Heritage Grants
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area offers matching grants to provide and leverage funding for innovative projects across the region which preserve, protect, and promote the rich historical, cultural, and natural heritage of Western North Carolina while stimulating economic opportunity.
Funds for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area grants program are provided by the federal government through the National Park Service.
New guidelines and procedures for Blue Ridge National Heritage Area grants will be announced in the spring of 2008.
Click here for a list of grant awards made in 2006/2007.
Applicant Eligibility Requirements
The following types of organizations are eligible to apply for grants:
- units of state and local government
- federally-recognized Indian tribes
- academic institutions
- non-profit organizations with tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service
Project Eligibility Requirements
- Projects must be located in the 25-county region of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area or the Cherokee Qualla Boundary. The 25 counties are: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.
- Grant applicants must provide at least an equal matching contribution of real dollars and/or in-kind contributions of labor, services, and/or materials.
- The project activity to be funded by the grant should be focused on one or more of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area's core heritage themes: Agricultural Heritage, Cherokee Heritage, Craft Heritage, Music Heritage, and/or Natural Heritage.
- Other project eligibility requirements have yet to be determined. These will be published when the new grant guidelines and procedures are announced.
The 2006 Grant Guidelines and Application Forms are provided below, for reference only:
2006 BRNHA Grant Guidelines
2006 BRNHA Grant Application Form
2006 BRNHA Project Budget Form
For more information, contact:
Rob Bell
Director of Programs
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
rob@blueridgeheritage.com
(828) 298-5330, ext. 308
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