WASHINGTON, DC — The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in grants to 30 historically Black Churches as a part of its third annual Preserving Black Churches grant program.
Having raised more than $150 million in total funding since its founding in 2017, the Action Fund is the nation’s largest resource dedicated to preserving historic African American sites.
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