2022 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grant Recipients
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 • • General
On July 19, 2022, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $3 million in grants to 33 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.The grants will fuel the protection and preservation of historic sites representing African American history, across four categories: building capital, increasing organizational capacity, project planning and development, and programming and education. These often-overlooked places hold aspects of history that must be protected—and used to draw inspiration and wisdom for the benefit of all Americans.
2022 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grant Recipients | National Trust for Historic Preservation (savingplaces.org)
On July 19, 2022, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $3 million in grants to 33 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.The grants will fuel the protection and preservation of historic sites representing African American history, across four categories: building capital, increasing organizational capacity, project planning and development, and programming and education. These often-overlooked places hold aspects of history that must be protected—and used to draw inspiration and wisdom for the benefit of all Americans.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 • • General
WASHINGTON (7News) — Three historic Black cemeteries in Washington, D.C., are getting a financial boost as the city moves to preserve sacred ground and the stories tied to it.
The District announced two grants totaling $250,000 for the care and preservation of cemeteries in Georgetown and Benning Ridge. Two nonprofits, the Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association and the Black Georgetown Foundation, will each receive $125,000 to support research, maintenance, and community education efforts during the next fiscal year.
City leaders say the investment is part of a broader push to recognize and protect Black history in the nation's capital, especially places that were historically underfunded.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • • General
The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot. Holding the remains of upward of 22,000 enslaved and free people of color, the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia, established in 1816, sits amid highways and surface roads. Above the expanse of unmarked graves loom a deserted auto shop, a power substation, a massive billboard. The bare ground of the cemetery is strewn with weeds.
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Friday, September 26, 2025 • • General
It is our pleasure to announce that the Unity Cemetery Fund is accepting applications for funding in 2026. The attached PDF includes detailed information about the grant process. Applications will be due February 28th, 2026. The award will be announced in May 2026.
In 2024 the Unity Cemetery Fund was pleased to be able to award funding to Geer Cemetery in North Carolina for needed repairs and infrastructure work, and in 2025 we provided funding to the Descendants of Olivewood in Texas for needed repairs within their cemetery.
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