FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures Collection Grants | P23AS00500

Opportunity Information: Apply for P23AS00500

The FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund Save America's Treasures (SAT) Collection Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P23AS00500) is a competitive federal grant program designed to support the preservation and conservation of nationally significant historic collections. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund and 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), the program focuses on helping safeguard important cultural resources that have recognized national significance. This particular listing covers collection-focused projects; a separate but related SAT opportunity exists for preservation projects involving historic properties under opportunity number P23AS00499.

Awards under this opportunity are provided as grants (a discretionary funding instrument) and are tied to assistance listing/CFDA number 15.929. A key feature of the SAT program is its strict cost-share requirement: applicants must provide a dollar-for-dollar non-federal match. That match can be cash or it can be documented in-kind contributions, but it must be non-federal and properly supported with records. The intent is to ensure that funded projects have strong local, private, or other non-federal investment alongside federal support, and that applicants are prepared to carry the work through with adequate resources.

For FY2023, Public Law 117-328 provides $26.5 million for the broader SAT Grant Program. While this total is for the program overall (including both properties and collections tracks), individual awards under the collections opportunity can be as high as $750,000 (the stated award ceiling). The opportunity is run through a competitive process, meaning applications are evaluated against published criteria and only the strongest proposals are funded. The listing does not specify a set number of expected awards in the provided source data, which typically means the number of grants ultimately depends on the quality of submissions, available funds, and the distribution decisions made during the review process.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities that commonly steward historically significant collections. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit categories). In addition, federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations are specifically referenced as eligible, consistent with the definitions cited in 54 USC 300300.

Federal agencies are generally eligible to participate with one major exception: the National Park Service itself is excluded. Federal agencies that want to apply to preserve collections they own may do so when working with a nonprofit partner, but the application must be submitted through that nonprofit partner. Another important restriction is that grants are not available for sites or collections owned by NPS, even if other partners are involved. In practice, that means collections held directly under NPS ownership are outside the scope of SAT funding, while collections owned by other federal agencies may be supported if the application is routed appropriately through an eligible nonprofit collaborator.

The original closing date for this FY2023 opportunity was December 19, 2023, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of October 3, 2023. Overall, SAT Collection Grants are aimed at tangible, concrete preservation and conservation outcomes for nationally significant collections, backed by a required non-federal match and awarded through a competitive review administered by NPS in collaboration with NEA, NEH, and IMLS.

• The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2023 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 2023-10-03.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-12-19. (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.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, 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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