Save America’s Treasures Grants Available
Save America’s Treasures grant applications are now available and the deadline nears for this program which will award $14 million dollars to preservation projects in late 2010. This important grant program is overseen by the National Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. This may be the last opportunity for applying for these grants as President Obama eliminates the Save America’s Treasures program in his budget requests for the next fiscal year. The due date for applications is May 21, 2010 and applicants must be registered with Grants.Gov in order to apply – applicants who have not registered with Grants.Gov be advised that there may not be enough time left as the registration process may take up to 4 weeks.
Projects that have been funded in previous years include cemeteries, lighthouses, theatres, a sailing schooner, art collections, murals and historic structures. All of these projects were deemed nationally significant projects worthy of preservation.
Non-profit organizations, state and local governments and tribal organizations are all eligible to apply for these competitive matching grants. Nonfederal money must be used to match the grant award one for one and there are grant minimums-for collections projects, the federal share must be at least $25,000; for historic building preservation the federal share must be at least $125,000 and the maximum grant request may not exceed $700,000.
For complete information and an application package visit the National Park Service website http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/index.htm.
