FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Semiquincentennial Grants | P22AS00403

Opportunity Information: Apply for P22AS00403

The FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund Semiquincentennial Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P22AS00403) is a competitive National Park Service (NPS) grant program designed to help commemorate the United States semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the nations founding. Using money from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), the program focuses on hands-on, physical preservation work for cultural resources that are directly connected to the founding era and the broader story of the nations creation. The goal is to ensure these places and resources are stabilized, repaired, and preserved so they can be protected and interpreted for the public during and beyond the anniversary commemoration.

The grants specifically support preservation projects at historic properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The types of resources that may be funded are broad and can include buildings, sites, structures, objects, and entire historic districts, as long as they meet the National Register listing requirement and relate to the founding of the nation. The emphasis is on tangible preservation outcomes rather than planning, programming, or commemorative events, meaning the funded scope is centered on physical preservation work to historic fabric and historic resources.

A key eligibility condition is easy to miss but drives the entire program: even though several kinds of entities are allowed to apply, the historic property that will receive the grant-assisted work must be owned by a State government. In this program, the term "State" is defined broadly to include the United States, U.S. Territories, the Freely Associated States, and the District of Columbia. This means a nonprofit, local government, or Tribal entity could potentially be an applicant, but the actual property being preserved must be State-owned to qualify for funding under this notice. The program also notes that grants are not available for sites or collections owned by the NPS, so National Park Service-owned resources are excluded.

Eligible applicants listed for this opportunity include State governments, county governments, city or township governments, public and State-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, Federally recognized Tribal governments, other Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status. The funding instrument is a discretionary grant, categorized under arts and humanities/other (CFDA 15.904), and awards are made through a competitive selection process.

In terms of funding structure, the opportunity does not require a non-Federal match, which lowers the barrier for applicants that may not have significant outside fundraising capacity. At the same time, the notice indicates that match may be considered as a competitive factor, so applicants able to bring additional resources to the project may strengthen their competitiveness even though it is not mandatory. The award ceiling listed is $750,000, indicating the program is intended to support substantial preservation work, potentially including major rehabilitation or stabilization efforts that can be costly for historic properties.

Administrative details provided in the source data show the opportunity was issued by the National Park Service, created on September 7, 2022, with an original closing date of December 6, 2022. Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as targeted federal support for capital-level preservation treatment of State-owned, National Register-listed historic places that help tell the story of the nations founding, timed to align with the national focus on the 250th anniversary.

• The National Park Service in the arts, humanities, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Semiquincentennial 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 2022-09-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-12-06. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township 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.

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