Develop an American Indian Travel Guide to the Anza Trail | P19AS00471

Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00471

The National Park Service (NPS), within the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Award for a project titled "Develop an American Indian Travel Guide to the Anza Trail." This notice functions as a public transparency step rather than an open grant competition. In other words, it is not a request for applications and does not invite new proposals. Instead, it announces NPS's plan to fund a specific set of activities through a single cooperative agreement without full and open competition.

The award is structured as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates a closer working relationship between the federal agency and the recipient than a standard grant, often involving substantial NPS involvement or collaboration during the project. The referenced agreement is Cooperative Agreement Number P19AC00966, and the intended recipient is the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association. The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00471 and falls within activity categories tied to information and statistics and regional development, aligning with the production and dissemination of travel and interpretive materials that can support visitor understanding and community-based tourism.

Funding is capped at $96,360, with NPS expecting to make one award total. The eligibility field notes nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), which is consistent with the named partner organization. The posting date (creation date) is August 31, 2019, and the "closing date" is effectively not applicable because this is a sole-intent award notice rather than an application-based program.

At a practical level, the project focus is the development of an American Indian travel guide connected to the Anza Trail, a historic corridor associated with Juan Bautista de Anza and the 1775-1776 expedition route that is interpreted today through the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. A travel guide framed around American Indian perspectives generally implies content that highlights tribal histories, living cultures, community voices, and culturally appropriate visitor guidance along or associated with the trail. Such a guide can serve multiple purposes at once: improving public education and interpretation, supporting respectful visitation, and strengthening regional economic development through indigenous tourism initiatives that are led or shaped by Native communities.

Overall, this notice communicates that NPS intends to directly fund a single partner organization to produce a specialized travel guide related to the Anza Trail, with a defined one-time award amount and no competitive application process.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the information and statistics, regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Develop an American Indian Travel Guide to the Anza Trail" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.935.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 31, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (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 $96,360.00 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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