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Cultural Heritage Tourism Funding Opportunities

July 2023

In this newsletter:

 

USFS & AIANTA NATIVE Act Grants

Deadline: August 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Invest in efforts to enhance and integrate cultural tourism and recreation to empower your community and advance the National Travel and Tourism Strategy. Watch the recorded video about the Request for Proposals.

NPS Underrepresented Community (URC) Grant Program

Deadline: July 18, 2023.

Tourism Tip: Conduct a survey and inventory to submit nominations to the National Register of Historic Places or National Historic Landmark programs.

 

USDA Announces Funding Availability to Expand Meat and Poultry Processing Options for Underserved Producers and Tribal Communities

Deadline: July 19, 2023

Tourism Tip: Invest in independent, local meat and poultry processing projects that increase competition and enhance the resiliency of the food supply chain.

 

USDA Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program 

Deadline: July 19, 2023

Tourism Tip: Support for tribes to develop and establish Tribal Departments of Agriculture.

 

America the Beautiful Challenge 2023 Request for Proposals | NFWF

Deadline: July 20, 2023

Tourism Tip: Work to preserve and improve your natural resources, and to protect viewsheds and habitat.

 

USDA Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers

Deadline: July 25, 2023

Tourism Tip: Use to increase the number of farmers and ranchers that can provide agritourism.


ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program

Deadline: July 26, 2023

Tourism Tip: Bring birdwatching visitors to your territory. Conduct research and monitoring on priority bird population or restore and/or improve habitats for birds.

 

Conservation Partners Program 2023 Request for Proposals

Deadline: July 26, 2023

Tourism Tip: Hire conservation professionals to develop regenerative agriculture principles, conservation practices and enhance wildlife habitat.


Applications open for Koʻolau Pilina Fund – Hawaii

Deadline: July 30, 2023

Tourism Tip: Use to strengthen the positive connections between people and place.

 

The National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund

Deadline: July 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Land and water are attractions for visitors and communities alike. Work with your State (lead agency) to help create a statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan.

 

2024 First Nations Community Spirit Award Nomination

Deadline: July 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Recognize an artist or culture bearer who uses the power of art and culture to bring about positive change in your community. Nominate them for the Community Spirit Award.

 

Guild of Carillonneurs in North America invites applications from emerging artists

Deadline: August 1, 2023

Tourism Tip: Use for education, equipment and tools necessary to develop professionally.

 

National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Applications

Part 1 Deadline August 3, 2023

Tourism Tip: Support activities that integrate arts, culture and design into local efforts to strengthen communities.

 

Grant for Artist/Scholar in Residence

Deadline: Open May thru August 7,  2023

Tourism Tip: Support arts leads to stronger attraction for businesses and visitors.

 

First Peoples Fund Artists in Business Leadership Fellowship Application

Deadline: August 8, 2023

Tourism Tip: Encourage Native artist entrepreneurs to apply for technical support, professional training and working capital.


NPS American Battlefield Protection Program

Deadline: August 15, 2023

Tourism Tip: Apply for a Battlefield Interpretation Grant "to inspire wonder, understanding and empathy" at a Battlefied associated with your community. Connect with visitors through videos, mobile apps, interpretive signs or more.

 

First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellowship Application

Deadline: August 15, 2023

Tourism Tip: Encourage artists and culture bearers to apply to receive financial and technical support to pass on ancestral knowledge and cultural practices.

 

Living Languages Grant Program

Deadline: August 18, 2023

Tourism Tip: Build language skills that can be used in authentic storytelling.


DOT Rural Surface Transportation Grant Progam

 Deadline: August 21, 2023

Tourism Tip: Submit a project to improve transportation infrastructure that increases connectivity and generates economic growth, like visitor access.


HUD Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

Deadline: September 7, 2023

Tourism Tip: Economic opportunties is one of the purposes of this program. Consider creating a tourism enterprise that would benefit low- and moderate-income persons.

 

LOC Grants for Libraries, Archives, Museums and Higher Ed

Deadline: September 5, 2023

Tourism Tip: Enrich your programming and digital collections.

 

Economic Development Administration Recompete Pilot Program 

Deadline: October 5, 2023

Tourism Tip: Apply for a Strategy Development Grant to hire a coordinator to undertake the planning process to develop a comprehensive regional strategy to address employment gaps.


HUD: 2023 HOPE VI Main Street Grant

Deadline: October 12, 2023

Tourism Tip: Renovate unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings into housing to enhance economic development programs. Consider artist housing/studios with storefronts.

 

Western SARE Farmer + Rancher Grant

Deadline: October 25, 2023

Tourism Tip: Educate producers about using agritourism to share sustainability and culture.

 

Western SARE Professional + Producer Grant

Deadline: October 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Educate producers about using agritourism to share sustainability and culture.

 

National Society of the DAR Historic Preservation Grants

Deadline: October 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Consider several projects -- restore an historic building; digitize records; preserve historic items; restore/rededicate an historical marker.


NDN Collective Community Action Fund

Deadline: October 31, 2023

Tourism Tip: Provide regenerative tourism or a project that would revitilize and celebrate culture, language and your way of life, like arts and agriculture.


Western SARE Professional Development Grant

Deadline: November 1, 2023

Tourism Tip: Provide workshops and training for your agritourism providers.


Lilah Hillard Fisher Foundation

Deadline: November 1, 2023

Tourism Tip: Develop a program that addresses regnerative agriculture and nutrition education.

Ongoing and Rolling Deadlines

Visit AIANTA’s Cultural Tourism Funding Opportunities webpage for funders with ongoing and rolling deadlines we have previously listed.


Economic Development Administration 2023 Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance

Deadline: Ongoing until new publication notice

Tourism Tip: Funds support construction, non-construction, technical assistance and revolving loan fund projects.

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