Save Our History Community Education and Preservation Grants

Posted by on February 23, 2009

Save Our History Invites Applications for Community Education and Preservation Projects

Deadline: June 5, 2009

Save Our History (http://www.saveourhistory.com/), a program of the History Channel (http://www.history.com/) and the American Association for State and Local History (http://www.aaslh.org/), is a national initiative that supports local history education and historic preservation efforts in communities across the United States.

Each year, Save Our History awards a total of $250,000 to history organizations that partner with schools or youth groups on preservation projects that engage students in learning about, documenting, and preserving the history of their communities.

Eligible applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations (e.g., museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, or archives). Other eligible applicants include local government agencies such as parks and recreation commissions, historic commissions, departments of local history, or other local government agencies that own and/or operate a historic site or property. Applicants must be located in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.

Applicants must partner with a local elementary, middle, or high school(s), or organization(s) that provides educational programming for children of similar ages to design a historic education and preservation project. Organizations that have received a Save Our History grant in the last three years are not eligible to apply.

For complete program information and descriptions of previously funded projects, visit the Save Our History Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016914/saveourhistory

For additional RFPs in Education, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml