The United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, administers the Teaching American History grant program, of which this project is a part. All our project's funding currently comes from this grant program.

Fall River Public Schools is the grantee of record for the Teaching American History Professional Development Project. The department's director of curriculum for History and Social Studies, Susan Horvitz, serves as the Project Director..

Bristol Community College serves as host for and administrator of the Teaching American History Professional Development Project. The Projects Director, Erik Baumann is employed by BCC.