AHC Opens Grant Program

The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) State Historic Preservation Office has opened its 2023 grant program with $2.3 million appropriated by the Alabama Legislature, AHC announced. Work for eligible historic sites may be submitted via an applications process through June 30 at 4 p.m. Grants will be awarded to public or nonprofit entities that own and operate sites in Alabama that reflect an education-based mission and concentrate on educational programming. Preference will be given to properties built before 1943 that are listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places or historic school structures, and any property built after 1943 that significantly contributed to the civil rights movement. Grant amounts will not exceed $75,000 for any one entity and must be used within two years of being received. The funding appropriation is a $1-million increase from last year.