Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00523
The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program is a National Park Service (Department of the Interior) funding opportunity designed to support the preservation and interpretation of places where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The program provides financial assistance to a wide range of organizations that are actively working to protect these sites and keep their history visible and accessible to the public. In practical terms, it is meant to help communities, historians, site stewards, and educators safeguard physical remnants of confinement and ensure that the story of incarceration is documented and taught in ways that reach present and future generations.
The legal foundation for the program comes from Public Law 109-441 (as later amended by Public Law 111-88), which authorizes up to $38 million over the full lifespan of the program. That overall authorization reflects a long-term federal commitment rather than a single-year budget amount, and it signals the intent to fund multiple rounds of projects over time. The program frames its purpose not only as historic preservation, but also as civic education: the supported work is intended to help these places serve as evidence of the nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law by confronting the consequences of wartime incarceration and protecting the sites where it occurred.
Projects funded under this grant must directly benefit at least one eligible historic Japanese American confinement site. The core set of eligible locations includes the ten War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps: Gila River, Granada (often associated with Amache), Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake. The program also recognizes that confinement history extends beyond the ten WRA camps, so it allows funding for other historically significant detention-related locations as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. The National Park Service points applicants to the 1999 Department of the Interior publication "Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites" as a key reference for identifying and understanding these sites.
The grant is meant to cover a broad range of preservation and public history activities. Eligible project types include efforts to identify and document sites, conduct research, and evaluate historical significance; interpret history for the public through exhibits, educational materials, signage, and other outreach; and protect and stabilize vulnerable resources. It can also support restoration, repair, and in some cases acquisition of historic resources associated with confinement, helping ensure that tangible features of the sites, such as structures, foundations, landscapes, and artifacts, are not lost to deterioration or redevelopment. The emphasis is on both preserving physical evidence and making the history understandable and accessible through thoughtful interpretation.
Eligibility is intentionally broad to match the diverse stewardship landscape of these places. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments and certain tribal organizations; public housing authorities; public and private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that confinement sites and related historic resources are managed by many different kinds of entities, from local governments and museums to universities, tribal nations, and community-based organizations.
In the specific opportunity record provided (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00523), the instrument is a discretionary grant under the Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.933). The posting indicates an expected number of awards of about 10, with an award ceiling listed as $2,905,000 for that round. The opportunity was created on October 3, 2018, with an original closing date of December 3, 2018. Overall, the program functions as a preservation and education tool: it channels federal support to concrete projects that protect confinement-era places, expand research and documentation, and strengthen public understanding of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.Apply for P18AS00523
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.933.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 03, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 03, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,905,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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