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Good morning Heritage Tourism Partners!
Would you like funding to help save the real places that tell the real stories of your community? Are you a member of a historical organization? If so, then read on!
The 2009/2010 Save Our History Grant Cycle is now available. This grant program provides funding to history organizations that partner with schools on a local community preservation project.
For guidelines and criteria, important dates, and to apply, please visit www.saveourhistory.com, and click on grants. Applications are due June 5, 2009. Any questions should be directed to info@saveourhistory.com.
Thanks, Teresa
Teresa L. Caldwell
Assistant State Coordinator
Heritage Tourism Program
Community Heritage Development Division
Texas Historical Commission
P O Box 12276
Austin, Texas 78711
512/463-5755
www.thc.state.tx.us
Texas History Museums—
There are a few grant deadlines, workshops and other events coming up that I believe might interest you. See below for details.
As a reminder, you can get a full listing of similar events by visiting the THC web site. To view upcoming grant deadlines: Go to http://www.thc.state.tx.us/grantsincent/gramus.shtml and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Under “Other Available Grants” you’ll see a link to “upcoming grant deadlines.” Click on that link to download the Word document. To view upcoming training opportunities: Go to http://www.thc.state.tx.us/museums/muswork.shtml and look for the link to “upcoming classes” in the last sentence of the main paragraph. That link will allow you to download the Word document.
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Carlyn Hammons
Museum Services Program Specialist
History Programs Division
Texas Historical Commission
PO Box 12276
Austin, Texas 78711
512/463-5756
www.thc.state.tx.us
Heritage Tourism Friends—
The Texas Historical Commission is now accepting applications for the History Museum Grants. Please help us spread the news of this grant opportunity to the local history museums in your community. Small history museums can apply for up to $1,000 for collections-related preservation and conservation projects. To view the eligibility requirements and to download an application, visit www.thc.state.tx.us/grantsincent/gramus.shtml. (Scroll down to bottom of the web page for the application form.)
If you have any questions, or if you would like to discuss possible projects, please contact me.
Carlyn Hammons
Museum Services Program Specialist
History Programs Division
Texas Historical Commission
512/463-5756
www.thc.state.tx.us
TPWD administers the National Recreational Trails Fund in Texas under the approval of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This federally funded program receives its funding from a portion of federal gas taxes paid on fuel used in non-highway recreational vehicles. The grants can be up to 80% of project cost with a maximum of $200,000 for non-motorized trail grants and currently there is not a maximum amount for motorized trail grants (call 512-912-7124 for motorized trail grant funding availability). Funds can be spent on both motorized and non-motorized recreational trail projects such as the construction of new recreational trails, to improve existing trails, to develop trailheads or trailside facilities, and to acquire trail corridors. Application deadline is May 1st each year. Download Recreational Trail Grant Application:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/grants/trpa/#trail
Save America's Treasures Grant - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=40970
Dear Heritage Tourism Partners:
Below is some grants information that may be helpful for you.
www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/PreserveAmerica/index.htm
The Preserve America matching-grant program provides funding to support preservation efforts through heritage tourism, education, and historic preservation planning. Eligible applicants include Designated Preserve America Communities and Neighborhoods, State Historic Preservation Offices, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, and Certified Local Governments in the process of applying for Preserve America Community Designation.
Applications are due June 30, 2008.
Guidelines and applications are available on our website, at:
www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/PreserveAmerica/index.htm
Save America’s Treasures
Fiscal Year 2008 grant applications for the Save America's Treasures grant program and the Preserve America grant program are now available.
Save America's Treasures matching grants are awarded for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Eligible applicants include Federal (including NPS), state, local, and tribal government entities, and nonprofit organizations. Applications are due May 20, 2008. Application guidelines are available on our website, at: www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm, or at www.grants.gov.
Thanks
Hampton Tucker
Chief, Historic Preservation Grants Division
National Park Service
202-354-2067 - Phone
202-371-1794 - Fax
Address for Overnight Deliveries/Private Carriers:
1201 Eye Street, NW (6th Floor)
Washington, DC 20005
Tourism Cares - Worldwide Grant Program - added 8/07
http://www.tourismcares.org/Worldwide_Grant_Program.aspx
Tourism Cares’ Worldwide Grant Program distributes charitable grants to worthy tourism-related non-profit organizations worldwide for capital improvements or programs as outlined below. The 2007 Worldwide Grant Program goals for grantmaking call for a balanced distribution to U.S. and non-U.S. recipients. Typical grants are $10,000; However, based on availability of funds, grants up to $100,000 will be considered. The steps to the grant funding process can be found below. Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Worldwide Grant Program attempt to address other questions that are not explained elsewhere.
2007 Deadlines for Grant Letters of Inquiry Packets:
Thursday, February 1st, Friday, June 1st, and Monday, October 1st
Grant Letters of Inquiry Packets must ARRIVE AT Tourism Cares’ OFFICE NO LATER THAN 5 PM on these deadline dates.
