American Hiking Society

NATIONAL TRAILS FUND GUIDELINES

  

What is the National Trails Fund?

American Hiking Society’s National Trails Fund is the only privately funded, national grants program dedicated solely to building and protecting hiking trails. Now in its twelfth year, the fund has awarded more than a half million dollars to 140 grassroots organizations all over the nation working to establish, protect and maintain foot trails in America. Awards range from $500 to $5,000 per project.

 

What types of projects will be considered for the 2013 grants?

- Those that have hikers as the primary constituency, though multi-purpose human-powered trail uses are eligible

- Those that secure trail lands, including acquisition of trails and trail corridors and the costs associated with acquiring conservation easements.

- Projects that will result in visible and substantial ease of access, improved hiker safety and/or avoidance of environmental damage. Higher preference is often given to projects with volunteer labor.

- Projects that promote constituency building surrounding specific trail projects - including volunteer recruitment and support.

Funding Details and Grant Accountability

- Award amounts range from $500 to $5,000.

- Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and must submit their IRS designation letters.

- An applicant must be a current member of AHS’s Alliance of Hiking Organizations to be eligible

- Except for land acquisition programs, acceptable projects should be completed in one year. Multi-year projects will be considered only in exceptional cases.

- Grants will not be awarded to (a) religious organizations for religious purposes, (b) private foundations or (c) political causes, candidates or legislative lobbying efforts.

- The grantee must complete a final report on the project’s progress, successes and failures, funds dispersal and what role the grant played in the project, due April 30, 2014.

- A declined request does not imply that the applicant’s program is not needed or valued, but simply that it does not fall within our giving guidelines or priorities, or that funds are not available.

Application Procedures

- Visit www.AmericanHiking.org/NTF to apply for the National Trails Fund.  Follow all instructions before opening the application.

- Once you begin a National Trails Fund Grant Application, you will NOT be able to save your progress. 

- All applications MUST be submitted electronically. Submit your application by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on December 15, 2012.  Late applications will not be accepted under any circumstances. 

Timeline

November 1, 2012	Application is available online at www.AmericanHiking.org/NTF.
December 15, 2012	Application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (EST)
May 2013	Board of Directors approves American Hiking Society Trail Grant                        recipients and applicants are notified.
April 30, 2014	Final Report due to American Hiking Society.

An applicant must be a current member of AHS’s Alliance of Hiking Organizations to be eligible.  To find out more about the Alliance and to join/renew, visitwww.AmericanHiking.org/Alliance or contact Peter Olsen at POlsen@AmericanHiking.org.

If you have any questions about National Trails Fund, please contact John Michels at 301-565-6704 ext. 208 or email info@AmericanHiking.org. 

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Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

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Synopsis

Full Announcement

Application

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The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 11/01/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.

If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

Any inconsistency between the original printed document and the disk or electronic document shall be resolved by giving precedence to the printed document.

Description of Modification Number of expected awards: 11

Document Type:	Modification to Previous  Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	AAHC-FY13
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Nov 01, 2012
Creation Date:	Nov 01, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 15, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 15, 2013
Archive Date:	Feb 14, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	11
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:	$150,000
Award Floor:	$5,000
CFDA Number(s):	45.309  --  Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Eligible Applicants

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants include museums whose primary purpose is African American life, art, history, and/or culture, encompassing: the period of slavery; the era of Reconstruction; the Harlem renaissance; the civil rights movement; and other periods of the African American diaspora. Nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to support museums identified above may also apply. Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) are also eligible. Please see program guidelines for specific eligibility criteria. 

Agency Name

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Description

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture are intended to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through professional training, technical assistance, internships, outside expertise, and other tools. Successful proposals will focus on one or more of the following three goals: (1) developing or strengthening knowledge, skills, and other expertise of current staff at African American museums; (2) attracting and retaining professionals with the skills needed to strengthen African American museums; and (3) attracting new staff to African American museum practice and providing them with the expertise needed to sustain them in the museum field. 

Link to Additional Information

http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=12

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Mark Isaksen
Senior Program Officer
Phone: 202/653-4667

Jennifer Paper
Executive Assistant
Phone: 202/653-4711
jpaper@imls.gov
misaksen@imls.gov

Synopsis Modification History

The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background.

File Name	Date
Original Synopsis	Nov 01, 2012

 

NEA Research: Art Works, FY 2013

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Synopsis

Full Announcement

Application

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The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 08/01/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.

If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

Any inconsistency between the original printed document and the disk or electronic document shall be resolved by giving precedence to the printed document.

Description of Modification NOTICE: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Endowment for the Arts is extending the deadline for the Research: Art Works category for all applicants. The new deadline is November 20, 2012, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again.

Document Type:	Modification to Previous  Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	2013NEAORA
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Aug 01, 2012
Creation Date:	Oct 31, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 06, 2012    The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 6, 2012.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 20, 2012    NOTICE: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Endowment for the Arts is extending the deadline for the Research: Art Works category for all applicants. The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 20, 2012.
Archive Date:	Dec 20, 2012
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:	$30,000
Award Floor:	$10,000
CFDA Number(s):	45.024  --  Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. This may include, but is not limited to, colleges and universities. See "How to Prepare and Submit an Application" for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be returned. For projects that involve multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements below must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant. To be eligible, the applicant organization must: • Meet the Arts Endowment’s "Legal Requirements," including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2013 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines LINK, at the time of application. • Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment awards(s) previously received. All applicants must have a DUNS number (www.dnb.com) and be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR, www.ccr.gov) and maintain an active CCR registration until the application process is complete, and should a grant be made, throughout the life of the award. 

Agency Name

National Endowment for the Arts

Description

NOTICE: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Endowment for the Arts is extending the deadline for the Research: Art Works category for all applicants. The new deadline is November 20, 2012, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again. NOTICE: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Endowment for the Arts is extending the deadline for the Research: Art Works category for all applicants. The new deadline is November 20, 2012, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again. The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on May 1, 2013, or any time thereafter. A grant period is not expected to exceed one year.Increasingly, the NEA has aimed to explore the factors and conditions affecting arts participation and art-making, and also illuminate the impact of the arts on American lives and communities. Arts workers and arts industries depend on timely information and analyses to monitor patterns of employment, fiscal health, and public demand for their goods and services. The greater public, on the other hand, needs to know whether and how the arts should factor into such questions as where to live, how to spend one’s discretionary time, and what kind of education to provide for one’s children. The NEA’s strategic plan identifies research as a mission-critical goal -- specifically, “to promote public knowledge and understanding about the contribution of the arts." Through high-quality research, the NEA will expand opportunities for rigorous research that investigates the value of the U.S. arts ecosystem and the impact of the arts on other domains of American life. The NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis (ORA) has identified priorities in support of this overarching research goal, including: 1. Identifying and cultivating new and existing data sources in the arts. 2. Investigating the value of the U.S. arts ecosystem and the impact of the arts on other domains of American life.3. Elevating the public profile of arts-related research.To help achieve these goals, the ORA has implemented a grants program for research in and about the arts. 

Link to Additional Information

Complete NEA Website Announcement

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NEA Website Manager NEA Website Manager

Synopsis Modification History

The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background.

File Name	Date
Modification #1	Oct 31, 2012
Original Synopsis	Aug 01, 2012