MSNHA Community Grants Program
Awards from $1,000 to $7,500
Next grants deadline to be announced
Click on the links below to read more about our grants program and to download grants guidelines & required forms. Use a desktop or laptop computer for maximum accessibility–links may not work optimally on mobile devices. The application link is only active when a community-grants round is open. Although community grants are closed until the next round, the MSNHA is accepting applications for site-specific online learning projects. Click on the education-series link at the bottom of this page for details. Questions? Email Emily Rhodes, MSNHA grants administrator, at ebrhodes@una.edu.
- Community Grant Guidelines
- Grant Application
- Grant Contract
- Grant Publicity Agreement
- Grant Questions
- Grants Match Guide
- Grants Reimbursables/Final Financial Report
- Sign-in form for volunteers
- Form for documenting in-kind contributions
- Grant Final Report
- National Park Service rules for in-kind documentation
Community grants awarded since 2016 (click on links for details):
- Alabama Chanin, textile history panels (Lauderdale County)
- Athens Arts League, portrait of Patti Malone (Limestone County)
- Athens Arts League, Alabama Music Series (Limestone County)
- Belle Mont, installation of UV filters (Colbert County)
- City of Athens, Historic Cemetery Mapping Project – software project to catalog historic graves
(Limestone County) - City of Decatur, interpretive splash pad development at Rhodes Ferry Park (Morgan County),
Ingalls Shipyard signage - City of Russellville, National Register nomination for downtown historic district (Franklin County)
- City of Russellville, historic cemetery fence (Franklin County)
- City of Tuscumbia, ADA-compliant trolley purchase (Colbert County)
- City of Tuscumbia, Singing River Statue interpretive signage (Colbert County)
- Colbert County, recreational planning project
- Delano Park, interpretative signage, (Morgan County)
- Florence Arts and Museums, interpretive panel for Florence Indian Mound Museum (Lauderdale County)
- Florence Lauderdale Public Library and Project Say Something, African American archive (Lauderdale County)
- Florence Main Street, Karsner House restoration (Lauderdale County)
- Jackson House Foundation, repairs and restorations (Lawrence County)
- Oakville Indian Mounds and Museum, soil analysis (Lawrence County)
- Oka Kapassa, reenactors & performers, (Colbert County)
- Old Railroad Bridge Co., graffiti removal, replacing boards (Colbert County)
- Old Time Fiddlers Convention, musical performances (Limestone County)
- Pond Spring: The General Joe Wheeler Home, interpretive signage (Lawrence County)
- Shoals Chamber, Gold Record Room Music Series (Lauderdale County)
- Shoals Theatre, sound system upgrade (Lauderdale County)
- Trail of Tears Association, Alabama Chapter, walking tour brochure (Morgan County)
- University of North Alabama Department of Entertainment Industry Salt and Pepper Music Series, musical performances (Lauderdale County)
- W.C. Handy Festival, printing of festival brochure (Lauderdale and Colbert counties
Other MSNHA grants (click on buttons for details)