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Opportunity Summary:

Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions is a discretionary grant program from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), administered through its Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149, Promotion of the Humanities). The purpose of the program is to help small and mid-sized organizations strengthen their ability to preserve and responsibly care for humanities collections. In practical terms, it is geared toward institutions that hold valuable historical and cultural materials but may not have extensive preservation staff, facilities, or funding, and need targeted support to take concrete steps toward better long-term stewardship.

The program is designed to serve a wide range of collection-holding organizations, including libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities. The collections supported can span many formats and media, reflecting the reality that humanities heritage is not limited to paper-based archives. Examples include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, other historical objects, and digital materials. The emphasis is on improving an institution's preservation capacity and decision-making for these holdings, so that the materials remain accessible and stable for research, teaching, and public engagement.

Funding is provided as a grant, with an award ceiling of $6,000 and no stated minimum award amount (award floor of $0). The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which can make it more reachable for smaller organizations with limited budgets. While the source data provided does not outline specific allowable activities, the program description makes clear that awards are intended to support efforts that improve preservation and collections care capabilities, such as planning, assessments, training, or other foundational steps that help an organization identify risks and implement appropriate preservation practices for humanities materials.

Eligible applicants include a broad mix of public and private entities: nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, state governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. This eligibility reflects the fact that humanities collections are held across many types of institutions and jurisdictions, including local government records offices and tribal governments responsible for culturally significant materials.

For this particular posting, the opportunity was posted on January 24, 2011 (created January 21, 2011) and had an application closing date of May 3, 2011, with an archive date of June 2, 2011. The funding opportunity number is 20110503 PG, and the official title is Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions. Additional program information was provided through NEH at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. Applicants or interested organizations needing help accessing the announcement could contact the NEH Division of Preservation and Access by phone at 202-606-8570 or by email at preservation@neh.gov.

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