Connecting to Collections - State Planning Grants

The summary for the Connecting to Collections - State Planning Grants Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Connecting to Collections - State Planning Grants
	CFDA Number:	45.312
	CFDA Description:	National Leadership Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	Institute of Museum and Library Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Arts Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CTC-FY08
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Aug 14, 2007
	Creation Date:	Aug 14, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 16, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Nov 15, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	25
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$40,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Private institutions of higher education State governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments City or township governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility: All applications are required to reflect multiple partnerships, including representatives of libraries, museums, archives, statewide service organizations and state agencies. Any U.S. nonprofit library or museum is eligible (please see IMLS eligibility criteria at www.imls.gov/applicants/criteria.shtm for a full definition of these kinds of institutions). In addition, a library or museum consortium or association is eligible to apply. Any single organization need not have statewide stewardship; this statewide perspective can be achieved through partnerships. More than one application may be submitted from an individual state, commonwealth, or territory, but only one application per state will be funded. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
Grant Description: The agency invites proposals for statewide, collaborative planning grants to address the recommendations of the Heritage Health Index (HHI), which found the collections held in the public trust by libraries, museums, and archives to be at great risk. The report offered four recommendations for collecting institutions: . that they provide safe conditions for their collections; . that they develop an emergency plan; . that they assign responsibility for collections care; and . that they marshal public and private support for and raise public awareness about collections care. These planning grants are intended to engage institutions with responsibility for collections stewardship within a state, commonwealth, or territory in consultation and planning for ways to address the HHI recommendations most relevant for their state. It is not necessary for all four recommendations to be addressed, but all four may, indeed, be pertinent. These grants are aimed at fostering effective partnerships among organizations that have a strong commitment to shared collections stewardship goals. This program will fund ongoing or new collaborations. Projects may build on previous or nascent statewide planning efforts. Projects should demonstrate how the participating organizations (representing libraries, museums, archives, and other relevant statewide organizations) will work together in a planning process that moves the state closer to achieving the recommendations of the HHI through an appropriate and achievable plan for action. These planning grants are a central component of the Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action initiative and will result in a series of models and best practices for institutions nationwide. There will be two grant competitions, in FY 2008 and FY 2009, with the goal of making one award per state. IMLS also plans to offer a limited number of implementation grants of up to $500,000 each in order to help implement model statewide plans. IMLS will post excellent statewide plans and best practices on the agencys website as part of this initiative.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Link to grant program page on IMLS Web site.
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/CtoCPlanning.shtm
Grant Announcement Contact: Christine Henry
Senior Program Officer, Museum Services
Phone 202-653-4674 chenry@imls.gov chenry@imls.gov
Similar Government Grants: • Grants for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums; • Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums; • National Leadership Grants; • Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grants; • Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums; • Build and Share Knowledge of Good Practice; • Connecting to Collections Statewide Grants; • National Leadership Grants; • Framework for Digitally Inclusive Communities