Assistance program
Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
$104.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Park Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 15.928
- What it does
- To assist States and local communities acquire and preserve threatened battlefield land from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War. This grant program enables the permanent protection of historic battlefield lands through fee simple acquisition or through the purchase of an interest in the land through a preservation covenant.
- Who benefits
- State and local governments (local communities, nonprofits, and battlefield landowners) benefit.
- Who applies
- State and local governments. Private nonprofit organizations seeking to acquire battlefield land or easements must apply in partnership with the State or local government agency that has jurisdiction over the proposed parcel. The government agency may then sub-grant the Federal funds to the nonprofit organization.
- Authorized by
- 54 U.S.C. §308103 Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program
- Program site
- https://www.nps.gov/abpp ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments