Assistance Listing 15.946
Cultural Resources Management
National Park Service · Department of the Interior
The verdict for a small nonprofit
A realistic target for an established nonprofit. 17% of awards go to first-time applicants and nonprofits win 74%.
Based on 184 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 8% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $85,313. Expect about 77 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- 17%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 74%
- 5% higher ed · 3% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- 8%
- of nonprofit awards
- Median award
- $85K
- $48K – $207K middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 46
- $14M committed to them
- Usually posts
- Mar
- annual · 77-day window
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Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Basin Institute | Nonprofit | NV | 84 | $17,538,631 |
| National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers | Nonprofit | DC | 21 | $12,138,848 |
| National Council on Public History, INC. | Nonprofit | IN | 18 | $2,145,358 |
| The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Incorporated | Nonprofit | RI | 13 | $1,647,911 |
| Association for the Study of African American Life and History | Nonprofit | DC | 7 | $641,884 |
| Society of Architectural Historians (NFP) | Nonprofit | IL | 6 | $30,500 |
| Ford'S Theatre Society | Nonprofit | DC | 5 | $1,415,000 |
| Santa Monica Mountains Fund | Nonprofit | CA | 5 | $986,694 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Nonprofit | DC | 5 | $823,119 |
| San Francisco Maritime National Park Association | Nonprofit | CA | 4 | $847,406 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $8.5M | $78K | $36K – $143K |
| 2022 | 61 | $31M | $137K | $55K – $283K |
| 2023 | 70 | $27M | $89K | $50K – $247K |
| 2024 | 68 | $30M | $138K | $41K – $332K |
| 2025 | 46 | $14M | $85K | $48K – $207K |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | 2026-01-20 | 61 d | P26AS00028 · Archeological Inventory Survey of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (FLFO), Phase 2 |
| 2024-04-03 | 2024-07-03 | 91 d | P24AS00331 · Historic Preservation Training Center Facility Management and Historic Preservation Emerging Professional Engagement |
| 2024-03-15 | 2024-07-17 | 124 d | P24AS00306 · Cultural Resources Management Services |
| 2023-03-07 | 2023-05-08 | 62 d | P23AS00297 · 2023 The Shared Beringian Heritage Program Funding Call |
| 2021-02-12 | 2021-04-11 | 58 d | P21AS00337 · Shared Beringian Heritage Program 2021 Funding Call |
| 2020-08-10 | 2020-08-19 | 9 d | NPS-20-REG1-0020 · Lowell Folk Festival Support |
| 2020-07-29 | 2020-08-07 | 9 d | NPS-20-REG1-0015 · Preserve and Present the Thomas Cole House |
| 2020-07-21 | 2020-07-30 | 9 d | NPS-20-REG1-0017 · Support stewardship of Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia |
| 2020-07-10 | 2020-07-20 | 10 d | NPS-20-REG1-0013 · Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Interpretation of the Old State House and the Old South Meeting House |
| 2020-06-08 | — | — | P20AS00081 · Master Cooperative Agreement - NAGPRA |
| 2020-06-05 | 2020-06-14 | 9 d | NPS-20-REG1-0009 · St. Paul's Church NHS Interpretation & Preservation |
| 2020-04-17 | 2020-04-23 | 6 d | P20AS00063 · Pacific Northwest Cultural Arts Program |
| 2020-04-06 | — | — | P20AS00054 · Huna Tribal House Programs |
| 2020-03-24 | 2020-03-30 | 6 d | P20AS00045 · Journey to Gunaaxoo Homeland |
| 2020-03-24 | 2020-03-30 | 6 d | P20AS00043 · Archives Cataloging and Preservation for Alaska Park Units |
| 2020-03-24 | 2020-03-30 | 6 d | P20AS00044 · Engage Native Youth through Culturally Responsive Curricula |
| 2019-09-18 | 2019-09-19 | 1 d | P19AS00608 · The Earliest Americans National Historic Landmark Theme Study for Alaska |
| 2019-09-13 | — | — | P19AS00612 · Archeological Inventory, Condition Assessment, and Data Recovery to Address Vulnerabilities at Channel Islands National Park |
