Deadline: November 15, 2021

Deadline: November 15, 2021

Deadline: November 22, 2021

The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines to undertake projects that strengthen their ability to serve their public. Project activities may include exhibitions, educational or interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Museums for America has three project categories:

Tourism Tip: This grant can help fund new or existing museums collections.

For more information, visit www.imls.gov/

The goal of the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) grant program is to support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Americans and Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming, workforce professional development, organizational capacity building, and collections stewardship.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help Native Americans and Native Hawaiians sustain heritage, culture and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming.

For More Information

For more information, visit www.imls.gov/

National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to strengthen cultural heritage programs in existing museums.

For More Information

For more information, visit www.imls.gov/

Deadline: November 22, 2021

With Recreation Economy for Rural Communities assistance, a planning team will help communities bring together local residents and other stakeholders to decide on strategies and an action plan to grow the local outdoor recreation economy. The planning assistance process will take place over four to six months, with a focal point being a facilitated community workshop.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to grow communities through outdoor recreation and tourism economies.

For more information, visit epa.gov

The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants to specialty crop producers and processors, other select producers, meat and other processors, distributors and farmers markets to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against COVID–19. 

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to supplement your agritourism business or farmers markets affected by COVID-19.

For More Information

For more information, visit usda-prs.grantsolutions.gov/usda

USArtists International supports performances by U.S. artists at impactful international festivals and performing arts marketplaces outside the United States and its territories.

Tourism Tip: Use this tip to help support performing arts programs and share with your tribal performers.

For more information, visit www.midatlanticarts.org

Under the Environmental Education Grants Program, EPA seeks grant applications from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods or techniques. Since 1992, EPA has distributed between $2 and $3.5 million in grant funding per year, supporting more than 3,800 grants.

Tourism Tip: This grant has funded environmental education projects that promote stewardship, sustain land, explore outdoor recreation practices and develop community gardens.

For more information, visit www.epa.gov/

Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Tourism Tip: This grant funds nationally historic properties and collections.

For more information, visit grants.gov

Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Tourism Tip: This grant funds the preservation of nationally historic properties and collections.

For more information, visit grants.gov

Rural Business Development Grant money must be used for projects that benefit rural areas or towns outside the urbanized periphery of any city with a population of 50,000 or more.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to help support community economic development, feasibility studies, strategic planning and training.

For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov

Through the Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program, EDA is focused on accelerating the recovery of communities that rely on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors.

Destination organizations, nonprofits, state or local governments, economic development districts (EDDs), territories and tribal governments and institutions of higher education can apply for these funds. $240 million has been set aside for the Competitive Tourism Grants. Funds competitively awarded to local governments and nonprofit organizations in regions most impacted by job loss in the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors—for projects that promote economic resilience and development and align with an EDA Investment Priority.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to recover your tourism economy.

For More Information

For more information, visit www.epa.gov or Email your questions about the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program to Indigenous@eda.gov or visit www.eda.gov/contact to find contact information for your Economic Development Representative.

Through the Indigenous Communities program, EDA is allocating $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding specifically for Indigenous communities, which were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to revive your community from the impact of COVID-19.

For more information, visit www.eda.gov or email your questions to indigenous@eda.gov.

The Potlatch Fund aims to build on the Native tradition of giving by increasing philanthropy for and among Tribal communities through grants and empowering community leaders with the tools they need to succeed through training. To that end, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Native communities, the Potlatch Resiliency Fund will support resiliency actions that create hope, social connection, adaption, flexibility and purpose. Grants of $10,000 and $15,000 will be awarded in support of general operating funds, projects and artists.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to support your training to increase philanthropy initiatives in your community.

For more information, visit www.potlatchfund.org

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today unveiled a resource guide as part of National Preparedness Month to help rural communities seeking disaster resiliency and recovery assistance.    

Additional resources to support rural communities seeking disaster assistance are available at www.rd.usda.gov/page/rural-development-disaster-assistance. 

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