The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has announced grants totaling $3 million to protect and preserve 30 sites representing Black history.

With amounts ranging from $50,000 to $150,000, the grants will support preservation efforts across four categories: building capital, increasing organizational capacity, project planning and development, and programming and education. The Action Fund received support from the Andrew W. Mellon, Ford, and Robert David Lion Gardiner foundations.

In addition, through the fund’s National Grant Program, this year’s awards include a second round of Conserving Black Modernism grants, a program designed to protect and promote the work of African American architects. The sites will receive a share of the $1.2 million in preservation funding through the Action Fund with support from the Getty Foundation.

“The National Grant Program represents the Action Fund’s enduring commitment to telling the full American story—one that makes room for Black resilience, creativity, and achievement,” said African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund executive director Brent Leggs. “History is crucial to our nation’s understanding of where we’ve come from, who we are today, and how we envision our future. These grants will support critical preservation efforts to revitalize and sustain tangible links to our shared past that we hope will inspire future generations.”

For a complete list of recipients, see the National Trust for Historic Preservation website.

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