FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures- Collection Grants | P25AS00508

Opportunity Information: Apply for P25AS00508

The FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund Save America s Treasures Collection Grants (opportunity number P25AS00508) is a competitive federal grant program run by the National Park Service that supports the preservation and conservation of nationally significant collections. The collections track is designed for institutions that hold and care for important cultural heritage materials, including museums, libraries, archives, and other collecting organizations. Funded activities focus on addressing conservation needs in a practical, hands-on way, such as physical conservation treatment, improved curation and care practices, and stronger collections management that helps stabilize, protect, and responsibly steward significant objects and materials for the long term. While the broader Save America s Treasures program also includes a separate preservation track for historic properties, this opportunity specifically targets collections projects.

Awards are made through a competitive selection process, with an award ceiling of 750,000 dollars per grant and an estimated 50 awards expected. A key requirement is a dollar-for-dollar non-federal match, meaning applicants must provide matching support equal to the federal amount requested. The match can be provided as cash or as documented in-kind contributions, as long as it is properly supported and meets applicable requirements. This structure is intended to ensure shared investment in the project and to stretch federal preservation dollars by pairing them with local, state, tribal, private, or philanthropic support.

A wide range of applicants can apply, reflecting the diversity of institutions and governments that care for nationally significant collections. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions within those nonprofit categories); and other eligible entities as defined by the program. In addition, certain federal agencies may be eligible if they are funded by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, with one major exception: the National Park Service itself is excluded from eligibility under this opportunity.

Several important ownership and partnership rules also shape what can and cannot be funded. Grant funds cannot be used for work on sites or collections that are owned or leased by the National Park Service, or where NPS holds a property interest. However, other federal agencies that want to conserve historic properties or collections they own may still participate if they partner with a nonprofit organization, with the nonprofit submitting the application on the federal agency s behalf. The opportunity also explicitly includes federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations, as defined in the cited sections of federal law, reinforcing the program s intent to support preservation and conservation of nationally significant heritage across many communities and stewardship models.

Administratively, the program is led by the National Park Service and carried out in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The assistance listing is associated with CFDA number 15.929. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary, uses the grant funding instrument type, and is listed under the funding activity category of Other. Based on the posted source data, the original application closing date is 2026-06-16, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of 2026-05-15.

• The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures- Collection Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.929.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-05-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-06-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district 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 that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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