Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00616
The BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00616) is a discretionary federal assistance award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS). It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds. The funding activity category is listed as Education, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 15.939. The notice was created on August 4, 2017.
This announcement is not an open call for applications. It is a Notice of Intent to Award, meaning NPS is publicly stating its intention to provide funding to a specific project and recipient without full and open competition. In practical terms, there is no application window to compete for this particular award, and the “Original Closing Date” language confirms it is not requesting proposals. The opportunity anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1), with an award ceiling of $690,000, indicating the maximum amount planned for the cooperative agreement.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status recognized by the IRS, excluding institutions of higher education. While many federal opportunities allow governments, universities, or other entity types, this one is narrowly focused on qualifying nonprofits, consistent with how many National Heritage Area management entities and partner organizations are structured.
The purpose of the project is to implement the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Management Plan. The scope is broad and covers core functions needed to operate and deliver a heritage area program effectively. The notice highlights several main work areas: administration and operations, marketing and visitor services, planning, and resource inventory, development, interpretation, and grants and sub-grants. In plain terms, the funded work is meant to support both the behind-the-scenes management of the heritage area and the outward-facing work that helps the public experience, understand, and benefit from the region’s natural and cultural resources. Administration and operations generally include organizational management, staffing, coordination, financial oversight, compliance, and partnerships. Marketing and visitor services usually focus on promoting the heritage area, improving the visitor experience, providing information to travelers, and supporting tourism-related initiatives tied to heritage resources. Planning can include strategic planning, project planning, and coordination across communities and partners to implement priorities laid out in the management plan.
The resource-related component indicates support for identifying and documenting important assets (resource inventory), improving or enhancing them (development), and helping the public understand their significance (interpretation). Interpretation in this context commonly includes educational materials, exhibits, signage, programs, digital content, and storytelling that connect people to the history, culture, landscapes, and communities of the heritage area. Finally, the inclusion of “grants and sub-grants” signals that part of the work may involve re-granting funds or providing subawards to local partners, communities, or organizations to carry out aligned projects, extending the impact beyond the primary recipient.
Overall, this notice describes a single, non-competitive cooperative agreement of up to $690,000 intended to support a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in carrying out key elements of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Management Plan, spanning organizational operations, visitor-facing services and promotion, coordinated planning, and on-the-ground resource and interpretation work, including the administration of grants and sub-grants to advance heritage area goals.Apply for P17AS00616
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.939.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 04, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This Notice of Intent to Award is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to fund the following federal financial assistance project without full and open competition.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $690,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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