Tourism Cares’ Grant Funding Goals and Preferences
Primary consideration is to fund projects and programs, whose goal is:
- capital improvements that serve to protect, restore, or conserve sites of exceptional cultural, historic, or natural significance, or
- the education of local host communities and the traveling public about conservation and preservation of sites of exceptional cultural, historical, or natural significance.
Preference is given to organizations with projects or programs that:
- allow our grant funding to be leveraged to provide increased philanthropic support, through vehicles such as matching grants or challenge grants that have already been secured from an external source.
- are endorsed by the local, regional, or national tourism office.
- demonstrate strong support from and involvement of the local community.
Preserving America: Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community Development: A Guide to Using Community Development Block Grant Funds
The following link is a PDF version of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) publication Preserving America: Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community Development: A Guide to Using Community Development Block Grant Funds. www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/environment/library/subjects/preservation/index.cfm
At the end of the document is a link to the CDBG contacts in cities, counties and states. Please contact your local CDBG contact for more information about CDBG grants:
www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/contacts/index.cfm
Thomas G. Keohan ¨ Historical Architect ¨ Heritage Partnerships Program
Intermountain Regional Office ¨ National Park Service
12795 W. Alameda Parkway ¨ Denver, CO 80228
303-969-2897 Voice ¨ 303-987-6675 Fax
Texas Historical Foundation Grants
PURPOSE
The Texas Historical Foundation Grant Program was organized to:
1. Support projects and activities in education, research, archaeology, and
the preservationof Texas history.
2. Sponsor publications and materials relating to Texas history.
3. Encourage activities promoting Texas traditions, values, and patriotic events.
4. Collaborate with state, regional, and local historical groups in strengthening
preservation endeavors.
5. Communicate to the general public the unique role and function of the
Texas Historical Foundation.
http://www.texashistoricalfoundation.org/grant.htm
Consultation Grants for Special Projects. Consultation grants help historical organizations or community organizations develop a new public humanities project or chart a new interpretive direction of an existing program. They support the costs of conferring with a team of advisors to help identify key humanities themes and questions during the early stages of a project's development. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-002/listing.html
Planning Grants for Special Projects. Planning grants are used to refine the content and interpretive approach of projects prior to implementation. Applicants should have already identified the appropriate humanities content of their projects and consulted with scholars and programming advisors. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-004/listing.html
Planning Grants for Museums, Libraries, and Special Projects. Planning Grants are used to refine the content and interpretive approach of projects prior to implementation. Applicants should have already identified the appropriate humanities content of their projects and consulted with scholars and programming advisors. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-111604-001/listing.html
Consultation Grants for Museums Consultation grants help museums develop a new public humanities project or chart a new interpretive direction of an existing program. They support the costs of confering with a team of advisors to help identify key humanities themes and questions during the early stages of a project's development. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-062705-001/listing.html
Union Pacific - While the majority of the Foundation's funding is directed towards the signature giving program, The Principals' Partnership, the Foundation has set aside a limited amount of funds through an annual grant application process for which nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations located in Union Pacific communities may apply. For additional information regarding qualifying for a grant, please visit the http://www.up.com/found/grants.shtml
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization that benefits society by promoting the responsible use of the world's natural, cultural and historic treasures and supporting education and research to help secure the positive future of travel and tourism worldwide. As part of its mission, Tourism Cares for Tomorrow distributes grants to nonprofit organizations worldwide with one or more of the following goals: to protect, restore, and conserve sites of exceptional natural, cultural, or historic significance; to increase the traveling public's awareness of and involvement in conservation efforts; and/or to promote conservation education within local host communities and to the traveling public. Deadlines for this year are already past. Application guidelines are available on the website listed above. http://www.tourismcaresfortomorrow.org/TourismCares/Programs/Grants.htm
Save our History Grant Program
The History Channel, in collaboration with the American Association for State and Local History and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is proud to unveil the 2005-2006 Save Our History Grant Application. This year, The History Channel will award $250,000 in Save Our History grants.
History organizations (including museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, archives, and other history organizations) can apply for grants of up to $10,000 to help fund unique, hands-on student projects created to teach students about important aspects of their local history and to actively engage them in the preservation of significant and potentially endangered pieces of their local heritage. Grant applicants should develop a Save Our History project in partnership with a school or youth community group.
For more information and/or an application, visit www.saveourhistory.com.
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Museum Assessment Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/MAP-FY06/listing.html
NSF
Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management
Headquarters
International Research Fellowship Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-599/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Librarians for the 21st Century
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/L21-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Consultation Grants for Libraries
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-001/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
National Leadership Grants for Museums and Libraries
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/NLG-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Planning Grants for Museums
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-002/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Consultation Grants
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-003/listing.html
IMLS
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs
Washington, DC
Conservation Assessment Program
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/IMLS/OPLA/OPLA/CAP-FY06/listing.html
NEH
NEH
OPO
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants
Grant
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NEH/OPUB/OPO/NEH-GRANTS-071805-004/listing.html