Cane River National Heritage Area | P18AS00245

Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00245

The Cane River National Heritage Area opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00245) is a National Park Service financial assistance action under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is categorized as a discretionary award and will be administered through a cooperative agreement, which usually means the federal agency expects to stay actively involved in the project rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The activity category is listed as Education, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.939, which corresponds to National Park Service National Heritage Area support.

This announcement is not an open solicitation and it is not asking the public to submit applications. Instead, it functions as a Notice of Intent to Award, meaning the National Park Service is publicly stating its plan to fund a specific project without full and open competition. In practical terms, that indicates a pre-identified recipient and scope, with the notice serving transparency requirements rather than initiating a competitive grants process. The item described is "Modification 2 FY 18 funding" for operational support for the Cane River National Heritage Area, suggesting it is an amendment or continuation action tied to an existing assistance arrangement in fiscal year 2018, rather than a brand-new stand-alone grant.

The eligible applicant type listed is nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). That eligibility description aligns with the common structure of National Heritage Area management entities, which are often nonprofit organizations designated to coordinate preservation, interpretation, education, and community partnerships within the heritage area.

The funding details indicate an award ceiling of $1,182,000, and the opportunity anticipates a single award. Since it is a modification for operational support, the funds are likely intended to cover core activities required to run and sustain the heritage area partnership work, such as staffing and administration, planning and coordination, interpretation and educational programming, outreach and communications, partner engagement, and related operational needs that keep heritage area initiatives moving.

Key identifying information includes the creation date of May 29, 2018, and the agency listed as the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Because there is no application closing date in the usual sense and the notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications, the main takeaway is that this is a non-competitive, pre-planned cooperative agreement action to provide FY 2018 operational support funding to the Cane River National Heritage Area entity, with up to $1.182 million involved and only one expected recipient.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cane River 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 May 29, 2018.
• 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 $1,182,000.00 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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