Action Fund Grant Stories
Since 2018, the National Trust has awarded grants to places and organizations that help the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund achieve its mission of protecting, restoring, and interpreting African American historic sites and uncovering hidden narratives of African Americans and their contribution to the American story.
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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Watch: Tour Langston Hughes’ Home with Brent Leggs -
Preserving Black Churches Action Fund's Preserving Black Churches Program Awards $13.5 Million in Preservation Funding -
Preservation Magazine A Historically Black Church in New Orleans Restores a Key Detail -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Saving America’s First Black Incorporated Town -
National Fund for Sacred Places How 5 Historic Congregations are Recovering After Emergencies -
National Preservation Awards Built to Last: The Living Legacy of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church -
Preservation Magazine Literary Giant Lucille Clifton's Home Now Serves as a Hub of Creative Expression -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Action Fund’s 2025 National Grant Program Awards $3M to Preserve 24 Sites Nationwide -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery -
We're Saving Places The Power of Preservation -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 30 Historic Black Churches Receive $8.5M in Grants -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund James Weldon Johnson's Writing Cabin Prepares for Spring
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This May, celebrate the historic sites, neighborhoods, and landmarks that tell the full American story—places that remind us of how far we've come and how far we still have to go.
Celebrate!