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Cycle
Annual
Tracked since
April 2026

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Eligible organizations

  • Educators and accredited public, private, or charter schools
  • K-12 students in the region

Overview

Program Status: Active (returned in 2022 after COVID-19 hiatus)

Geographic Scope: Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area covering 41 counties across western Missouri and eastern Kansas (31,000 square miles)

Purpose: Assists educators and accredited public, private, or charter schools with transportation costs for field trips within the heritage area

Focus Areas:

  • Field trips that align with Freedom's Frontier themes:

- Frontier settlement
- Missouri-Kansas Border War and Civil War
- Enduring civil rights disputes

Eligibility:

  • Educators and accredited public, private, or charter schools
  • K-12 students in the region

Funding Background:

  • Federally funded program
  • Initially halted during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Further suspended due to reauthorization uncertainty
  • Reauthorized through 2023 via Congressional appropriations bill (March 2022)
  • Heritage area funding extended through 2023

Contact Information:

  • Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
  • 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044
  • Phone: 785.856.5300
  • Fax: 785.856.5303
  • Email: info@freedomsfrontier.org

How to Apply

Application Process

  • View the Bus on Us! grant application on the website
  • Application details not provided in available content
  • Contact FFNHA for specific application requirements and procedures

What Freedoms Frontier National Heritage actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
5
Total given
$338K
Median grant
$30K
Range
$6,330–$186K
  • By dollars: Kansas 100%. Top recipient cities: Lawrence, KS; Lecompton, KS; Eudora, KS.

Example grants

  • Douglas County Historical Society · Lawrence, KS

    $186K

  • Lecompton Historical Society · Lecompton, KS

    $101K

  • Clinton Historical Society · Lawrence, KS

    $30K

  • Eudora Area Historical Society · Eudora, KS

    $15K

  • Santa Fe Historical Society · Baldwin City, KS

    $6,330

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Education
  • K-12 schools

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