Contributed by: National Park Service
Dated Posted: February 15, 2026
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WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced $1,250,000 for 20 projects in 17 states and the District of Columbia for the survey and nomination of places and properties associated with groups that are underrepresented on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register).

Examples of this year’s grants include funding for:

• A National Register nomination for the ILZRO House in Foster, Rhode Island, which will uncover and recognize the little-known history of design for the disabled community, also known as Disability Design.
• A survey and National Register nomination for the Eagle Harbor ancestral community in Ugak Bay, Alaska, to preserve and share the history of the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, the Indigenous people of Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago.
• A survey of historic resources and National Register nominations related to Hispanic heritage in Kansas City, Missouri.
• A survey and National Register nomination in Detroit, Michigan, related to the architecture of Nathan Johnson, an important African American modernist architect.

Created by Congress in 2014, the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program has provided $8.25 million to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, Certified Local Governments, and nonprofit organizations to expand the National Register of Historic Places through historic surveys and nominations.

For more information about the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program, please visit http://go.nps.gov/urc. Funding for fiscal year 2025 is dependent on Congressional appropriations.

Read More: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/2025underrepresentedcommunitiesgrants.htm

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