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Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025)

Institute of Museum and Library Services · IGSM-FY25

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Award Range

$5K$75K

Total Program Funding

$3.0M

Expected Awards

75

Deadline

November 15, 2024

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025). Institute of Museum and Library Services. Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy... $5,000-$75,000 per award; $3,000,000 total program funding; ~75 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

  • See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information
  • Cost sharing/matching required
  • Deadline: 2024-11-15

💡 GrantQuick Tip

Budget for cost-sharing match. Demonstrate institutional commitment and matching funds clearly in your proposal.

Competitiveness: Moderate to high — federal grants are always competitive

What This Grant Funds

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Inspire! has three project categories: - Lifelong Learning - Institutional Capacity - Collections Stewardship and Access

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Who Can Apply

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information. IMLS is extending the deadline for Inspire! Grants for Small Museums from November 15, 2024, to December 13, 2024, for institutions located in Federally declared emergency and/or major disaster areas who have not been able to meet the current November 15, 2024, deadline because they have been adversely impacted by such emergencies and/or disasters. An affected organization must, by December 13 at 11:59pm EST, submit its completed application with a written statement from its Authorizing Official that: • Specifies the applicable Emergency Declaration and/or Major Disaster Declaration for the area in which the applicant organization is located (see FEMA’s listing of Declared Disasters https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations) and • Confirms that the applicant organization was unable to meet the original application deadline of November 15, 2024, due to the emergency or disaster. This statement should be prepared as a Supporting Document and uploaded as part of the application submitted through Grants.gov. For those applicants who have not been adversely affected by such emergencies and/or disasters, the deadline remains November 15, 2024, at 11:59pm EST.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Minimum Award
$5K
Maximum Award
$75K
Total Program Funding
$3.0M
Expected Number of Awards
75
Cost Sharing Required?
Yes
Funding Instrument
grant

Key Dates

Posted: August 15, 2024
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

Lifelong Learning: Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Institutional Capacity: Reagan Moore Senior Museum Program Officer rmoore@imls.gov Collections Stewardship and Access: Mark Isaksen Supervisory Grants Management Specialist misaksen@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Ready to apply?

View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov