Cooperative Agreement P13AC00484

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Park Service awarded $500,000 to the Johnstown Area Heritage Association under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid program (CFDA 15.966) on July 10, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. This congressionally directed spending award supports HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) improvements at historic properties in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, operated by the nonprofit organization. The project falls within the broader scope of...

The National Park Service, through the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929), awarded the Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation (ROS) a $580,000 project grant to support the historic restoration of the Stationary Car Dumper at the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark site in Pennsylvania. The primary goal of this project grant is to address structural decay and safety concerns with the Car Dumper structure, which is a key interpretive feature of the Carrie Blast...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1 million Project Grant to Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will fund repairs to the Power House of Carrie Blast Furnaces, including masonry and ramp repairs or replacement. Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation will deliver historic preservation services from April 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 to support the nationally significant industrial...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Dayton Society of Natural History (operating as the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery) a Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant of $1,010,055 obligated October 1, 2025, with a completion deadline of September 30, 2027. The primary deliverable is the comprehensive transformation of the museum's first floor to include the design and installation of a custom interactive 3D water table exhibit...

The Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith, NY was awarded a $148,068 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will fund the museum's efforts to draft and implement an updated interpretive master plan to strengthen connections between the site's history and larger global systems and conditions. This project will involve contracting with a consultant to assist in writing the plan, drafting interpretation...

This $396,763 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program will support the Genesee Country Museum in strengthening the interpretation and educational programming related to the history of enslavement in 19th century New York State. The two-year project, beginning in September 2024, will focus on enhancing the interpretive content and visitor experiences at four historic buildings on the museum's campus: the Nathaniel Rochester House,...

The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, on behalf of the National Canal Museum, will receive $241,470 under a three-year Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to conduct a comprehensive inventory and improve access to its offsite collections storage facility. As part of the Museums for America program's goal of strengthening museums' ability to serve the public, 10,000 objects from the Museum's personnel and financial records,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Park Service (NPS) awarded Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation $1,466,176 under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) on September 15, 2025, to support physical preservation and structural repairs of the historic Carrie Blast Furnaces #6 and #7, located in Homestead, Pennsylvania. This project grant, administered by the NPS in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the...

Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Park Service (NPS) awarded the Indiana State Museum Foundation, Inc. a $1,000,000 Project Grant on September 23, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to fund preservation and conservation work on the historic Levi and Catharine House located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The project scope includes waterproofing the foundation and performing interior repairs to this nationally significant historic property. The award...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Opus 40 Inc. a $600,000 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929) to restore and repair the central bluestone sculpture at Opus 40, a 55-acre sculpture park and nationally significant historic site located in Saugerties, New York. Constructed over 40 years within an abandoned quarry, the central sculpture consists of undulating ramps, paths, platforms, grottos, pools, and stairs formed from millions...