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African American Civil Rights Grants.

Grants support documentation, interpretation, and preservation of sites and stories connected to African American civil rights.

Offered byNational Park Serviceverified 2026-07-10

Overview

What it does.

A Chester-area organization or public body may qualify when a project has a well-supported connection to African American civil-rights history. The program includes separate history and physical-preservation opportunities.

Best for: A documented site, archive, story, or public-history project with strong African American civil-rights significance.

Eligibility

Who and what may qualify.

Eligible applicants

  • States, tribes, local governments, Certified Local Governments, and nonprofits with eligible civil-rights projects

Applicants excluded by the source

  • For-profit businesses and individuals applying directly

Eligible uses

  • Survey and documentation
  • Interpretation and education
  • Historic structure reports and preservation plans
  • Repair of eligible historic properties

Uses excluded by the source

  • Projects without a documented connection to the African American struggle for equal rights

Application

How to start.

  1. Research and document the civil-rights significance.
  2. Choose the history or preservation funding opportunity.
  3. Submit the applicable FY 2025 opportunity through Grants.gov by the current deadline.

Timing: The FY 2025 history and preservation opportunities close July 14, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

Planning notes

Limits to account for.

  • The project must clearly fit the program's civil-rights purpose and the selected history or preservation notice.

Can complement preservation, humanities, and private fundraising when scopes do not overlap.

Evidence

Official sources.