Opportunity Listing - FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures- Collection Grants

FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures- Collection Grants

Agency: National Park Service

Assistance Listings: 15.929 -- Save America's Treasures

Last Updated: May 15, 2026

Description

Save America"s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. For collections, the program supports museums, libraries, archives, and all other collecting institutions in addressing conservation needs of nationally significant collections including physical conservation, curation, care, and collections management. 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).There are separate opportunities for preservation and collections projects. The collections opportunity can be found under opportunity number P25AS00508. The preservation opportunity can be found under opportunity Number P25AS00469.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

Special district governments
City or township governments
County governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
State governments

Education

Public and state institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

Other Native American tribal organizations
Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

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, as defined by 54 USC § 300309, 54 USC 300313 and 54 USC 300314.

Grantor contact information

Description

STLPG Staff STLPG@nps.gov

Email

STLPG@nps.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
P25AS00508_SAT_NOFO_Coll_2026-0515.pdf	P25AS00508_SAT_NOFO_Coll_2026-0515.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:15 PM UTC
HPF-Generic_ProjectDescriptionWorksheet_2023-03-01_508.pdf	HPF-Generic_ProjectDescriptionWorksheet_2023-03-01_508.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:16 PM UTC
NOFO_BudgetJustificationWorksheet_2026-0120.pdf	NOFO_BudgetJustificationWorksheet_2026-0120.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:17 PM UTC
NOFO_AppenA_BudgetJustInstruct_2026-0120_508.pdf	NOFO_AppenA_BudgetJustInstruct_2026-0120_508.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:17 PM UTC
ProjectAbstractSummary-Instructions_2022-02-10_508.pdf	ProjectAbstractSummary-Instructions_2022-02-10_508.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:18 PM UTC
Checklist_CompleteApp_Hist-AACR-SAT-URC_2022-02-04_508.pdf	Checklist_CompleteApp_Hist-AACR-SAT-URC_2022-02-04_508.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:18 PM UTC
ProjectImagesWorksheet_2022-02-07_508.pdf	ProjectImagesWorksheet_2022-02-07_508.pdf	May 15, 2026 08:26 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Closing: June 16, 2026

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET, on the listed application due date.

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$25,500,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$25,000

Award Minimum

$750,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

P25AS00508

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

Consistent with 31 U.S.C. § 6304, an executive agency shall use a grant agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the United States Government and a state, local government, or other recipient when:1. The principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer a thing of value to the state, local government, or other recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States instead of acquiring (by purchase, lease, or barter) property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government; and2. Substantial involvement is not expected between the executive agency and the state, local government, or other recipient when carrying out the activity contemplated in the agreement.

History

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May 15, 2026

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