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Jan 15, 2024 · Preserving Black Churches grants ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 are intended to preserve historic Black houses of worship (those with active congregations or that are being repurposed for new uses within the community) and advance preservation activities including capital projects, programming and interpretation, capacity building, and project planning.
- Preserving Black Churches: Frequently Asked Questions
Preserving Black Churches provides funding to support...
- Preserving Black Churches: Guidelines and Eligibility
Preserving Black Churches is a project of the African...
- Preserving Black Churches: Frequently Asked Questions
Aug 8, 2024 · Preserving Black Churches provides funding to support organizational capacity building and operations. The grants are intended to support creation of new staff positions that directly support the preservation and stewardship of historic Black church buildings. Funding cannot be used to support clergy or religious staff.
- Eligible applicants for a Preserving Black Churches grant include historic Black churches with active and non-active congregations; 501(c)(3) nonpr...
- Yes. Historic Black church buildings are eligible to receive grants in all funding categories. Historic cemeteries owned by a historic Black church...
- Yes. Grant recipients of the AACHAF National Grant Program are eligible to apply for a grant from Preserving Black Churches. However, the existing...
- Yes. Eligible applicants can apply to National Fund for Sacred Places and Preserving Black Churches. However, funding received from other National...
- For the purposes of Preserving Black Churches, a historic Black church is defined as one or more of the following: A historic religious building bu...
- For the purposes of Preserving Black Churches, active congregations are those which hold regular worship services and/or conduct public programming...
- No. It is not required for properties to be formally listed or designated as historic to apply. But a special emphasis will be placed on sites that...
- Applications from non-Christian faiths will be considered on a case-by-case basis. For more information, contact blackchurches@savingplaces.org.
- Yes and no. Matching funds are not required for the following funding categories: Capital Projects, Project Planning, Programming and Interpretatio...
- No. Work that has been completed prior to receiving a grant award is not eligible for funding.
- Historic Black Churches
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For this grant, eligible applicants are entities representing Historic Black Churches. For the purposes of this grant Historic Black Churches are defined below:
Eligible Applicants include: 1. Historic Black Churcheswith active and non-active congregations. Active congregations are those which hold regular worship services and public programming in historic religious buildings (defined above). 2. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizationsstewarding non-active Historic Black Church buildings reused and repurposed fo...
The following grant conditions apply: 1. If the project involves a property, the grant recipient must either own the property or have a written agreement with the property owner stating that the grantee has permission to undertake the grant-funded project. 2. Grants or any matching funds cannot be used directly or indirectly to influence a member o...
Grant awards may be made for activities and projects in the following five categories: Capital Projects, Endowment and Financial Sustainability, Organizational Capacity and Operations, Programming and Interpretation, or Project Planning.
Access the Preserving Black Churches application form. You will be taken to the National Trust grants application system where you will need to create a user profile for your organization. If your organization has applied for a grant previously, you will sign into your existing organization profile. If you need assistance using the grants applicati...
Aug 15, 2023 · Grants from Preserving Black Churches are intended to preserve historic Black houses of worship (with either active or non-active congregations) and advance ongoing preservation activities. With grants ranging from $50,000 to $200,000, the funding will strengthen capacity for historic congregations, preservation organizations, and community groups to better steward, manage, and use their ...
Jan 15, 2024 · The National Trust Has Awarded $4 Million to Preserve 31 Historic Black Churches. Three of those churches served as stops on the Underground Railroad. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is marking this year's annual celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by awarding 31 historic Black churches $4 million in ...
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Jan 20, 2023 · AP Photo/John Minchillo. Administrators of a trust fund established to preserve historic Black churches in the United States on Friday revealed a list of houses of worship receiving $4 million in ...
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Jan 16, 2023 · The Preserving Black Churches initiative is a $20 million program generously supported by the Lilly Endowment Inc. that launched in late 2021 to revive Black churches and congregations. It is part ...
