FY2020 Historic Preservation Fund- Save America's Treasures Collection Grants | P21AS00203

Opportunity Information: Apply for P21AS00203

The FY2020 Historic Preservation Fund Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (Funding Opportunity Number P21AS00203) is a discretionary grant program run by the National Park Service (NPS) to support preservation and conservation work on nationally significant historic collections. The goal is to help stabilize, conserve, and protect important cultural materials that have recognized national significance, using a competitive selection process. While Save America's Treasures includes both preservation projects (focused on historic properties) and collections projects (focused on artifacts and archival materials), this specific opportunity is for collections, and it is separate from the companion preservation opportunity (P21AS00202).

Awards under this program are designed as cost-sharing partnerships rather than full-coverage federal funding. Projects must provide a dollar-for-dollar non-federal match, meaning every federal dollar awarded must be matched with one dollar from non-federal sources. That match can be provided as cash or as documented in-kind contributions, as long as the contributions are properly supported and allowable under the program rules. The maximum federal award amount listed for this opportunity is $500,000, and the overall program funding for FY2020 was supported by Public Law 116-94, which provided $16 million for the Save America's Treasures grant program.

Administration of the program is led by NPS, but it is carried out in partnership with several major cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). In practice, that partnership signals that the program is meant to serve a wide range of collections-holding institutions and nationally significant cultural resources, including collections with artistic, historical, archival, and museum relevance.

A key restriction is that grant funds cannot be used for work on sites or collections owned by the National Park Service itself, even though NPS administers the program. More broadly, federal agencies funded by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act generally cannot receive these funds directly, with the noted exception that other federal agencies may participate if they collaborate with a nonprofit partner; in those cases, the nonprofit partner must submit the application on behalf of the project involving the federal agency's historic properties or collections. The opportunity also references eligibility and recognition for federally recognized Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations (as defined in 54 USC 300300), reflecting the program's inclusion of Indigenous entities among eligible applicants, provided the project otherwise meets program requirements and is not excluded by ownership restrictions.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as specified in the eligibility list). The program is listed under CFDA number 15.929, and the original closing date for this funding cycle was January 26, 2021. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a competitive, matching-grant program aimed at high-value collections conservation work, with an emphasis on nationally significant materials, clear public stewardship, and a demonstrated capacity to meet strict matching and documentation requirements.

• The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2020 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 2020-11-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-01-26. (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 $500,000.00 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.

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