1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
This listing may be outdated. Verify details at the official source before applying.
Find similar grantsUnderrepresented Communities Grants is sponsored by National Park Service (NPS) - Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). This program supports projects that increase the representation of historically underrepresented communities in the National Register of Historic Places.
Get alerted about grants like this
Get emailed when new opportunities from “National Park Service (NPS) - Historic Preservation Fund (HPF)” or related funders appear. Free, weekly, unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Underrepresented Communities Grants - Historic Preservation Fund (U.S. National Park Service) Skip to global NPS navigation Skip to the footer section Underrepresented Communities Grants Petroglyphs in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Courtesy Kris Radder, Brattleboro Reformer Learn More About Other Grants Grants to Expand the National Register of Historic Places The National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Program (URC) works towards expanding listings submitted to the National Register of Historic Places. URC grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and are administered by the NPS.
Projects include surveys and inventories of historic properties associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register, as well as the development of nominations to the National Register for specific sites. All funded projects must result in the submission of a new or amended nomination to the National Register of Historic Places to include underrepresented communities.
Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match. Application packages must be submitted using Grants. gov under Assistance Listing 15.
966. A short summary of the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program that has general information on funding priorities, project and applicant eligibility, and upcoming important due dates and deadlines. Fact sheets are intended to provide an overview of the grant program.
Full application details and requirements will always be outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity posted to grants. gov. Links to Application Information underrepresented community View URC funded resources. Helpful Links for Grantees and Applicants To learn more about the ways that the National Park Service is connected to the preservation of historic sites nationwide, check out the links below.
Feel free to look up specific properties listed as National Historic Landmarks or properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places using these sites. NPS & Historic Preservation National Register of Historic Places Preserving America's Heritage National Historic Landmarks Program Last updated: June 30, 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs), Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, Certified Local …. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $15,000 to $100,000 (estimated total funding $1.25 million). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was June 30, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Underrepresented Communities Grants is funded by National Park Service (NPS) - Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Alaska. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
A new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
Read articleThe Citi Foundation's 2026 Housing Supply RFP puts $20M behind 20 nonprofit housing developers at $1M each — targeting pre-development and preservation, the exact points where affordable projects die. It sits inside Citi's $60B Blueprint for Housing Opportunity. Here's what the grant design reveals and how nonprofit developers should position for the next cycle.
Read article