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- 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
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- K-12 schools
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