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Museums for America (2025)

Institute of Museum and Library Services · MFA-FY25

Closed

Award Range

$5K – $250K

Total Program Funding

$21.7M

Expected Awards

122

Deadline

November 15, 2024

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

Museums for America (2025). Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused... $5,000-$250,000 per award; $21,699,000 total program funding; ~122 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•criteria
•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 — many awards available but still competitive

What This Grant Funds

The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.

Attachments

PDF

FY25 Museums for America Notice of Funding Opportunity.

fy25-oms-mfa-NOFO.pdf

Who Can Apply

criteria. IMLS is extending the deadline for Museums for America 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: $250K
Total Program Funding: $21.7M
Expected Number of Awards: 122
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: Helen Wechsler Supervisory Grants Management Specialist hwechsler@imls.gov Jessica Ottley Senior Museum Program Officer jottley@imls.gov Community Engagement: Sarah Glass Senior Museum Program Officer sglass@imls.gov Collections Stewardship and Access: Mark Feitl Senior Museum Program Officer mfeitl@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Ready to apply?

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

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