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Save America's Treasures

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.929

Program objective

To provide matching grants for preservation or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture and works of art.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No information available. Not funded

  2. 2017

    In FY2017, the program anticipates received 141 applications and will issue 20 awards.

  3. 2018

    In FY2018, the program anticipates receiving 200 applications and issue 45 awards.

  4. 2019

    The program funded 28 individual projects.

  5. 2020

    Save America’s Treasures grants funded 42 preservation and conservation projects in 26 states. The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), awards these matching grants to support the preservation of nationally significant historic properties and collections.

  6. 2021

    Close to $10M was granted to over a dozen non-profit, state, local and tribal entities to protect historic structures.

  7. 2022

    In FY2022, the program awarded 58 grants, including 33 preservation projects and 25 collections projects

  8. 2024

    Accomplishments include the city of Frankfort conducting interior and exterior repairs, upgrading mechanical systems and installation of fire suppression system for the Swigert-Taylor House in the historic district. Another accomplishment includes the Buffalo Bill Center of the West improving the storage conditions and accessibility of the collections of the Buffalo Bill Museum, Whitney Western Art Museum, and the Cody Firearms Museum.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR, Part 200, 43 CFR, OMB Circulars, standard forms, and program information.

  1. 54 U..S.C. § 308902 Save America's Treasures Program.