National Park Service awards nearly $1.18 million in Underrepresented Communities Grants for National Register listings
Seventeen projects in 15 states share the Underrepresented Communities Grants. Nonprofits hold eight of them, including four for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation.
Washington. The National Park Service has awarded nearly $1.18 million in Underrepresented Communities Grants for 17 projects in 15 states that will expand listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Nonprofit organizations hold eight of the grants, by the Herald's count of the agency's list.
The agency first posted the announcement on Sept. 29 with a total of $1.25 million for 18 projects. It has since corrected the page to nearly $1.18 million and 17 projects; the list of awards is the same on both versions, and its 17 amounts add up to $1,175,000.
Who received the money
The grants pay for historic surveys and National Register nominations by states, tribes, certified local governments and nonprofits. Individual awards range from $20,000 to $100,000.
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation received four grants: $70,000 for a survey of Filipino American sites in Alaska, $30,000 to research and amend the Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District in New York City, $75,000 for the studios and residences of Asian American visual artists in New York State, and $20,000 for a nomination of the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburgh.
The Alutiiq Heritage Foundation in Kodiak, Alaska, received $99,945 to survey and amend the nomination for the Woody Island Historic Archaeological District. Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, which does business as Historic Athens, received $75,000 for sites of African American education in Athens-Clarke County, Ga. Aina Momona received $88,880 for the Kawaʻewaʻe Heiau on Oʻahu, and the Cleveland Restoration Society received $48,158 for a survey of African American historic buildings in Cleveland.
The other grants went to public bodies, among them the City of Sacramento for Japanese American buildings, History Colorado for Latino heritage sites, the State of Maryland for Black churches and cemeteries, the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes for reservation cemeteries in Montana, and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community in Wisconsin.
Where the money comes from
The grants come from the Historic Preservation Fund's appropriations for fiscal 2025. The fund, established in 1977, is the main source of federal money for historic preservation and has provided more than $2 billion in grants to states, tribes, local governments and nonprofits, the agency said. It is paid for by revenue from federal oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, not by tax dollars.
The announcement does not give deadlines for the projects or a date for the next round of grants.
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