As part of a program called Partners in Preservation, five historic sites in New Orleans will receive $400,000 in grants today from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express, reports The Times-Picayune.

Grant recipients include St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church; St. Alphonsus Art & Cultural Center; St. Augustine Parish Hall; Odyssey House Louisiana, a social-services organization; and Save Our Cemeteries, which will use the money to refurbish a burial ground in the city’s Garden District.

Each site’s importance to its neighborhood was considered by the awards committee, which sought to focus on “community-gathering spaces.” All five sites are run by nonprofit organizations and must complete repairs within a year.