The Federal Save America’s Treasures program is one of the largest and most successful grant programs for the protection of our nation’s endangered and irreplaceable cultural heritage. Grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects.

Grants are awarded to Federal, state, local, and tribal government entities, and non-profit organizations through a competitive matching-grant program, administered 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.

Tell NPS about your Success!
The Historic Preservation Grants Division would like to hear from you, the grantees! Please email us with highlights, awards, success stories created by NPS funded grant programs. Did you experience increased visitation, neighborhood revitalization, economic development, or job creation because of the grant funding?

Send a great quote and a picture to preservation_grants_info@nps.gov and they might be featured on our or website. Participation is voluntary.

The FY 2010 application period has closed. FY 2010 competitive grants will be announced in early 2011.

Applications for FY 2011 Save America's Treasures grants will be available when Congress passes an appropriation for FY 2011. Information will be posted here as it becomes available.