| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2009
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Seeks Applications for Save America’s Treasures Program
Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) is seeking applicants for the
Save America’s Treasures (SAT)
2009 grant program. These grants support the preservation and conservation of nationally
significant intellectual and cultural artifacts such as collections, documents, sculpture, and
art, and
historic structures and sites. IMLS partners on the project with the President’s Committee on the
Arts and the Humanities, the National Park Service, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
National Endowment for the Humanities. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the program's
principal private partner, raises private matching funds for projects and provides resources and
assistance to a host of SAT grantees and preservation projects all across the country.
Last year, IMLS and its partners awarded 40 grants, totaling $10.52
million. The grants were used to conserve prehistoric artifacts at the Utah Museum of Natural
History, collections of Historic Jamestowne and Valley Forge, and the USS Becuna, the only
remaining World War II fleet submarine of its class.
In 2009, grant amounts range from $25,000 to $700,000 for collections
and from $125,000 to $700,000 for historic property and sites projects. All the awards must be
matched 1:1. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c), U.S. organizations, units
of state or local government, and federally recognized Indian Tribes.
The Save America’s Treasures program accepts online applications
through www.grants.gov, the federal online
grantmaking portal. Paper applications will not be
accepted. The deadline for applications is May 22, 2009.
For Additional Information
Applicants can address questions to staff at the following agencies.
For Collections Projects
Christine Henry
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Phone: 202/653-4674
E-mail : chenry@imls.gov
Web : www.imls.gov
Michael McLaughlin
National Endowment for the Arts
Phone: 202/682-5457
E-mail: mclaughm@arts.gov
Web: arts.endow.gov
Laura Word
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone: 202/606-8570
E-mail: lword@neh.gov
Web: www.neh.gov
For Historic Property Projects
National Park Service
Phone: 202/354-2020
E-mail: NPS_treasures@nps.gov
Web: www2.cr.nps.gov/hps/hpg
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