The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is accepting grant applications for its Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Grant Program.
Donor Name: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH)
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Details:
The Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund is used to defray costs for land acquisition to protect historic properties. A one-to-one match is required. For example, an organization receiving $50,000 from MDAH must provide $50,000 in matching funds or other eligible equivalent, which cannot be from other state sources. The fund will only provide up to fifty percent of the appraised value of the property. An organization wishing to receive the grant must provide this application, as well as the documents listed below. After MDAH staff reviews the applications, the selected projects will be recommended to the Mississippi legislature for approval.
What organizations are eligible?
Colleges and universities, historical societies, state agencies, local governments, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive a grant through this program.
What acquisitions are eligible?
Properties must either be historic battlefields, archaeological sites significant to Native American history or prehistory, or sites associated with the Civil Rights Movement. A property may have significance in more than one area, such as a battlefield with a recorded archaeological site within its boundaries, which will be taken into consideration in scoring applications
In addition, the property must have been previously recognized as significant. It must be individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places, listed in the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, or identified as nationally significant in a National Park Service Special Resource Study.
What costs are eligible?
All expenses must be associated with the acquisition and preservation of the property itself and may not be used for the rehabilitation of structures. The eligible costs are:
- Acquisition and improvement of land
- Permanent protective interests
- Conservation easements
- Appraisals
- Environmental reports
- Surveys
- Title searches and title insurance
- Closing costs not listed here.
For more information, visit MDAH.
