KMTA awards grants to community projects that recognize, preserve, and interpret the historic, scenic, and natural recreational resources and cultural landscapes of the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm historic transportation corridor. Projects promote and facilitate public enjoyment of these resources. KMTA seeks to equitably fund diverse activities geographically distributed throughout the communities and transportation corridor of the Heritage Area.
2022
JANUARY 12, 2022: Call for Annual Grant Applications Opens:
Programmatic, Community and Publication Grants Available
JANUARY 21, 2022: Grant Application Info How To Video Will Be Available.
MARCH 11, 2022 : Grant Applications Due
EARLY MAY 2022: Spring Grants Awarded
MID TO LATE MAY 2022: Grant Recipients Notified
Historical societies, museums, and youth education groups within the Heritage Area
are eligible to apply for $3,000 annual programmatic funding under a three-year agreement.
To apply, complete the community grant application below & check the box specifying a programmatic grant application.
Once awarded, the three-year agreement is dependent on the grantee’s timely submission
of completed annual reports and informal check-ins throughout the year.
An award letter approving renewal of annual funds will be issued each year.
Annual renewal of the grant is subject to availability of National Park Service funding.
KMTA’s grant program is competitive, and applicants may request small, mid, or large-cap funding within the award categories listed below. The number of grants awarded per category varies and is dependent on applications received. You may request less than the cap amount. First-time applicants may request between $1000– $10,000.
LARGE CAP
Up to $24,500
(only available for grant recipients
with an established history with KMTA)
MID-CAP:
Up to $10,000
SMALL-CAP:
Up to $5,000
PUBLISHING GRANT INFO:
KMTA awards a varied amount of funding for authors, artists, videographers, etc to tell the story of the transportation corridor throughout its many life cycles.
KMTA GRANT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
KMTA’s Grant Cycle is open from January 12th to March 11th, 2022. If you would like the Word or Excel version of documents please contact Amanda Sassi at amandasassi@kmtacorridor.org.
Questions & Grant applications can be emailed to amandasassi@kmtacorridor.org
A list of FAQs can be found here.
Looking for Publication Grant Info? Click here.
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