Grants from the National Trust’s Southwest Intervention Fund are intended to further preservation efforts of the traditional cultures of the Southwest region, exclusively in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, West Texas and Utah.
Donor Name: National Trust for Historic Preservation
State: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,500 to $10,000
Details:
The Fund provides support for preservation planning efforts and enables prompt responses to emergency threats or opportunities in the eligible states. Local partners, nonprofit organizations and government agencies that have strategic opportunities to save sites or help jumpstart preservation projects are eligible for the fund’s small, catalytic grants.
The Fund can support assistance for a single prehistoric or historic place or actions affecting an entire state or part of a state, or several states, so long as all of the states are among the five designated states. Actions aimed at direct intervention to save historic and cultural sites and at capacity building are eligible.
Funding Information
Grants generally range from $2,500 to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be either a public agency, 501(c) (3), or other nonprofit organization to be considered eligible. Applicants that have received previous National Trust financial assistance are eligible provided that all grant requirements are current.
- No more than three grants will be awarded in any two-year period to a single grantee. Only one grant will be awarded per organization in any grant round. Only one grant will be awarded for a particular project phase.
Eligible Activities
- Grants from the Southwest Intervention Fund are awarded to preservation efforts of the traditional cultures in the Southwest region. Grant funds can be used to launch new initiatives or to provide additional support to on-going efforts. Grants awards may be made for activities and projects such as:
- Strategic opportunities to save sites or help jump start preservation projects
- Legal resources required to prepare research and/or briefs, and to travel to/from Southwest states for direct legal intervention
- Advance the protection of important archaeological sites
- Communications expertise to develop compelling information for press and other public forums in the region.
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