Additional Funding Sources

Though MAAV is no longer accepting new applications for funding, we encourage you to continue your efforts to create monuments across Appalachian Virginia! Below you will find a list of potential funding sources for this type of work.

Virginia Humanities

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This organization has many types of grants that can be found on their website. Here is a list of projects they are willing to fund:

  • Community history projects, including oral histories

  • Conferences and symposia, academic conferences where there is a strong public component

  • Curriculum resources for K-12 classroom use

  • Exhibits—physical and/or online   

  • Festivals and interpretive performances

  • Institutes and similar programs for teachers

  • Lectures and lecture series

  • Media programs: production of films, script development, videos, television, radio, podcasts, websites, or digital media  

  • Project planning

  • Print publications—books, brochures, exhibit catalogs, and interpretive maps   

  • Research that leads to programs having a direct public audience   

  • Travel expenses for project personnel (mileage and meals)

The National Trust - African American Cultural Heritage 

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The National Trust - African American Cultural Heritage supports preserving sites of African American activism, achievement, and resilience. There may be funds available in the future from this organization but it is a great resource for future use. 

The National Trust - African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grants also can be used for preserving Rosenwald Schools in all types of ways.

Virginia Department of Historic Resources

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DHR administers several grant opportunities that provide financial and technical assistance to support the preservation and protection of historic resources in Virginia. 

Historical Preservation Fund

The main goal of this program is to preserve history and tell the WHOLE story. They have many unique features and would be something great to look into.

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National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust Preservation Funds (NTPF) are an umbrella group of grant funds intended to encourage preservation at the local level by supporting ongoing preservation work and by providing seed money for preservation projects. There are three deadlines per year in February, June, and October. Grants from this fund are generally between $2,500 and $5,000. Out-of-round funding can occur (when available) in the case of an emergency. Email the Grants Office for more information.

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Appalachian Community Fund

This organization is a great opportunity for groups who are interested in telling the whole story.

Here is a list of what they wish to achieve:

  • End racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, ageism, and ableism

  • Promote non-violent communities

  • Build organizations that are fair, inclusive, and democratic


Here is a list of projects they do not want to participate in:

  • Profit-making organizations

  • Electoral lobbying for initiatives, or public office

  • Individual efforts

  • Major capital projects

  • Social services organizations (unless they demonstrate some analysis and strategies intended to challenge the systems that lead to the problem)

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National Endowment for the Arts

The main goal of this organization is to help fund projects based on the arts and the people in it. There is a good amount of money available for use. 

Certified Local Government Grants

Certified Local Government grants are available through the SHPO for historic preservation surveys, nominations, etc.

Mid Atlantic Arts

The Mid Atlantic Arts’ grant programs supports funding for both organizations and artists.

Virginia Commission for the Arts

For more than 55 years – since its establishment in 1968 – the VCA has uniquely elevated Virginia’s arts organizations, inspired communities across the state, and lifted artists of all disciplines through funding and additional resources.