The National Park Service is seeking applications for its Historic Preservation Fund- Save America’s Treasures – Preservation Grant.
Donor Name: National Park Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/16/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash or documented in-kind. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). To preserve and/or conserve nationally significant historic properties and collections
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 C.F.R. Part 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;
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) accessibility improvements, as needed, for 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
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants and organizations also include:
- Federal agencies funded by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, with the exception of the National Park Service (NPS).
- Grants will not be available for work on sites or collections owned or leased by the NPS, or in which the NPS holds a property interest.
- Other federal agencies collaborating with a nonprofit partner to preserve the historic properties or collections owned by the federal agency may submit applications through the nonprofit partner.
- Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations.
- Eligible applicants and organizations also include:
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
