Conserving Black Modernism

Conserving Black Modernism is a Getty Foundation grant program, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, that supports conservation planning, training, and storytelling for historic Modern Movement sites in the United States by Black architects and designers. The four-year, $4.6 million program provides grants and supports convenings, partnerships, and professional connections to improve long-term conservation and recognition of these sites. Grant applications are managed by the National Trust and are announced to grantees each summer following an annual application round.

Project grants; convenings for project participants, consultants, and preservationists; conservation planning, training, and professional-networking opportunities.

Grant applications are managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation; applications open each year in late fall and grantees are announced the following summer.