| 2019-08-29 | 2019-09-07 | 9 d | P19AS00585 · Inupiaq Place Names Workshop |
| 2019-08-27 | — | — | P19AS00580 · Heritage Documentation programs |
| 2019-08-22 | 2019-08-31 | 9 d | P19AS00574 · Inventory and Assessment of NPS Alaska Archaeological Collections at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University |
| 2019-08-22 | — | — | P19AS00577 · Prepare National Register Determinations of Eligibility for Mission 66 Properties in the National Park Service |
| 2019-08-21 | — | — | P19AS00556 · NCPE interns at the Bureau of Reclamation |
| 2019-08-21 | 2019-08-30 | 9 d | NPS-19-NERO-0125 · Public Matters: Lowell's Emerging Leaders |
| 2019-08-20 | — | — | P19AS00558 · Research & Write an Administrative History of Tuskegee NHS |
| 2019-08-20 | 2019-08-29 | 9 d | P19AS00561 · Transference of Subsistence Knowledge to the Younger Generation and Between the Communities of Nikolai and Nondalton |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-24 | 9 d | NPS-NOI-19-1235 · Operation of an NPS Multi-park Museum Storage Facility |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-24 | 9 d | NPS-19-NERO-0115 · Prepare Historic Resource Study: Lowell the Spindle City |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-24 | 9 d | P19AS00525 · Huna Tribal House Programs |
| 2019-08-13 | — | — | P19AS00496 · Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) National Historic Landmark Nomination |
| 2019-08-13 | 2019-08-22 | 9 d | NPS-NOI-19-1407 · National Register Documentation of Historic Places; to provide critical inventory and analysis of historic resources at Stones River National Battlefield |
| 2019-08-13 | 2019-08-23 | 10 d | P19AS00482 · Interns at Intermountain Regional Office Historical Preservation |
| 2019-08-12 | 2019-08-21 | 9 d | NPS-19-NERO-0103 · Operation, Use & Maintenance of the Independence Visitor Center |
| 2019-08-12 | 2019-08-21 | 9 d | NPS-NOI-19-1125- · CESU--Protect historic sites in Canaveral National Seashore by planting vegetation and creating artificial oyster reef along shoreline |
| 2019-08-12 | 2019-08-21 | 9 d | NPS-NOI-19-1094 · CESU – Special History Study to Document History Associated With the Forks of the Road Slave Market in Natchez, Mississippi |
| 2019-08-09 | — | — | P19AS00489 · Prepare National Register of Historic Places Documentation for Charles Pinckney National Historic Site |
| 2019-08-07 | 2019-08-16 | 9 d | P19AS00480 · AHTNA Ethnographic Overview and Assessment |
| 2019-08-07 | 2019-08-16 | 9 d | P19AS00481 · Documenting Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Snow and Ice Conditions and of Caribou Herds in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve |
| 2019-08-06 | 2019-10-21 | 76 d | P19AS00018 · Shared Beringian Heritage Program 2020 Funding Call |
| 2019-08-05 | 2019-08-14 | 9 d | NPS-NOI-19-1092 · Document and Assess Condition of Historic Structures Associated with the Old Natchez Trace: Mount Locust and the Gordon House |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 15.946?
A realistic target for an established nonprofit. 17% of awards go to first-time applicants and nonprofits win 74%. Based on 184 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 8% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $85,313. Expect about 77 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Cultural Resources Management award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $85K; the middle half ran from $48K to $207K. 46 new awards were made, with $14M committed to them.
When does 15.946 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Mar with about 77 days to apply. The most recent round posted Nov 20, 2025.
Who runs this program?
Department of the Interior (National Park Service). Assistance Listing 15.946 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars; the under-$1M share covers the 95% of nonprofit awards that matched an IRS revenue record. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.