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Travel
Montana / Department of Commerce
Tourism-Related Infrastructure Grant Programs
Travel Montana's Tourism Infrastructure Investment Program (TIIP) provides grant
funding for non-profit project sponsors or communities to facilitate the
development of new tourism-related infrastructure products, the enhancement of
existing tourism facilities, and the preservation of Montana's historical and
cultural treasures. The primary goal of this program is to create or improve
attractions and services that will entice visitors to spend more time and money
in Montana's communities.
Visit
these two helpful websites for information on how to get money for tourism: http://www.travelmontana.mt.gov/forms/
and Tourism
Related Financial & Technical Assistance Resources
Federal
Highway Administration's Tribal Transportation Program
Transportation planning enables communities
to identify broad goals to meet transportation needs through informed decision
making. For more information, click
here.
National
Endowment for the Humanities - Challenge Grants Program
NEH Special Initiative for Local History grants help institutions strengthen
their ability to sustain long-term humanities programs in local history. Awards
are made to historical societies and historic sites, museums, public libraries,
and other nonprofit entities including colleges, community colleges, and
universities. Application materials can also be obtained by calling
202/606-8446, sending an email to info@neh.gov, or writing NEH, Office of Public
Affairs, 1100 Pennsylvania, Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
20506.
For more
information, including application deadlines, go to
Challenge Grants Program Application Information
USDA
Forest Service
State and Private Forestry Grant Programs
Helping Communities Commemorate the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
State and Private Forestry Focus - Our goal is to work with public and private
partners to help maintain and improve America's forest and rural communities. We
provide financial and technical assistance to State and local governments,
tribes, non-profit organizations, and other key partners.
Eligibility
and Requirements
U.S.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Challenge Cost Share Program
The BLM has established a variety of partnership agreements with various state
and local agencies, non-profit organizations, communities, educational
institutions, corporations, individuals and other groups. The Challenge Cost
Share Program is a voluntary collaboration with its partners, working together
towards a common objective that includes matching contributions with non-federal
funds from all partners, of which the total funding is used to complete
on-the-ground initiatives. The non-federal match can take the form of cash
contributions labor, travel expenses, but cannot include overhead costs or
partnership development.
Selection of
cost-share partnerships is focused on BLM-managed lands, specifically in the
areas of recreation site management that reduces risk to public health and
safety; decreases environmental degradation; provides recreation facilities that
meet use requirements, improves the quality and diversity of the resources and
delivers environmental stewardship messages.
For more information, contact: Richard
Fichtler at (406) 329-3884
Or send written inquiries to:
BLM Attn: Richard Fichtler
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Coordinator
BLM, Montana/Dakotas State Office
3255 Fort Missoula Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: (406) 329-3884
Fax: (406) 329-3721
e-mail: Richard_Fichtler@blm.gov
Montana
Department of Transportation's
Community Transportation Enhancement Program (CTEP)
CTEP projects are transportation related activities that are designed to
strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental aspects of Montana's
intermodal transportation system. The CTEP program provides for the
implementation of a variety of non-traditional projects.
The MDT has elected
to sub-allocate the enhancement funds to the local governments for selection and
prioritization of local CTEP projects. Funds are distributed to the eligible
local governments based on population figures
provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
For more
information go to,
http://www.mdt.state.mt.us/ctep/
Download PDF of
CTEP Guidelines
CAT
- Conservation Assistance Tools
We are finally on-line with Conservation Assistance Tools (CAT), a searchable
database of grants, cost sharing, and technical assistance available for natural
resources projects in the western United States. It is designed to help local
communities, nonprofits, and government agencies reach the information,
potential partners, and financial support needed to accomplish grassroots
conservation projects in the West.
This database has
over 1100 different grant and technical assistance sources for 16 western
states, including all the FWS Region 6 States. This is the culmination of three
years of effort on the part of the eight federal, state and nonprofit partners,
and we are excited about the potential uses of this information.
Website:
http://www.sonoran.org
The database
resides on the server of the Sonoran Institute, a nonprofit organization in
Tucson, Arizona. At the bottom of the
page is a jigsaw puzzle with the title, Conservation Assistance Tools. Click the
puzzle or the title and follow the instructions. A good place to start is with
the User Guide.
Federal
Save America's Treasures Grants
The Federal Save America's Treasures
Grants are administered by the National Park Service in partnership with the
National Endowment for the arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
Institute of Museum and Library Services and the President's Committee on the Arts and the
Humanities.
Grants are
available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant
intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic
structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts,
collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and
sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects.
Grants are awarded through a competitive process. Please visit their website at
http://wwww.cr.nps.gov/treasures.
"As part of the We the People initiative,
NEH seeks proposals for public programs that use one or more historic sites to
address themes and issues central to American history. Projects may interpret a
single historic site, a series of sites, whole neighborhoods, communities or
towns, or larger geographical regions. The place taken as a whole must be
significant to American history and the project must convey its importance to
visitors." Posted July 13, 2004
