SHPO Preserve America/SAT Save America's Treasures (SAT)

SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES ANNOUNCEMENT

The National Park Service in partnership with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services is seeking applicants for its Save America’s Treasures 2007 grant program. Save America’s Treasures makes critical investments in the preservation of our nation’s most significant cultural treasures. Grants are awarded for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Grant amounts range from $25,000 to $700,000 to conserve collections and from $125,000 to $700,000 for historic property and sites projects. All the awards must be matched 1:1. Complete guidelines, applications and information, as well as a database of previous Save America Treasure’s awardees, can be found on the National Park Service Web site. Deadline for applications is 26 April 2007. For general information contact Kimber Craine at the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities or call 202/682-5661.

For Additional Information

Applicants can address questions to and obtain electronic versions of application material from these agencies as well.

For Collections Projects:

Michael McLaughlin
National Endowment for the Arts
Telephone 202/682-5457
E-mail mclaughm@arts.gov
Web arts.endow.gov
Joseph Herring
National Endowment for the Humanities
Telephone 202/606-8249
E-mail jherring@neh.gov
Web www.neh.gov
Steve Schwartzman
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Telephone 202/653-4641
E-mail sshwartzman@imls.gov
Web www.imls.gov
For Historic Property Projects
National Park Service
Telephone 202/354-2020
E-mail NPS_treasures@nps.gov
Web www2.cr.nps.gov/hps/hpg