The Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections.
Donor Name: National Park Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Award Floor: $125,000
Eligible Costs
Eligible costs under this award are as described in this Notice, 2 CFR 200, and the Historic Preservation Fund Grants Manual (HPF Manual). For this program they also include:
- Administrative costs necessary to complete and administer the grant requirements;
- Rehabilitation of properties;
- Eligible properties include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures and objects listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the national level of significance (not state or local significance),
- All work must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, and
- All projects receiving repair assistance must enter into a preservation agreement/covenant/easement.
- Projects must substantially mitigate the threat and include steps to mitigate future damage;
- ADA/ABA accessibility improvements, as needed for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) access of the historic resource(s), are allowable if meeting the SOI Standards (e.g. ramps, elevators, bathrooms);
- Site security improvements, as needed for protection of the historic resource(s), are allowable if meeting the SOI Standards (e.g. protection against vandalism, arson, theft);
- Fire safety improvement, as needed for protection of the historic resource(s), are allowable if meeting the SOI Standards (e.g. sprinklers, fire alarms);
- Cost for establishing/administering an easement/covenant for the property;
- Cost for any required audits or financial requests;
- Cost for the production of a project sign;
- Costs for public notice of grant opportunity;
- Costs associated with required training or reporting;
- Any other costs as determined eligible by the NPS in accordance with the OMB circulars, NPS policies, and the Historic Preservation Fund Grants Manual; and
- Ships/vessels and railroad cars/trams/cable cars must be submitted under the collections grant opportunity application. Ships/vessel projects must be completed in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Vessel Preservation Projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
