conflicts” as periods of collective violence that are characterized by specific events and bounded in time (example: the Battle of Harlem Heights or the Sand Creek massacre), rather than broad cross-cutting themes throughout American history. Historic places associated with armed conflicts may include battlefields or associated sites that fall under one of the following themes:Military - sites directly associated with military forces on land or sea.Government, Law, Politics, and Diplomacy - sites associated with decision-making, policy creation, political process, and diplomatic relations during periods of armed conflict.Intellectual History - sites associated with the publication or propagation of ideas and values that influenced the social, political, economic, and military actions and policies during periods of armed conflictEconomics of War - sites associated with economic activities that contributed to battle, fighting, or war effortsSociety - sites associated with home front, civilian conduct during periods of armed conflictTransportation - Sites associated with moving people, goods, and information during periods of armed conflictEligible Activities Preservation Planning Grants may not be used for the acquisition of property or services to the direct benefit of the Federal government but may under some circumstances include sites controlled by the Federal government in research and other non-mission oriented (legislated) projects. Applicants working in partnership with units of the Federal government, or including sites under the control of the Federal government in their project proposals,
- Grant Announcement Contact
- James Modrick
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