FFNHA opens FY 2025 grant cycle, announces new grant opportunities

By Johnny Szlauderbach

NEWS — AUG 26, 2024
THE GREAT DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORY HUNT

Freedom’s Frontier has opened its FY 2025 grant cycle. In addition to its Project Grant program, FFNHA is offering two new grants this year. Each grant’s application is available online, and applicants are now able to save their progress throughout the process.

FFNHA’s long-running Project Grants program awards reimbursable grants up to $3,000 for projects that interpret the partner’s story and connect it to the heritage area’s rich history. 

Freedom’s Frontier America250 Grants are intended to help partners prepare and attract increased tourism ahead of the US Semiquincentennial in 2026 communicating one or more of our themes. Partners may apply for up to $3,000 in funding.

Freedom’s Frontier is also expanding support for educational opportunities. A partner’s staff or volunteer(s) may apply to be reimbursed up to $500 toward professional development (P.D.) such as a conference, workshop, webinar registration, print/digital resources, etc, for training purposes.

Applications for both Project Grants and America250 Grants will be open through Sept. 26, 2024. Professional Development Grants will be awarded until funds are depleted.

More information about FFNHA Project Grants is available at freedomsfrontier.org/grants/project-grants.

More information about America250 grants is available at freedomsfrontier.org/grants/america250.

More information about FFNHA Professional Development grants is available at freedomsfrontier.org/grants/professional-developement.

Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) builds awareness of struggles for freedom in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Established by Congress in 2006, FFNHA covers a unique physical and cultural landscape across 41 counties and 31,000 square miles. It promotes three diverse, interwoven, and nationally significant stories: frontier settlement, the Missouri-Kansas Border War and Civil War, and enduring civil rights disputes. FFNHA inspires respect for multiple perspectives and empowers area residents to preserve and share these stories, achieving its goals through interpretation, preservation, conservation, and education for all residents and visitors. It is one of 62 federally recognized National Heritage Areas across the United States.