Preserving history isn't just about the past—it's about shaping a resilient and connected future.
Cultural Fabric by Spatial Agency is a digital infrastructure project designed to help communities map and manage their cemeteries, cultural landmarks, and heritage assets in one powerful platform. But it's more than just software: it's a community-powered ecosystem that brings together public records, storytelling, and spatial data to honor people, places, and shared histories.
Why Invest?
Broad Public Benefit
Cultural Fabric is designed for everyone: local governments, historical societies, tribal nations, Main Street programs, families, educators, and preservationists. By digitizing records, linking to census and genealogy data, and visualizing history on a map, this platform makes heritage accessible, actionable, and engaging.
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Scalable & Shareable
This is not a one-off app. Cultural Fabric can be implemented at the cemetery level, city-wide, or across counties, creating interoperable networks of data and reducing duplicative costs.
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Support Equity & Inclusion
From linking enslaved individuals with descendants, to surfacing overlooked stories and preserving endangered heritage, Cultural Fabric centers cultural diversity and voices that are often excluded from official records.
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Ready for Funding
We work with communities to package Cultural Fabric as a grant-ready project. Whether it's an NEH, IMLS, ARPA, or local cultural council application, we offer templated language and support materials.
Who Should Get Involved?
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Historical & Genealogical Societies
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Libraries, Archives, & Museums
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Municipal and County Governments
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Cemetery Boards & Religious Institutions
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Main Street Organizations & Tourism Boards
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Universities & Public History Programs
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Philanthropic Foundations
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Community Advocacy & Equity Groups
Opportunities to Support
Sponsor a Cemetery Mapping Project
Provide funding to preserve burial records and support historical storytelling.
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Adopt a Cultural Corridor
Bring Cultural Fabric to Main Streets, heritage farms, and forgotten landmarks.
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Fund a Pilot Network
Help launch Cultural Fabric regionally by supporting a network of participating
organizations.
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Contribute to the Cultural Fabric Fund
Make a tax-deductible donation to seed collaborative mapping, documentation, and conservation work.