Save America's Treasures Grant Opportunity

Shelburne Farms is a National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The property is nationally significant as a well-preserved example of a Gilded Age ornamental farm, developed in the late 19th century with architecture by Robert Henderson Robertson.

Photo credit Shelburne Farms

The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the Save America's Treasures (SAT) grant program is now accepting applications. The Save America’s Treasures grant program was established in 1998 and first awarded grants in 1999 to help preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections that convey our nation’s rich heritage to future generations.

The program is administered by the NPS in cooperation with its partners, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).The NPS manages the Preservation grants and the IMLS administers Collections grants. Congress has appropriated $25.5 million in FY2024 funding for Collections and Preservation projects.

Applications are due December 12, 2024.

Available Grant Funding

Grants are available to fund two type of projects: "Collections" and "Preservation". Collections projects must be determined to be of national significance based on the supportive description of its significance within the application. Collections include artifacts, documents, sculptures, and other works of art. Preservation projects fund planning and "bricks and mortar" preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures.

Eligible Preservation projects must be:

• Individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places for national significance (not state or local); or
• A contributing property within a NR Historic District listed at the national level of significance (not state or local).

Historic properties eligible for Preservation projects include buildings, sites, structures and objects.

• More information and applications to SAT Preservation Grants via Grants.gov SAT Preservation - P24AS00544
• More information and applications to SAT Collection Grants via Grants.gov SAT Collections - P24AS00545