Which nonprofit was selected in 2018 as the administrative secretariat for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, America250?

The American Battlefield Trust was selected in 2018 as the administrative secretariat for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, America250.

The commission needed a nonprofit partner to provide administrative support, house its operations, raise funds, and help prepare reports to Congress. After a competitive application process conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the then-named Civil War Trust was chosen on May 4, 2018.

The Civil War Trust later merged with the original Battlefield Trust and became the American Battlefield Trust. Its historic-preservation mission focuses on protecting American battlefields, especially sites connected with the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

This arrangement is easy to confuse with the America250 Foundation. The commission and the foundation work under the America250 banner, but the American Battlefield Trust was the organization selected as the commission's administrative secretariat. The commission itself remains the congressional body established to coordinate the semiquincentennial.